Historian Saul David

Saul David

Saul David is a historian, broadcaster and author of several acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, including SBS Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History (William Collins, 2021), Crucible of Hell: Okinawa. The Last Great Battle of the Second World War (William Collins, 2020) and Operation Thunderbolt (Hodder & Stoughton, 2015). He is Professor of Military History at the University of Buckingham and Course Director and Tutor of Buckingham’s London-based MA in Military History by Research: The Art of War from Marlborough to Montgomery, 1701–1945

Video podcastBritish Redcoats: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrayal of the Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light BrigadeWho blundered in the Valley of Death?

A painting showing British troops advancing on Ulundi, mountains in the background

The forgotten battles of the Zulu War

Historian Saul David

Saul David“It was astonishing bravery – and cold-blooded bravery, too”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the French colonial army departing to fight under Colonel Marchand

What if...Britain and France went to war during the 1898 Fashoda Incident?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Special Boat Service: WW2’s silent heroes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English cavalry attacking the Sikh at the Battle of Aliwal

Victoria the warrior queen

Boys playing conkers in 1926. Horse chestnuts played an unlikely role in the war effort just a few years earlier. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Did conkers help win the First World War?

Okinawa: the battle and the bomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The US assault on Okinawa

The WW2 battle of Okinawa: the bloodiest assault of the Pacific War