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Slight criticisms aside, “Desert Armour” is an exceptional work that I recommend to be read slowly, as there is so much information to pore over.

An exclusive extract from Graeme Bowman's new book Empire First, detailing Churchill’s attempts to place Britain’s imperial interests ahead of…

In mid-1941, an RAF pilot from Welwyn Garden City was shot down over the island of Crete. What followed was a daring escape from deep behind enemy lines.

(June 11, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, Allied forces, commanded by Gen. Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse, reluctantly, and under pressure from London, launched “Operation Battleaxe.” The Allied forces, now designated XIII Corps, included the British 7th Armored Division, commanded by Maj.-Gen. Michael O’Moore Creagh; the 4th Indian Division, commanded by Maj.-Gen. Frank Messervy; and the 22nd Guards Brigade, commanded by Brig.-Gen. Ian D. Erskine. It was a feeble attempt at relieving the siege of Tobruk, which today has a population of 120,000, and is approximately 90 miles west of ...

(May 14, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, Commonwealth forces in North Africa launched a limited offensive against Erwin Rommel’s Axis forces. Before delving into the particulars of that operation, let’s reacquaint ourselves with the history. Libya was an Italian colony, and had been so since the Kingdom of Italy wrested it from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. It was bordered on the west and south by the French colonies of Tunisia, Algeria and modern-day Chad and Niger. It was bordered on the east by British-dominated Egypt. When the Italians declared war on the British and French on June...