British history
Jefferson M. Gray |
Published: August 03, 2011 at 11:28 am
The Swamp Fox is one of history's greatest guerrilla leaders. Just ask the Redcoats.
John Chettle |
Published: November 10, 2010 at 6:53 pm
As a young soldier-newspaperman at the turn of the 20th century, Winston Churchill found himself appalled—and fascinated—by war. His experiences were given to few young men, and few young men would so comprehensively have understood them and put them to such world-shaping use some 40 years on.
Rod Paschall |
Published: November 10, 2010 at 6:17 pm
In Norway in 1940, Hitler and Churchill gamble their careers and the futures of their respective countries. The campaign was a fiasco for Churchill, yet it propelled him into office and ensured Hitler would fail to turn back the D-Day invasion four years later.
Published: December 10, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Morris dancers from different towns wear distinctive costumes and dance to slightly different steps.
Three things say a man is in England, four things make his location sure: cream teas, roundabouts, pay and display—and morris dancing on Spring bank holiday.…
Justin Ewers |
Published: November 23, 2009 at 3:09 pm
A letter written by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother of England, which describes the only time Buckingham Palace suffered bomb damage during World War II, was published for the first time last fall.
Justin Ewers |
Published: September 01, 2009 at 9:54 am
In the midst of the Battle of Britain, prime minister Winston Churchill was told for the first time that the underground command center in London known as the Cabinet War Rooms was not actually “bomb-proof.”
Dana Huntley |
Published: August 27, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Greenway House in Torbay, England, the home of bestselling mystery novelist Agatha Christie, is now open to the public for the first time.
James Graham |
Published: August 20, 2009 at 11:09 am
Beer in all its forms remains the national drink of Britain, predating by centuries the arrival of that upstart, tea. A look at brewing in Great Britain from British Heritage.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: July 31, 2009 at 10:51 pm
"Turning point" is one of military history's most beloved concepts. But does it make sense? Some thoughts on the battle of El Alamein in 1942.
Stephan Wilkinson |
Published: July 09, 2009 at 2:36 pm
In the wake of World War I, British Army officer J.F.C. “Boney” Fuller advocated innovative tank tactics, but only Germany’s Wehrmacht listened to him
Stephen Budiansky |
Published: May 06, 2009 at 2:38 pm
In late June 1940, the Channel Islands became the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during the war.
Dana Huntley |
Published: March 18, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Why Medieval York remains a must-see of British travel.
Military History staff |
Published: February 27, 2009 at 7:16 pm
How did John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, compare to such contemporaries as Prince Eugène of Savoy, Claude Louis Hector de Villars and King Charles XII of Sweden?
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