The June/July 2024 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now ..read more

What was it like for the soldiers who took part in Overlord ..read more

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book Awards ..read more

Can you come up with something appropriately witty for this image from our article on Robert the Bruce in the June/July 2024 issue of Military History Matters ..read more

This issue, we’re giving away three copies of NATO: from Cold War to Ukraine by Sten Rynning, courtesy Yale University Press ..read more

In this exclusive online-only competition, we're giving away three copies of 2SAS: Bill Stirling and the forgotten special forces unit of World War II by Gavin Mortimer, courtesy of Osprey Publishing ..read more

The April/May 2024 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now. The best way to access the magazine is to subscribe. Click here to find out more. To read the digital archive, click here. You can also access the magazine online (as well as exclusive extra content) at our new website, The Past. IN THIS ISSUE:D-Day: before the storm Eighty years ago this summer, on 6 June 1944, around 150,000 men fought their way on to five designated beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline, soon to be followed by hundreds of ..read more

How the Allies’ deception plans caught the enemy off guard ..read more

This issue, we’re giving away three copies of Dünkirchen 1940: the German view of Dunkirk by Robert Kershaw, courtesy of Osprey Publishing ..read more

Can you come up with something appropriately witty for this image from our article on 'The Deceivers' in the February/March 2024 issue of Military History Matters ..read more