History of War

“THE LAST CHINESE TROOPS HEAD NORTH IN 1958, BUT US TROOPS REMAIN IN SOUTH KOREA. THE TWO KOREAS REMAIN AT WAR TODAY” General MacArthur orders an amphibious invasion of the port city of Inchon while UN forces are besieged in the extreme south east of

“NAPALM EXPLODED RAPIDLY AND INFLICTED DREADFUL BURNS. AMERICAN FORCES USED IT EXTENSIVELY IN THE IRON TRIANGLE NORTH OF SEOUL” “DUGOUTS AND TRENCHES BECAME WIDESPREAD AFTER MAY 1951 WITH THE WAR IN STALEMATE” An incendiary weapon made from gelling

An aerial view of the ‘Iron Triangle’ where UN forces battled Chinese troops “THE FIGHTING TOOK PLACE IN TEMPERATURES THAT APPROACHED MINUS 40 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND X CORPS RECORDED 7,338 CASES OF FROSTBITE” Located in North Korea’s South Hamgyon

The Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) inspired the 1970 hit movie of the same name, directed by Robert Altman, and a long-running sitcom. Both were based on the experiences of Richard Hornberger, who wrote a satirical novel about his experiences

A North Korean magnesium plant during a bombing raid by B-29s “AS THE PLA ADVANCED SOUTH, TRUMAN GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND STATED THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD CONSIDER ANY STEPS NECESSARY TO WIN IN KOREA, INCLUDING THE USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS” Whe

“AT LEAST 3 MILLION SOLDIERS FROM THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) FOUGHT IN KOREA OVER THREE YEARS AS THE PEOPLE’S VOLUNTEER ARMY (PVA). TO WHAT EXTENT THESE MOSTLY POOR AND RURAL MEN WERE GENUINE VOLUNTEERS IS DEBATABLE, BUT PVA FIGHTERS IMPRESSE

British tanks at the Battle of Cambrai could crush barbed wire and roll over trenches and obstacles “IT WAS THE START OF THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI, PERHAPS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, AND ONE THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY CHANGE THE

John Taylor is author of Deborah And The War Of The Tanks , available from Pen & Sword Deborah D51 was one of 36 fighting tanks from D Battalion of the Tank Corps that spearheaded the attack against the German-held village of Flesquières on the morn

Robert Georges Nivelle deployed a large number of French tanks in combat for the first time during the flawed Nivelle Offensive “ONE PROBLEM THE SCHNEIDER FACED WAS THE SPARE PETROL CANISTERS. PLACED OUTSIDE THE HULL, THEY VERY EASILY IGNITED DURING

“IT WAS HERE THE IDEA OF AN ORGANISATION THAT WOULD RECORD, LOOK AFTER AND MAINTAIN THE GRAVES WAS BORN” The battlefields of World War I are now dotted with cemeteries – places of serenity rather than slaughter. White headstones line up like soldier

“HE DISPLAYED THE UTMOST ENERGY AND COURAGE IN FORCING OUR ATTACK HOME. AFTER THREE OTHER BATTALION COMMANDERS HAD BECOME CASUALTIES, HE CONTROLLED THEIR COMMANDS AND ENSURED THAT THE GROUND WON WAS MAINTAINED AT ALL COSTS.HE FREQUENTLY EXPOSED HIMSE

Gen. Raoul Salan, Gen. Jacques Massu, Gen. Paul Aussaresses, Col. Marcel Bigeard, Col. Yves Godard, Col. Roger Trinquier 10th Parachute Division SDECE Action Service Gendarmerie Ultras Mass arrests and detention of suspects. Imprisonment and torture

Yamato’s senior officers prior to the start of Operation Ten-ichigo Yamato in dock fitting out, September 1941 Yamato was enormous, measuring 263m (863ft) stem to stern. She displaced 70,000 tons and was 40 per cent bigger than the battleships of th

“THE SARACEN HAS REMAINED A VIABLE PLATFORM FOR COUNTERINSURGENCY AND MILITARY OPERATIONS FOR DECADES” COMMISSIONED 1953 ORIGIN UNITED KINGDOM LENGTH 4.80 METRES (15.75 FEET) CREW 2 RANGE 400 KILOMETRES (249 MILES) ENGINE ROLLS-ROYCE B80 MK 6A 8-CYLI

Although it was replaced in the early 1960s by the tracked FV432 armoured personnel carrier, the 20-year production run of the FV603 Saracen continued until 1972. A total of 1,838 vehicles were completed. The FV603 has remained active in the arsenals

“SEPARATED FROM WEST PAKISTAN BY THE INDIAN LANDMASS, THE EAST SOON FELT ALIENATED, POLITICALLY AND CULTURALLY, FROM THE WEST” Few conflicts in the late-20th century witnessed as much carnage as the events that shook East Pakistan from March to Dece

“THE BOOK IS PEPPERED WITH INTERESTING STATISTICS AND ANECDOTES TO BUILD A VERY STRONG NARRATIVE” Author: Declan Power Publisher: Maverick House Price: £7.99 (Paperback: Amazon) THIS BOOK ABOUT THE 1961 IRISH UN SIEGE IN THE CONGO WAS ADAPTED INTO

“These women are milling the jacket of a jim, vast numbers of which are being turned out at this factory” “Most of the London buses now carry women conductresses. Here is one of them checking over the day’s schedule with her driver at the depot” “B

Since its release in 1966 The Battle of Algiers has long been critically hailed as a masterpiece of world cinema and one of the greatest historical war films ever made. Directed by Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo and hauntingly scored by maestro c

The Kugelpanzer is displayed in Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia, and its design secrets are still locked away in Russian archives “THIS UNIQUE TANK WAS CAPTURED BY THE RED ARMY IN MANCHURIA IN 1945, ALTHOUGH NOBODY KNOWS WHY IT WAS THERE” World War II