The Institute of Military History (IMH), Swedish Defence University (FHS) recently held its 2nd International Military History Network Workshop - co-hosted & funded by the University of Warsaw, Wydzi...

This week, the 31st Nordic History Congress took place in Reykjavik, Iceland, bringing together more than 500 historians from across the Nordic countries. PhD student Martina Berggren, from the Insti...

Welcome to a two-day workshop on human and animal relations in military contexts.

The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup, according to a source familiar. President Donald Trump has been highly...

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This article traces the plight of the widows of Scottish soldiers who participated in the Thirty Years' War. Contrasting a number of strategies the women used in two main contrasting legal systems...

Ukraine accuses Moscow of recklessness due to risk of ecological damage as second tanker runs aground

The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

Jaakko Björklund from Helsinki University tells the story of mutiny and unrest in the Swedish Army during the Ingrian War against Muscovy in 1609-1617. He identifies the sources of disconent among the

The image above is frequently circulated on social media, usually accompanied with a caption such as ‘1916 – soldiers pay tribute to the horses who died in the Great War’ which, w…