CONTRIBUTORS

HARETH AL BUSTANI

Hareth returns to the pages of History of War, this issue taking a look at the ill-fated Mongol invasions of Japan. These attacks launched by Kublai Khan saw a Mongol coalition take on outnumbered samurai forces in a bid to conquer the island of Kyushu (page 12).

MICHAEL HASKEW

Regular History of War contributor Mike takes a look at the dark history of Philippe Pétain: France’s First World War hero who became the head of the authoritarian Vichy regime in the aftermath of the Nazi victory in 1940 (page 24).

MIGUEL MIRANDA

Miguel is a writer specialising in South-east Asian military history, and has recently released his first novel. On page 38 he recounts the horrific Bataan Death March in the aftermath of the Fall of the Philippines in 1942.