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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WAR IN FOCUS

FRONTLINE THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: JULY • In this issue’s Frontline, Britain’s secret action in Iran, the Tigray War, the 82nd Airborne in WWII, defending Taiwan, and murder in the Revolutionary War

OPERATION BOOTS: INSIDE BRITAIN’S IRANIAN COUP • When Tehran’s parliament nationalised its oil industry, the British launched a series of diplomatic and covert actions, to undermine and ultimately topple the government

TH E ALL AMERICAN DIVISION PART 2: TAKING FLIGHT • In WWII, the 82nd Airborne Division was the first formation of its size in the US Army to operate as parachute and glider infantry

A BLUEPRINT TO STOP CHINA IN TAIWAN PART II • Will ‘Hellscape’ drones, US troops and unbreakable Taiwanese resolve be enough to deter a future invasion?

MURDER AND IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION • When a British guard was killed by Patriot militia, his comrades expected justice. When none was forthcoming, they sought their own

TIGRAY WAR • Ethiopia and its feuding ethnic groups are caught in a power struggle – but for the people of Tigray their very survival is at stake

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PURGED TO THE BONE • Robbed of many of its finest officers by Stalin’s paranoia, a weakened Red Army faced the prospect of destruction in 1941

ZHUKOV PREPARES FOR THE WORST • How Russia’s foremost soldier planned offensive and defensive operations in a doomed attempt to counter the Nazi threat

BARBAROSSA FIRST 24 HOURS • Day One of the Nazi invasion saw a rapid series of orders executed across a vast frontline. It was the first step into WWII’s bloodiest and most decisive theatre

GUDERIAN IN THE EAST • Craig Luther discusses how the panzer general unleashed his armoured tactics in Operation Barbarossa

BIALYSTOK-MINSK • Hitler smashed Stalin’s armies holding the road to Moscow, paving the way to what he thought was victory over the Soviet Union

HITLER’S GAMBLE CRIMEA 1942 • To secure the road to the Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus, the Wehrmacht first had to destroy well-entrenched Red Army resistance in the peninsula

DOMINATING CRIMEA’S SKIES • Wolfram von Richthofen’s Fliegerkorps VIII caused massive destruction on the peninsula

HITLER’S EXTREMELY HEAVY ARTILLERY • In its race to smash Sevastopol into submission, the Wehrmacht deployed the largest artillery piece in history. But the gun was a spectacular failure

THE FALL OF MAXIM GORKY I • The Germans used “medieval siege tactics” to clear this three-storey Maginot Line-style fortress

ANTHONY CECIL CAPEL MIERS • Maintaining position in enemy-patrolled waters for 17 hours, this submarine commander coolly waited for dawn before despatching two merchant vessels with torpedoes and making his escape

ALBATROS D.VA • The last, but perhaps least successful, of Germany’s line of Albatros fighters during the First World War

DISCOVER THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF A NATION UNLIKE ANY OTHER • Mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with this special edition title, featuring 250 iconic moments that helped shape the great nation we know today

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MUSEUMS & EVENTS • A Second World War history festival returns, guided walking tours of South Wales and a new archive dedicated to a beloved wartime entertainer

GLAMORGAN HISTORY WALKS • Graham Loveluck-Edwards limbers...