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In this issue

1945 ENDGAME HIROSHIMA
Real stories of the men who ended the war
Interview with Enola Gay navigator 'Dutch' Van Kirk
Strategic destruction: the dark path to nuclear weapons

CONFEDERATE LAST STAND
Civil War's showdown at Appomattox

TASK FORCE GREMLIN
Forgotten story of Japanese pilots recruited to the RAF

RAF RETURNS TO NUCLEAR

Nearly 30 years after giving them up, the RAF is poised to reacquire air-dropped nuclear weapons

3 mins

CAMBODIA vs THAILAND ROOTS OF THE BORDER WAR

July 2025's clashes are the latest in a long frontier conflict that has gone unresolved, from the era of warrior kings to smart bombs

4 mins

PHONES ON THE FRONTLINE

In modern conflicts, smartphones have become an essential tool for civilians and soldiers

3 mins

THE END OF THE SPY?

Human intelligence is a dying art, but it is still crucial for security agencies worldwide

3 mins

PUTIN'S SUBMARINE FLEET

From the Cold War to modern operations, the threat beneath the waves has been steadily building, and could be about to escalate

4 mins

"RAIN OF RUIN" PATH TO HIROSHIMA

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare

9 mins

STALIN'S BLITZKRIEG

In the final month of WWII, the Red Army launched a devastating strike into Manchuria, opening a new front with Japan and threatening invasion of the Home Islands

10+ mins

FLYING INTO HISTORY ENOLA GAY

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by an American B-29 bomber, preceding the country's capitulation in WWII. Here navigator Theodore Van Kirk recalls his experience of the day that changed history

7 mins

TASK FORCE GREMLIN

At the end of WWII the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in Southeast Asia

7 mins

DREW DIX

As the Tet Offensive raged, this US Special Forces staff sergeant led an intrepid group to rescue personnel trapped in the town of Chau Phu, South Vietnam

6 mins

HAWKER TYPHOON

The failed high-altitude fighter that proved crucial to the liberation of Europe as a deadly ground-attack aircraft

3 mins

BUILDING A FUTURE ARMY

Sir Barney White-Spunner discusses his latest book, a study of five armies that shaped Europe

7 mins

NO MORE NAPOLEONS

A MAGISTERIAL SURVEY OF NAVAL POWER AND POLICY

2 mins

ON SILVER WINGS

THIS MOVING BIOGRAPHY OF AN 'UNKNOWN' WWII RAF FIGHTER ACE CHARTS DESMOND IBBOTSON'S CAREER, THE STORY ENDING WITH A TWIST WHEN HIS REMAINS ARE DISCOVERED IN ITALY IN 2005

2 mins

V-FORCE

DISCOVER HOW GREAT BRITAIN'S CUTTING-EDGE COLD WAR BOMBER FLEET WAS PRIMED TO DELIVER NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON

1 mins

THE HIROSHIMA MEN

A COMPREHENSIVE AND PROVOCATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE RACE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONRY AND THE HORROR THAT FOLLOWED

1 mins

BALACLAVA POCKET WATCH

This William IV silver timepiece and its owner survived the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava

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.