The March 2012 issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is on sale today.<\/p>\n
In the latest issue we cover:<\/p>\n
The Battle of Maiwand \u201a\u00c4\u00ee 27 July 1880<\/p>\n
Patrick Mercer analyses what went wrong at Britain’s shocking defeat in Afghanistan in 1880, just a year after the similarly disastrous Battle of Isandlwana.<\/p>\n
History of the British Army \u201a\u00c4\u00ee Tourcoing 17-18 May 1794<\/p>\n
After a string of defeats in the opening campaigns of the French Revolutionary War, it was at Tourcoing that the need for drastic British military reform became clear.<\/p>\n
Jutland \u201a\u00c4\u00ee the combat experience<\/p>\n
Oral historian Peter Hart reconstructs the chaotic human experience of the Battle of Jutland.<\/p>\n
Apocalypse \u201a\u00c4\u00ee the fall of Jerusalem<\/p>\n
MHM Editor Neil Faulkner revisits one of the most bitterly contested struggles in ancient military history.<\/p>\n
Killing ‘The Beast’ \u201a\u00c4\u00ee the struggle to destroy the Tirpitz<\/p>\n
Naval historian Patrick Boniface charts the campaign to destroy the maritime menace posed by Europe’s largest ever battleship.<\/p>\n
Also in this issue: War Culture, Book Reviews, and Battlefield guides.<\/p>\n
From the editor<\/p>\n
Is Afghanistan always a military disaster waiting to happen? Patrick Mercer’s lead feature this issue implies the answer may be yes.<\/p>\n
The British defeat by the Zulus at Isandlwana in 1879 is more famous, but the defeat at Maiwand the following year was equally calamitous.<\/p>\n
In the historic killing-fields of Helmand, General Burrows’ little army of 2,700 found itself up against some 20,000 Afghans -regulars, tribesmen, cavalry, and skilled artillerymen with 30 guns. Raked by fire, taken in flank, facing fearless charges by thousands of jihadists, the thin line of British regulars and Indian sepoys disintegrated.<\/p>\n
The British, under General Roberts, who made an epic relief march from Kabul to Kandahar, recovered. But the lesson was clear: if you invade Afghanistan, you will not be welcome, and you cannot afford to linger.<\/p>\n
Patrick quotes an old Afghan saying: ‘Our enemies may have the watches, but we have the time.’ So it has always been. The Afghans have defeated every foreign invader since Alexander the Great. Eventually.<\/p>\n
All the signs are that the lesson has not been leaned. The guns of Maiwand still echo in the hills of Helmand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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