All About History UK
JAPAN HAD INVADED INDIA?
In 1944, the war in South Asia reached a critical moment as Japanese offensives threatened Allied control of north-eastern India and beyond
7 min |
Issue 148
All About History UK
FLAWED FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES
Were the seeds of Civil War already written into the American Constitution?
10+ min |
Issue 148
All About History UK
PLAYING With HISTORY
Game designers David Thompson and Dave Neale discuss turning the past into a tabletop experience.
5 min |
Issue 148
History of War
THE FIVE STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP
Phillips O’Brien discusses how this quintet of national leaders impacted the course of the Second World War
9 min |
Issue 137
History of War
THE RISE OF ALGERIAN RESISTANCE
How the anti-colonialist struggle around the globe helped inspire Algeria’s liberation movement to organise and fight back
3 min |
Issue 137
History of War
DWIGHT W BIRDWELL
In the opening hours of the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive, this Specialist Five led his armoured cavalry detachment in repulsing a fierce communist assault against Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon
6 min |
Issue 137
History of War
ROOTS OF REVOLUTION
A century of French occupation led to a genocide in Algeria that provoked one of the bloodiest showdowns of the modern age
3 min |
Issue 137
History of War
BATTLE OF ALGIERS
When the Front de libération nationale FLN) took its war to the streets of the capital, France’s military responded with merciless wrath
3 min |
Issue 137
History of War
Great Battles FLODDEN
On the morning of 9 September 1513, King James lV of Scotland stood atop Flodden Hill with what seemed an insurmountable advantage over the English. Yet by the day's end he would lay slain and his army shattered
10+ min |
Issue 137
History of War
FERDINAND 'THE BLOODY'
Known for his brutal martial punishment and execution of his own men, Ferdinand Schérner’s ruthlessness was matched only by his devotion to Nazi ideology
10+ min |
Issue 137
History of War
COUPS & CHAOS
How the French armed forces lost the war in Algeria and almost destroyed French democracy in the process
3 min |
Issue 137
History of War
AIRBORNE UNDER SIEGE ARNHEM
For nine days the heroic 1st Airborne fought desperately, waiting vainly for relief that never came
10+ min |
Issue 137
Best of British
Shining a Light
Tony O’Neil tunes into the history of the last manned lightvessel
4 min |
September 2024
Best of British
Hever Forever
Claire Saul studies the newly refurbished Boleyn Apartment at Hever Castle & Gardens - a castle fit for a queen
3 min |
September 2024
Best of British
To Play the Queen
Chris Hallam looks back on the life of one of the UK’s best known lookalikes
5 min |
September 2024
Best of British
POOLING RESOURCES
Martin Handley looks at what life was like after the Vernons Girls
5 min |
September 2024
Best of British
THE FEW ON SCREEN
Steven Taylor looks at the Battle of Britain across film and TV
6 min |
September 2024
Best of British
Table Service
Rachel Toy looks at the history of Ridgway Homemaker tableware
5 min |
September 2024
Best of British
THE ORIGINAL GOLDEN BALLS
lan Wheeler looks back on 70 years of Tiger comic and Roy of the Rovers, and chats to the man who edited and oversaw both titles
6 min |
September 2024
Best of British
The Man With the Goldeneye
Film stills photographer Keith Hamshere describes how he came to enter the world of James Bond
3 min |
September 2024
Best of British
POSTCARD FROM= SUSSEX
Bob Barton indulges in pleasure piers and fairground delights, as well as fulfilling a long-held ambition to visit the home of Rudyard Kipling
5 min |
September 2024
Best of British
Oh, Miss Jones
Chris Hallam looks back at the origins and legacy of Rising Damp, ITV's most successful sitcom
10+ min |
September 2024
All About History UK
THE USSR's FAKE OLYMPICS,
Having boycotted the 1984 games in Los Angeles, the Soviet Union hosted its own competition
9 min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
Hürrem Sultan
From slave girl to imperial consort, how one girl captured the heart of an emperor to become the most powerful woman in Ottoman history
10 min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
MUSSOLINI HAD JOINED THE ALLIES?
Driven by ambition, Italy's participation in the Axis war effort led to the collapse of its empire, the fall of the Fascist Party and Mussolini's death Interview
7 min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE
Guy Ritchie's entertaining WWII thriller throws light on Operation Postmaster
2 min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
FORT KNOX BULLION DEPOSITORY
United States 1937-present
1 min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
SECRETS OF THE PYRAMIDS
From sacred rituals to hidden treasure, uncover why these world wonders were built
10+ min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
MAKING A MONSTER
Natalie Lawrence explores the creation of enchanted creatures through 15,000 years of history Interview
7 min |
Issue 146
All About History UK
OVERTHROWING THE MONGOLS
How a Buddhist rebellion toppled the mighty empire and began the rise of the Ming dynasty Written
10+ min |