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• A ‘Highly Influential Wave of Austrian Skiers’: Austrian (Refugee) Soldiers in the Tenth Mountain Division in the Second World War Between Myth and Fact.
  Florian Traussnig519627Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War, Graz, Austria.
  War in History. 4 days ago
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  The 10th Mountain Division of the Second World War was the first major U.S. Army unit to specialize in alpine and winter warfare. The genesis and combat performance of the division in Italy were for a large part based on the knowledge of civilian skiing ...

  May 06, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261448559   open full text
• Campaign Economy and Austerity Measures: Crisis Management in Ottoman Fiscal Policy During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
  Ömer ÇağatayDepartment of History, 162312Bingöl University, Bingöl, Türkiye.
  War in History. March 19, 2026
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  Throughout history, states’ ability to sustain military power has depended on their capacity to absorb the costs of war. In the early modern period, the growing scale and continuity of warfare placed increasing strain on fiscal structures in both Europe ...

  March 19, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261433455   open full text
• The Second Sino-Japanese War and Third-Country Mediation.
  Chunsong Chen12918Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
  War in History. March 04, 2026
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  The Second Sino-Japanese War was intricately linked to the international situation of the time. A significant aspect of this involvement was the third country's attempts to mediate the conflict. Especially after the outbreak of World War II, international ...

  March 04, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261428117   open full text
• ‘Cabals and Intrigues’: British Intelligence Gathering in Europe During the Seven Years War.
  Samuel Dodson4468University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
  War in History. February 26, 2026
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  The purpose of this article is to analyse British diplomats’ methods for intelligence collection and conveyance relative to the war effort in west Germany during the Seven Years War, highlighting that British intelligence networks on the continent were ...

  February 26, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261415830   open full text
• How the Allies’ Diplomatic Dialogue Influenced Franco's Foreign Policy in the Context of Operation Backbone (1942–1943).
  Luis Horrillo Sánchez16734Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
  War in History. February 13, 2026
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  The success of Operation Torch and the Allies’ negotiations with Franco, in the context of Operation Backbone (1942–1943), demonstrates the political and military stakes that the Allies had in both operations. Torch held a central place within Allied ...

  February 13, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261421847   open full text
• Book Review: Uniting Against the Reich – The American Air War in Europe by Luke W. Truxal.
  Graham CrossManchester Metropolitan University.
  War in History. February 09, 2026
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 225-226, April 2026.
  

  February 09, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261420172   open full text
• Book Review: For Russia With Hitler: White Russian Émigrés and the German-Soviet War by Oleg Beyda.
  Annemarie SammartinoOberlin College.
  War in History. February 06, 2026
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 223-224, April 2026.
  

  February 06, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261420192   open full text
• Book Review: Soviet-Polish War and Its Legacy: Lenin’s Defeat and the Rise of Stalinism by Peter Whitewood.
  Sofya AnisimovaUniversity College Dublin.
  War in History. February 06, 2026
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 221-222, April 2026.
  

  February 06, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261420190   open full text
• Book Review: The Struggle for Liberation: A History of the Rwanda Civil War, 1990-1994 by John Burton Kegel.
  Niels Boender.
  War in History. February 03, 2026
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 227-228, April 2026.
  

  February 03, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261420199   open full text
• Book Review: Leaving the Fight: Surrender, Prisoners of War, and Detainees in Western Warfare by John A. Lynn.
  Brian K. FeltmanGeorgia Southern University.
  War in History. February 03, 2026
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 219-220, April 2026.
  

  February 03, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445261420165   open full text
• ‘It Certainly Will Help if That Stopped’: Politics of Wartime Military Assistance During the Civil War of Nigeria (1967–1970).
  Akali OmeniPolitics and IR, 1846Boston University, London, UK.
  War in History. January 12, 2026
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  As Nigeria's Federal Military Government confronted Biafran separatists during the Civil War (1967–1970), foreign involvement critically shaped its conduct and outcome. Drawing on archival and declassified sources, this article analyses how Britain's ...

  January 12, 2026   doi: 10.1177/09683445251412900   open full text
• An Imperial Army? Innovation and Adaptation in MiddleEast Command, 1941-1942.
  James Halstead3890Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK.
  War in History. December 03, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  Over the past decade a scholarly consensus has emerged that there was a high degree of inter-operability between the British, Indian and Commonwealth armies during the Second World War. This article demonstrates, contrary to this, that there were key ...

  December 03, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251399919   open full text
• Righteous Resistance: Clausewitz's Political Theory of Defence.
  Terence M Holmes7759Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
  War in History. November 18, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  Clausewitz repeatedly avers that defence is the stronger form of war, but his substantive arguments tend to show that the merits of defence are largely dependent on the political circumstances of the defender. He does not prove that defence is inherently ...

  November 18, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251394632   open full text
• Colonial Soldiering and le cafard: Boredom, Morale and Gender Dynamics in the French and Spanish Foreign Legions, 1907–1939.
  Salvador LimaDepartment of History, 10185the European University Institute, Florence, Firenze, Italy.
  War in History. November 17, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This article examines boredom and psychological distress –le cafard– among soldiers of the French and Spanish Foreign Legions from the onset of the European conquest of Morocco until the late 1930s. Drawing on memoirs, military reports, and contemporary ...

  November 17, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251397189   open full text
• ‘Stop Altogether Talking of Rommel': Auchinleck’s Order, German Propaganda and the BBC.
  Martin SamuelsIndependent Academic, Leicestershire, UK.
  War in History. November 12, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  In 1942, General Sir Claude Auchinleck instructed his men to ‘stop altogether talking of Rommel’. This order underpins postwar claims the campaign in North Africa was gentlemanly, characterised by mutual respect. However, although Rommel had a strong ...

  November 12, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251394854   open full text
• Stalin's Proxy War against Japan, 1937–45: One Principal and Two Agents.
  Robert P. HagerJoint Editor-in-Chief (Retired), Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Moorpark, CA, USA.
  War in History. November 10, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This work analyzes Soviet policy towards the 1937–45 Sino-Japanese conflict as a proxy war. It adds to the literature on three counts. Firstly, this is a case where the principal had two agents in the same proxy war. Secondly, the two agents were bitter ...

  November 10, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251393173   open full text
• The Dhofar War as a Documentary: An Analysis of ‘Britain's Other War’ (1972).
  Geraint HughesReader in Diplomatic and Military History, Defence Studies Department, 4616King's College London, London, UK.
  War in History. October 28, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  The Dhofar insurgency (1963–1976) is one of the forgotten conflicts of post-1945 Middle Eastern history, and throughout this war the United Kingdom provided military assistance to the Sultan's Armed Forces of Oman. The Thames TV documentary series This ...

  October 28, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251391674   open full text
• Prussian Army in the Bureaucratic State. The Case of Quartering Troops in Breslau 1815–1848.
  Jacek Jędrysiak414320Historical Institute of the University of Wrocław, Wroclaw, Poland.
  War in History. October 03, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This article deals with the issue of establishing barracks in Prussian cities after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The city of Breslau (modern-day Wrocław) was chosen as the as the case study. The main theme of the article regards the challenges ...

  October 03, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251382534   open full text
• Third World War in the Early Cold War Turkish Media.
  Nadav SolomonovichDepartment of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, 26742The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
  War in History. September 17, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  One of the immediate results of the Cold War was the growing global fear of the possible outbreak of a new world war, one in which weapons of mass destruction would be used. This fear was shaped not only by international developments but also by each ...

  September 17, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251379019   open full text
• Propaganda for an Ally: How the Anglo-Japanese Alliance Shaped British Propaganda in the First World War.
  Satoru Fukamachi318124Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan.
  War in History. August 28, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This paper analyses British propaganda in First World War Japan by comparing two contrasting periodicals. It contrasts the failed, autonomously-managed bilingual magazine.The New Eastwith the successful, state-controlledSenji Jihō, which utilised a ...

  August 28, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251371999   open full text
• The German–Ottoman Alliance and Muslim Prisoners of War in Germany (1914–8).
  Sergey A. SherstyukovHSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  War in History. August 21, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  During the First World War, thousands of Muslim soldiers were captured by the Germans and housed in special camps set up in Germany. The recruitment of Muslim POWs in these camps was part of Berlin's broader effort aimed at the ‘program of global ...

  August 21, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251371297   open full text
• Not-so-Failing Junior Partner; Re-examining the AEF's Chemical Warfare Experience before and during the German Spring Offensives.
  Vít KlepárníkCharles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
  War in History. July 21, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This study, using the revisionist critique of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), reopens the issue of US involvement in the ever-engaging field of World War I chemical warfare. It disputes revisionist claims of a lack of US preparedness and ...

  July 21, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251357397   open full text
• Innocent Victim or Hero?: Pigeons, Propaganda and the Conduct of War in Rostov (November 1941).
  Kiril FefermanDepartment of Jewish History, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
  War in History. June 13, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  The article examines a specific episode in Rostov during WWII, focusing on the alleged murder of Viktor Cherevichkin by the Wehrmacht for refusing to surrender his pigeons, as portrayed in Soviet propaganda. It analyses how the pigeon incident was ...

  June 13, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251348887   open full text
• Institutionalisation and Consequences of Wargaming in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and Government, 1868-1945.
  Hiroyasu Akutsu457572Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  War in History. May 29, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  While Western literature on wargaming has focused mainly on Japanese wargames conducted during the Second World War, comprehensive research on the evolution of wargaming in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and governmental educational institutions has ...

  May 29, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251344514   open full text
• Endurance and Adaptation: Leadership Dynamics and Tactical Revisions in the Chinese Communist Party's Southern Guerrilla Warfare, 1934–1937.
  Chang ZileiSchool of Marxism, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  War in History. May 21, 2025
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 155-173, April 2026.
  During the initial phase of the ‘Three-Year Guerrilla Warfare’, Xiang Ying and Chen Yi were determined to preserve the Jiangxi-era strategy of the Red Army, which focused on fragmenting enemy ranks. Faced with a complex blend of enticements and threats ...

  May 21, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251344516   open full text
• Contention on the Cotentin: Military-Medical Entrepreneurs and the French Contractor State During the Seven Years’ War.
  Benjamen N. GoffDepartment of History, 7235University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
  War in History. May 02, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This article presents an unstudied facet of the French contractor state, focusing on the relationship between medical entrepreneurs and the war ministry. Observing three reserve hospitals built in Normandy during the Seven Years’ War, it argues that the ...

  May 02, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251338543   open full text
• Re-examining the Truman Administration's Decision to Cross the 38th Parallel.
  Feng DengSchool of History & Culture, 12389Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China.
  War in History. April 29, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This study challenges the orthodox view of the 38th Parallel crossing decision, arguing that Truman's administration reached consensus earlier than the National Security Council (NSC) 81/1 approval in September 1950 suggests. Truman's 1949 NSC 8/2 ...

  April 29, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251337060   open full text
• Au Contact: French Infantry Tactics in the Maginot Line Advance Posts During the Phoney War, 4 September 1939 to 10 May 1940 *.
  Kevin Passmore2112Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
  War in History. March 26, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  Historians’ preoccupation with explaining why France lost the Battle of France in May and June 1940 obscures worthwhile histories that are not relevant to the outcome. Generalisation from the battle on the Meuse, where elite German units faced poor French ...

  March 26, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251329056   open full text
• Co-belligerency and Armament Policy: Britain, the United States and Italy, 1943–45.
  Manuel FarolfiWhite Rose College of the Arts & Humanities at York University, York, UK; Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, UK; Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute at Leeds University, Leeds, UK.
  War in History. March 26, 2025
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 195-218, April 2026.
  While historians have largely examined the Allied policy towards co-belligerent Italy in military and political contexts, little attention has been paid to the measures adopted on armament matters. This article demonstrates, first, how the decisions made ...

  March 26, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251323102   open full text
• ‘Fâcher le Cœur des Blancs’: Mboum/Pana Resistance During the War of Pacification in Colonial Ubangi-Shary (1929–1931).
  Patrick DraméDepartment of History, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.
  War in History. March 20, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  Until the aftermath of the Great War, the Mboum-Pana populations succeeded in successively thwarting the attempts at domination by the Fulani, the German and then the French colonisers. However, France reoccupied Ubangi-Shary in the wake of the Treaty of ...

  March 20, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251328409   open full text
• ‘When the Time comes, I Will go Like Every Brave Soldier’: The Military Identity of Belgian Recruits in the First World War.
  Tine De Keyser129193KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
  War in History. March 13, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This article explores how Belgian recruits in the First World War approached and articulated their military identity. Within the army, recruits assume a special place: during an armed conflict, they are part of the army without having actually fought on ...

  March 13, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251323886   open full text
• What Makes an Elite Unit Elite? The Case of the British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, June 1944 to January 1945.
  Mark L. JonesWar Studies, 4616King's College London, London, UK.
  War in History. February 28, 2025
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 174-194, April 2026.
  The British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade should be characterised as elite due to its adaptability. An advanced level of training made paratroopers into high-quality, elite soldiers who were able to adapt both during an operation and between ...

  February 28, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251321657   open full text
• A Volatile American-Driven Relationship: The Republic of Vietnam and the Philippines During the Vietnam War (1964–1973).
  Huy Trieu Ha657885Department of General Education, University of Management and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  War in History. February 21, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This article examines the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Vietnam and the Philippines throughout the Vietnam War, which took place from 1965 to 1973. It uses untapped source materials from the Vietnam National Archives Centre 2, in ...

  February 21, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251320983   open full text
• Un-Silencing ‘The Most Silent Section of “The Silent Service”’: The Portrayal of Royal Navy Submarines and Submariners in the Illustrated London News, 1939–1945.
  Martin Backhouse, Robert James.
  War in History. February 18, 2025
  War in History, Ahead of Print.
  This article explores the portrayal of Royal Navy submarines, their crews, and depot ships in theIllustrated London Newsduring the Second World War. Through an examination of this newspaper, it argues that Britain was shown to have a technologically ...

  February 18, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445251319938   open full text
• Women and the Polish-Lithuanian Army: Between Legal Norms and Everyday Life.
  Karol Łopatecki, Radosław Poniat.
  War in History. January 28, 2025
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 115-134, April 2026.
  The article describes the presence of women in the armies of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These armed forces differed from the European military as there was a small proportion of women ...

  January 28, 2025   doi: 10.1177/09683445241311812   open full text
• ‘Infinite Trouble, Considerable Expense’: The British Adriatic Mission and the Evacuation of the Serbian Army, October 1915–February 1916.
  Alexandre Benjamin Pijade ChiaramonteIndependent Researcher, Perth, Australia.
  War in History. December 24, 2024
  War in History, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 135-154, April 2026.
  This article explores Britain's role in the events preceding the evacuation of the beleaguered Serbian army from Albania. Specifically it examines the hasty creation, in November 1915, of the British Adriatic Mission to resupply the Serbian army through ...

  December 24, 2024   doi: 10.1177/09683445241308566   open full text