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HISTORY Contributors
of
WAR Historian, television and
PETER SNOW

radio presenter and author.
Peter Snow needs little
introduction. He and his
son, Dan, contribute to
this issue with a feature
that covers the battle of
the Imjin River during the
Welcome British and the Chinese.
Korean war between the
NICK SOLDINGER
Acclaimed journalist Nick
Few characters throughout history have a life Soldinger has been writing
quite as colourful as that of Julius Caesar. about war for many years.
Becoming the head of his family aged just 16, For this issue he has been
he initially became a priest but, when stripped immersing himself in the
of his wealth by Sulla, opted to join the Roman history of Julius Caesar
army, fearing for his life if he remained in whilst writing our cover
feature on how the great
Rome. Much was to follow. He was kidnapped general and politician
by pirates, had three wives, had a relationship transformed Rome (p20).
with Cleopatra, massively extended the extent
of the Roman Empire and caused a civil war DR DUNCAN ANDERSON
that lasted four years before he was eventually appointed Dictator of Author and Head of the
Rome. He was, of course, stabbed to death at the age of 55 on the Ides Department of War Studies
of March. But that's just part of the story – we present you with the full at the Royal Military
account, starting on page 20. Academy Sandhurst,
Elsewhere in this issue we have no Dr Anderson picks up the
fewer than three features relating to D-Day story of the D-Day Landings
and, as ever, a whole lot more besides. with his feature on the
battles in the Bocage
in this issue of History
Paul Pettengale Editorial Director of War (p32).
paul.pettengale@anthem-publishing.com
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The brutal conflict
in the bocage – the
fields of Normandy –
raged after the D-Day
Landings in June 1944.

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