History of War

From the conquering legions of Ancient Rome to the thunderous tank battles of World War II and beyond, History of War takes you deeper inside the minds of history’s fighting men, further under the bonnets of some of the world’s most devastating war machines, and higher above the battlefield to see the broad sweep of conflict as it happened.

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FRONTLINE THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: DECEMBER • In this issue’s Frontline, Soviet ships in Putin’s fleet, tanks in the Kursk incursion, OSS clandestine operations, the Russo-Georgian War, and WWII Palestine

PUTIN’S ‘LIGHTNING WAR’ • Nearly two decades ago a five-day conflict with Georgia shocked the Russian military into reform and modernisation – so why is it still fighting a bloody war of attrition in Ukraine?

KURSK 2024 HOW NATO TANKS BROKE INTO RUSSIA • With fearsome firepower, strategic deception and elite training, the Ukrainian incursion showed that armour is not dead

1941 BATTLE FOR PALESTINE PART I: ENEMY OF MY ENEMY • As German pincers began to close around the region, would the British allow the Jews to defend themselves?

THE KREMLIN’S SOVIET FLEET • Once the second-strongest sea power in the world, today Russia’s diminished navy is a mix of ageing Cold War warships and lethal modern submarines

THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES PART IV: SURPRISE, KILL AND VANISH • From Normandy to Burma, the OSS took the fight to the enemy, conducting vital intelligence gathering, sabotage and guerrilla warfare

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‘SIMPLY INFERNAL’ DEATH OF THE COMBINED FLEET AT TRAFALGAR • The Royal Navy’s most glorious victory was a day of unparalleled death and destruction for the Spanish and French

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR TRIAL AND TRIUMPH • General of the Army Douglas MacArthur won lasting fame during the Second World War in the Pacific and found controversy later in his military career

FOKKER DR.1 DREIDECKER • Although arguably the most iconic aircraft of the First World War, the famed Fokker triplane suffered from serious deficiencies

WHAT IF… JAPAN HAD NOT ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR?

FRANK D PEREGORY • Born into poverty, this young Virginian lied about his age to get into the National Guard. On D-Day plus two, he performed a feat that guaranteed victory on the battlefield

HAMPTON ROADS • During the American Civil War the world’s first battle between ironclad warships demonstrated that steam, steel and industrial power had changed the nature of naval warfare forever

THE CONFEDERACY’S ‘DEVIL RIDER’ • Admired by some as the rebels’ greatest cavalry commander and condemned by others as a racist war criminal, Nathan Bedford Forrest is one of the most divisive leaders of the American Civil War

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AMERICA’S AIRWOMEN • WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS SHOWED THEY COULD FLY THE US MILITARY’S MOST DEMANDING AIRCRAFT

THE LUFTWAFFE’S MAVERICKS • RENOWNED AVIATION HISTORIAN ROBERT FORSYTH DISCUSSES JAGDVERBAND 44, NAZI GERMANY’S ELITE SQUADRON WHICH WAS DEPLOYED WITH THE WORLD’S FIRST MILITARY JET – THE MESSERSCHMITT ME 262

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HOLLYWOOD DEBRIEF THE HINDENBURG •  A DEBUNKED 1960S CONSPIRACY THEORY TURNS THE AIRSHIP DISASTER INTO A MEDIOCRE SPY THRILLER

“THE REALITY IS MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL THAN FICTION” • HOW THE HINDENBURG DEPARTS FROM ITS CONSPIRACY THEORY PLOT TO TELL THE “OTHERWORLDLY” TRUTH OF THE AIRSHIP’S LAST FLIGHT

ASSASSINS AND SECRET LISTENERS BRITAIN’S INVISIBLE ARMIES, 1939-45 • DISCOVER THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UK’S CLANDESTINE WWII NETWORK OF CIVILIAN ASSASSINS, AUXILIARY UNITS AND UNDERGROUND EARS

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