The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.

To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make

I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does.

If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles.