‘I Was Hitler’s Food Taster’ – German Woman Recalls Her Bizarre and Terrifying Wartime Job
“Not until her 95th birthday, nearly 70 years after the conflict ended, did Hitler’s last surviving food taster speak publicly of her bitter wartime experiences.” MARGOT WÖLK, the young wife of a German soldier who…
Pistols at Dawn – Officers, Gentlemen and the Deadly Tradition of Duelling
“The Duke of Wellington ruthlessly cashiered officers caught duelling during the Peninsular War, but even his iron will could not stamp out the practice entirely.” By John M. Danielski THE MUSICAL Hamilton is the toast…
MHN Marks Movember with the Most Famous Moustaches in Military History
“MilitaryHistoryNow.com is kicking off a month of Tweets from some of history’s best-known ‘staches with this montage.” MHN IS MARKING Movember this year with a salute to the most famous (and infamous) moustaches in military history. Now in…
‘The First World War in 100 Objects’ – Author Shares Artifacts That Symbolize One of History’s Bloodiest Conflicts
“Peter Doyle’s new book explores the objects we associate with the conflict – and some that still surprise us today.” As one writer has put it ‘objects hold within themselves the worlds of their creators’. Representing…
‘Hacksaw Ridge’ — MHN Shares Preview of Upcoming WW2 Blockbuster (VIDEO)
HACKSAW RIDGE, a new World War Two film from Oscar winning actor/director Mel Gibson, is set to burst onto screens next week. The film, which won rave reviews at the at the Venice Film Festival last month, tells…
The Crimean War – Seven Essential Facts About Victorian Britain’s Most Peculiar Conflict
“I view the Crimean War as a very important historical event and find it puzzling that it’s not used more frequently as a canvas for historical novels.” By M.J. Neary THE CRIMEAN WAR (1853-1856) is…
