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A guide to the sources of British military history edited by Robin Higham

Robin Highman / Military Development of the Renaissance -- John Beeler / C.G. Cruickshank -- Daniel A. Baugh / Military Development of the Renaissance -- The Navy to 1714 / The Army in the Eighteenth ...
War on the Rocks

The British Army and the Lessons of the Boer War

In January 2024, British Chief of the General Staff Gen. Sir Patrick Sanders warned that British youth were now part of a “pre-war” generation. Pointing to the threat from Russia, he drew a direct ...
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The Bloodiest Day in British Military History

At 7:30 AM on 1 July 1916, British soldiers rose from their trenches and crossed into no man’s land. What followed was one of the deadliest days in military history. Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering ...
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What a newly identified portrait of a black Napoleonic soldier reveals about British Army diversity

The restored portrait of Private Thomas James being installed at the National Army Museum. Courtesy of the National Army Museum The Napoleonic wars were fought on a bigger scale than any conflict that ...