Military Illustrated
Encyclopedia
Military Illustrated is a long-running military
history
magazine
formerly published in the United Kingdom
by Publishing News Ltd. From September 2007 publication was taken over by ADH Publishing who unfortunately only took it over to make a bit of quick cash from the subscribers and consequently the paper stock etc has taken a decline.
The editor from issue 70 (March 1994) to date is Tim Newark.
It was first published in 1986 on a bi-monthly basis with the title "Military Illustrated", and sub-titled "Past & Present". This sub-title was subsequently dropped, and the magazine became a monthly publication.
Early issues of the magazine concentrated on uniforms and equipment, as well as occasional articles on modelling and military artists.
The magazine subsequently changed to coverage of battle
s, campaigns
and general military history
including naval and aviation
.
Most articles are on World War II
and earlier history. More recent campaigns such as Vietnam
, Korea
, Falklands War
, and the first Gulf War
are occasionally featured.
Issue 275 (April 2011) is the last issue of the magazine to be published on paper. The magazine will only be available for purchase online for subsequent issues.
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
formerly published in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
by Publishing News Ltd. From September 2007 publication was taken over by ADH Publishing who unfortunately only took it over to make a bit of quick cash from the subscribers and consequently the paper stock etc has taken a decline.
The editor from issue 70 (March 1994) to date is Tim Newark.
It was first published in 1986 on a bi-monthly basis with the title "Military Illustrated", and sub-titled "Past & Present". This sub-title was subsequently dropped, and the magazine became a monthly publication.
Early issues of the magazine concentrated on uniforms and equipment, as well as occasional articles on modelling and military artists.
The magazine subsequently changed to coverage of battle
Battle
Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...
s, campaigns
Military campaign
In the military sciences, the term military campaign applies to large scale, long duration, significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of inter-related military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war...
and general military history
Military history
Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships....
including naval and aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
.
Most articles are on World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and earlier history. More recent campaigns such as Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, Falklands War
Falklands War
The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
, and the first Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
are occasionally featured.
Issue 275 (April 2011) is the last issue of the magazine to be published on paper. The magazine will only be available for purchase online for subsequent issues.