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In this issue

KALININGRAD: PUTIN’S EXCLAVE Read the historic origins and strategic importance of Russia’s fortified foothold in Europe EAST AFRICA’S FORGOTTEN WAR Political scientist and lecturer Hager Ali explains why this African nation is in perpetual conflict LAST FRONTLINE OF FREE CHINA Read why Taiwan’s tiny Kinmen Islands are locked in a stalemate with the mainland VIDKUN QUISLING Read how Norway’s fascist leader rose to power and assisted the brutal Nazi occupation

KALININGRAD ORIGINS OF RUSSIA'S EXCLAVE

Formerly the Prussian stronghold of Königsberg, since 1945 this region has been a Soviet, then Russian, foothold in Eastern Europe

4 mins

TODAY'S COLD WAR "INFINITELY MORE COMPLEX"

Renowned historian challenges comparisons between the Cold War and the modern world, where the stakes, players and rules of engagement are multidimensional

3 mins

EAST AFRICA'S FORGOTTEN WAR

Why Sudan has suffered seven decades of conflict and military coups

3 mins

KINMEN LAST FRONTLINE OF FREE CHINA

In this first of a two-part series, read how when faced with total defeat, China's Nationalists held on to a small island off the Fujian coast and defended it at all costs

3 mins

CARRIER KILLERS

Is the US Navy still dominant in the Pacific, or is its era of ascendancy under threat?

4 mins

FIERCE BUT FLAWED? KING TIGER

The Tiger II was the largest tank used by Nazi Germany in WWII, but the behemoth was problem-prone and never had the impact on the battlefield its creators had sought

10+ mins

HEROES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS ALI HAIDAR

In WWII's final weeks, this British Indian Army sepoy was severely wounded in Italy while silencing multiple German machine gun nests

6 mins

THE NAME OF TREASON VIDKUN QUISLING

Though his name became a byword for treason, this Norwegian Nazi collaborator maintained his innocence right to the end

7 mins

MINSK 1941 DEATH IN THE POCKET

During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre's rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders

8 mins

DEFENDING BRITAIN

In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn

9 mins

WHAT IF...RUSSIA SIGNED A SECOND PACT WITH GERMANY

With casualties mounting and citizens starving, what effect would Stalin striking another deal with Hitler have had?

9 mins

COLD HARBOR

By the late spring of 1864, Ulysses S Grant's Army of the Potomac was battering its way south towards Richmond, but his forces would reach their nadir along a crossroads north of the Confederate capital

10+ mins

WWII THIS MONTH...80 JULY 1945 ANNIVERSARY

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

2 mins

GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER

AN UNSETTLING YET TIMELY REMINDER THAT EVEN HISTORY'S WORST DEMAGOGUES WERE HUMAN

1 mins

EAGLE DAYS

LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE LUFTWAFFE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

2 mins

OVER COLD WAR SEAS

NATO AND SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION, 1949-89

2 mins

SWORD D-DAY TRIAL BY BATTLE

READ ABOUT THE TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMAND BRIGADE ON A SINGLE BRITISH BEACH AND BEYOND DURING THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY

1 mins

REFLECTIONS OF WAR

FORGOTTEN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1 mins

MARY ROSE GUN-SHIELD

During the excavation of Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose, divers discovered the wooden elements of up to eight shields which would originally have been fitted with matchlock guns

1 mins

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History of War Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Culture

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

Discover the politics, mechanics, strategies and machines 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.