7 Fast Facts About The Battle of Imjin River & Glorious Glosters’ Last Stand
When talking about success in war we usually focus on victories. But there are times when a successful retreat can be as great a challenge…
Facts About The Greatest Raid of All: The St Nazaire Raid
On 28 March 1942, British forces launched one of the most daring operations of the Second World War. Now known as “The Greatest Raid of…
8 Ways Soldiers Were Recruited in Medieval England
Recruiting an army could be a difficult business in the Middle Ages. Most people’s lives consisted of farming small patches of land. When people didn’t…
Eight Military Reforms of King Henry VIII
When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, he inherited a nation that was not strong in war. England’s recent wars had mostly been…
8 Changes That Brought Victory for the New Model Army
The early years of the English Civil Wars did not always go well for the Parliamentary army. Royalist victories saw the forces of King Charles…
7 Ex-Mercenaries Who Became Leaders in the English Civil Wars
At the outbreak of the English Civil Wars (1642-51), the country did not have the military experience and fearsome reputation it would later gain. The…
7 Facts About The Grand Old Duke of York: A British Military Reformer
The grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them…
12 Ways the British Army Adapted to Fighting in the Americas
Fighting in the Americas was the great challenge facing the 18th-century British army. Whether confronted with French, Spanish, native or colonial troops, they had to…
FUSAG: Patton’s D-Day Army That Didn’t Exist
An army can help win a war without even existing. Strange as that may seem, this is exactly what happened in the case of the First United…
These D-Day Numbers Will Blow Your Mind
Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. 2 Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught the British…
9 Ways the Victorian British Army Made Life Better for its Soldiers
Soldiers were seldom treated with great respect by the Victorian British establishment. Despite the prestige given to great acts of heroism and important leaders, the…
6 Ways the Victorians Made Better Guns
The late nineteenth century saw huge steps forward in firearms technology. Many fundamentals of modern weaponry were created in this period. Even among the top…