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DEMOLITION FROGMEN
These highly trained divers were used during amphibious operations in the Second World War.

THE SHELDT, 1944
How 1st Canadian Army led the Allied effort to free the Antwerp estuary from German control.

CRASSUS’ DOOMED CAMPAIGN
Why the Battle of Carrhae was one of ancient Rome’s worst military disasters..

DEMOLITION FROGMEN

Today’s US Navy SEALs have their origins in various WWII amphibious warfare units that fought in North Africa, France and the Pacific

3 mins

THE VIETNAM WAR 1965-75

The jungles and rice paddies of South-East Asia were among the first battlefields for the US Navy’s new special forces teams

3 mins

GRENADA & PANAMA 1983-89

In the 1980s the Navy SEALs were called upon to take part in two operations that would test their unique skills to the limit

3 mins

THE WAR ON TERROR 2001- PRESENT DAY

After the 9/11 terror attacks, Navy SEAL teams were sent into Afghanistan in late 2001 to bring the groups responsible to justice

3 mins

NAPOLEON vs the TSAR

At the Battle of Friedland, the emperor saw a chance to finally bring Russia to heel — but did he betray his own rules of war to become ‘Master of Europe’?

10+ mins

THE SCHELDT

In the autumn of 1944, with the Allied supply chain stretching back to Normandy, First Canadian Army led the offensive to clear the Scheldt estuary and free the port of Antwerp

10+ mins

WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING

In 1943, resistance fighters in the Polish capital attacked German soldiers, sent to round up and transport the city’s Jews to concentration camps

10 mins

HIROSHI 'HERSHEY' MIYAMURA

On 24 April 1951, when Chinese communist soldiers attacked US Company H in the hills near the Imjin River, this corporal held back the tide and protected his men

5 mins

CRASSUS' DOOMED CAMPAIGN

Determined to bask in the glory of his own military triumph, Marcus Crassus, the richest man in all of Rome, turned his gaze towards Parthia. His thirst for adoration would result in a catastrophe that would shake the Republic and condemn thousands of men to death

6 mins

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Discover Jacobites in Derby, a beautiful castle in Powis and Reading’s remarkable Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry

4 mins

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History of War Magazine Description:

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.