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: FEBRUARY • In this issue’s Frontline, the Dhofar Rebellion, the US invasion of Grenada, Russia’s wartime failures, the USA’s Great War contribution, and West German conscription

REBUILDING THE BUNDESWEHR • Soon after the beginning of the Cold War, West Germany was recruiting and rearming to face down the threat from the Soviet Union. With the spectre of the Wehrmacht still looming large, the Federal Republic is now moving to grow a military fit for the 21st century

URGENT FURY UNLEASHED PART 2 • How the US military and its Caribbean partners eliminated communist influence in Grenada and rescued American medical students

DID AMERICA WIN THE FIRST WORLD WAR? • Many Americans believe their military intervention decided the Great War. In fact, it was too little and came too late

“RUSSIANS ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT WAR” • James Holland and Al Murray on Deep Battle, a brutal and profligate offensive tactic that continues to dominate Russian fighting in Eastern Europe

FIGHTING FOR THE SULTAN BRITAIN’S FORGOTTEN WAR IN OMAN • Against the background of the Vietnam War a smaller, equally vicious proxy conflict was being fought on the harsh mountains and barren wadis of Oman’s Dhofar province

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JAPAN STRIKES • Inside the military strategies and secret societies that led Japan to its doomed, devastating invasion of China

IMPERIAL JAPAN’S POLITICAL ARMY • Tojo quickly adapted to the cut-throat Army Ministry to advance total war and challenge a feudal domain

THE KWANTUNG ARMY • The force constructed to protect Japanese interests in Manchuria was isolated, insubordinate and volatile

OPERATION CHAHAR: TOJO GOES TO WAR • In Tojo’s only significant combat experience, he disregarded orders & overwhelmed his enemy

ALBERT JACKA • After preventing an Ottoman breakthrough on the ridge above Anzac Cove, this Digger earned Australia’s first VC of the First World War

COME OUT YE BLACK & TANS • The brutal legacy of these war veterans turned police enforcers is almost unparalleled in Irish history – but who were the real men behind the monsterous legacy?

HOW TO SPOT A ‘TAN’ • Despite a nickname derived from their earlier improvised uniform, the ‘Tans’ soon resembled regular RIC, but today are often confused with soldiers and Auxiliaries

CAPE MATAPAN • In 1941 Italy’s declining fortunes in Greece and North Africa made offensive action by the Italian Navy imperative at all costs – with catastrophic results

WINFIELD SCOTT OLD FUSS & FEATHERS • Arrogant, overbearing, unpopular and pedantic, Winfield Scott was nevertheless one of the greatest generals in American history

THE FALL OF FORT GEORGE • Scott’s first major success exhibited many of his finest characteristics and marked the dawn of a new era for the US Army

THE MARCH TO MEXICO CITY • Scott defied predictions of catastrophe when he led his men through Mexico

THE ANACONDA PLAN • With the opening of the Civil War, Scott found himself out of step with the rest of the American military establishment

FORTRESS UNDER FIRE ENGINEERING THE END OF MEDIEVAL WARFARE • Mobile artillery brought the high castle walls of the Middle Ages tumbling down. Military engineers built them back up again

MACCHI C.205 VELTRO • An improved variant of the Macchi C.202,...