Emperor Hirohito’s War
What did Hirohito really think of the Second World War? After his death, diaries and memoirs from the Shōwa emperor’s court began to shed light on his role in the conflict.
Military
Summing Up The Somme
Lions led by donkeys? Britain's most traumatic land offensive of the First World War drew to its conclusion in November 1916. Trevor Wilson and Robin Prior reassess the campaign, the wisdom of its strategy and tactics, and the reputation of its C-in-C, Douglas Haig.
St. Helena Honours Boer War Prisoners
Rosemary Laurent discovers a British outpost in the south Atlantic.
Canada's Chinese Connection
Penelope Johnston describes China's revered North American hero
The Navajo Code Talkers and the Pacific War
During the Second World War, Navajo soldiers drafted into the Marines were much like ordinary recruits, with one exception: they were to create and use an unbreakable military code using their native language.
The Pity of War
John Crossland uncovers a conspiracy of silence from the records of Britain's First World War court-martial victims.
French Resistance and the Algerian War
During the 1950s the Algerian struggle against France and its white settlers for independence inflamed passions and hatreds in both countries – while a small number of French men and women helped the Algerian liberation movement in defiance of their government and the sentiments of the majority. What made them do it?
Henry VIII as Military Commander
Top gun? Alexander McKee assesses Henry VIII's prowess as a commander by land and sea in the light of his 1545 campaigns against the French.
America's 'Civil' Wars
Hugh Purcell examines the impact on either side of the Atlantic of Ken Burns’s tour de force, The Civil War.
Churchill and his War Rivals
David Day argues that deft footwork, personal PR and skilful use of both patronage and rhetoric were key elements in sustaining Britain's wartime PM in a position intrinsically far weaker than has often been supposed.