Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in military history, defence and security issues. He lectures at universities, military academies and staff colleges around the world and spent 35 years as an officer in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces. His next book, 1945: Victory in the West, is due to be published by Penguin in May 2022

Peter Caddick-Adams

Recent articles by Peter Caddick-Adams

Memorial Day A brief history

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war “Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle “Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams on the history of neutrality “As many nations found to their cost in the 20th century, declaring neutrality and it being respected are two different matters” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams on the Russia-Ukraine war “The language, tactics, and weapons hark back to the 1940s” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to win a 20th-century battle

Churchill and D-Day: did the prime minister oppose the Normandy landings?

Exclusive podcast Peter Caddick Adams on whether D-Day could have failed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

D-Day: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The road to D-Day: getting ready for action

D-Day: why the training was deadlier than the assault

Stalingrad: the crushing of the Reich

The battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s final gamble

One hundred years of voluntary service