The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
The British Army ended the First World War well trained, well led, well equipped and capable of engaging in all arms intensive warfare. Of all the players, on both sides, this army was unquestionably the most capable of deployment against a first class enemy anywhere...
Supremacy at Sea The Second World War can be seen as a succession of phases, or campaign events, each of which in terms of timeline and effect had its own impact on the course and outcome of the war. The two big turning points in the Second World War both occurred in...
The British Army with General Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman | RSS.com
Have you ever wondered about the history of a building or a place as you rush past, busy with life, and have never had the opportunity to stop and investigate it further? Millions of people walking through the U.K.’s towns, cities and landscapes every single day of...
Do you think Bill Slim’s ideas surrounding courage and morale can be applied to modern-day warfare? Absolutely. They’re timeless. All soldiers need to be motivated to fight. Napoleon described ‘the moral to the physical as three is to one’. To be motivated, soldiers...
Great British Commanders: Bill Slim with Robert Lyman & Gordon Corrigan | RSS.com
Antony Beevor on Russia, Lenin, Revolution and Civil War | RSS.com
War of Empires - Robert Lyman on India, Britain, Burma and Japan in WW2 | RSS.com A War of Empires - Part Two of Robert Lyman on the Indian Army in the Far East in WW2 | RSS.com
This is a superb and highly readable account of the development of the often tumultuous relationships between Britain’s political and military leaders over 31-years, starting with Sarajevo in 1914 and ending with Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Britain and its empire...
