Here is an interview I did with Russia Today on the beginning of World War Two, the Nazi-Soviet Pact and whether Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were equally to blame for its onset.
Author Archives: Michael Jones
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Sep
Sep
I am honoured to learn that the book I wrote with Mike Norman (who commanded the Falklands garrison at the time of the Argentine invasion) has received the RMHS Literary Award for 2019.
01
Feb
Feb
I am excited to be leading tours of the Hundred Years War (in June) and Richard III (in July) with Historical Trips. We will visit key locations in the powerful stories of Edward III, the Black Prince, Henry V, Joan of Arc and Richard III. Following in the footsteps of these dramatic figures from the […]
04
Oct
Oct
I am looking forward to the Malvern Festival of Military History this weekend, where I will be speaking (as one of a panel) on the battle of Agincourt. Agincourt – which recently had its 600th anniversary – holds a timeless appeal, meaning many different things to different people. But at its heart is a story […]
24
Sep
Sep
The fight to prevent development encroaching upon one of our famous battlefields is about making a stand for our heritage. As I said in an interview with The Times: ‘This is one of the defining moments in our national history. For the first time, battlefield discoveries allow us to get a sense of where Richard […]
06
Aug
Aug
In his fine biography, Michael Jones resurrects the recumbent warrior, giving a vivid but scholarly portrait of the man extolled by the contemporary chronicler Jean Froissart as “the very flower of chivalry.” Mr. Jones maintains that Edward deserved such accolades, having strived to exemplify the lofty ideals of the knight’s code.
Watch a short documentary I did with BBC’s Inside Out, wonderfully titled ‘The Prince and the Neutron Blaster’
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Feb
Feb
The battle of Stalingrad finished 75 years ago this month. In its aftermath one Red Army veteran wrote: ‘Stalingrad is free! We first arrived in the city at a time of terrible combat. As we approached, we saw smoke and fire and everything burning. Today there is silence. Only the ruins remind us of the […]
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Dec
Dec
In December 1941 Hitler’s Wehrmacht was repulsed from Moscow in atrocious winter weather. The Fuhrer and German High Command did not believe the lessons of Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia applied to them, because they had a highly mechanised army. But in temperatures dropping below minus 30 degrees Celsius their vehicles and equipment simply […]
09
Nov
Nov
The First World War battle of Passchendaele came to its bloody end 100 years ago this month.