Military

‘A Fierce Race’

Richard Reid demonstrates that the West’s perceptions about warfare in the history of Africa have not changed much over the centuries.

Photography at War

Jonathan Marwil tells how the wars of the mid-19th century, in Europe and beyond, proved the perfect subject for a new medium to show its amazing potential.

The Korean War Begins

When North Korean tanks and infantry crossed the Thirty-Eighth Parallel in 1950, the Korean War began. The three-year war cost United Nations and South Korean forces over 200,000 casualties.

The Relief of Mafeking

Richard Cavendish describes the relief of Mafeking, following a seven-month siege, on May 16th/17th, 1900.

The Dutch in Japan

Paul Doolan describes the unique 400-year-long trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese.

Zulus and the Boer War

Jabulani Maphalala recalls the calamatious effects of a white man’s war on the Zulu people caught between them.