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The First World War began 110 years ago this summer. Though widely expected to last only a few months \u2013 and to be \u2018over by Christmas\u2019 \u2013 the conf lict would drag on for four long years, claiming more than 15 million lives.<\/p>\n

Today, it is often remembered for the appalling conditions of the trenches, where deadlocked forces sometimes found themselves quite literally stuck in the mud. But as we are reminded in this issue, it began as a war of movement, as the invading German Army smashed it s way towards Paris.<\/p>\n

In our two -part special feature, Graham Goodlad examines f irst how Europe slid inexorably towards war, and then looks in detail at the \u2018Miracle of the Marne\u2019 \u2013 the key early battle which checked the German advance but in doing so paved the way for years of bitter stalemate.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, we travel further back in t ime to discover what happened when medieval knights went rogue, as Steve Tibble, the author of a new book on the subject, goes in search of Crusader criminals.<\/p>\n

Also in this issue, Patrick Mercer reveals why Italy\u2019s Gothic Line saw some of the f iercest f ighting of World War II; and William E Welsh explains how Marshal Turenne\u2019s celebrated Winter Campaign of 1674 -1675 sealed his reputation as one of France\u2019s great generals.<\/p>\n

Finally, in the second part of his fascinating series to mark the 150th birthday of Winston Churchill, Taylor Downing uncovers the wartime PM\u2019s unlikely friendship with the diff icult but brilliant scientist who restarted Britain\u2019s controversial WWII bombing campaign.<\/p>\n

We hope you enjoy the issue!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Europe goes to war: 5 steps to catastrophe, and how Paris was saved
\n– Crusader criminals: when knights went rogue
\n– Italy 1944: lessons from the Gothic Line
\n– Winning the \u2018Wizard War\u2019: Churchill and the scientists
\n– The shock of the new: Turenne\u2019s Winter Campaign<\/p>\n

Plus: War Classics, Book Reviews, Museum Review, War on Film, War Culture, Back to the Drawing Board, Listings, and more.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8002,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[60],"product_tag":[29],"class_list":{"0":"post-8001","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-back-issue-military-history-matters","7":"product_tag-military-history-matters","8":"product_shipping_class-back-issue","9":"desktop-align-center","10":"tablet-align-center","11":"mobile-align-center","12":"ast-product-gallery-layout-first-image-large","13":"ast-product-gallery-with-no-image","14":"ast-magnify-disabled","15":"ast-product-tabs-layout-distributed","17":"first","18":"instock","19":"taxable","20":"shipping-taxable","21":"purchasable","22":"product-type-simple"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25.jpg",997,1303,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-230x300.jpg",230,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-768x1004.jpg",768,1004,true],"large":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-784x1024.jpg",784,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25.jpg",997,1303,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25.jpg",997,1303,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-300x400.jpg",300,400,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-600x784.jpg",600,784,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover-1000px-25-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Gaetane Levesques","author_link":"https:\/\/currentpublishing.com\/shop\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In this issue: - 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