Nick Hewitt
Contributor
Nick Hewitt is a naval historian with numerous publishing and broadcasting credits. He studied history at Lancaster University and War Studies at King's College London before joining the Imperial War Museum as a Research Assistant in 1995. He is Head of Attractions and Collections for Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust. He is also a contributor to 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History, where earlier versions of his contributions to Britannica first appeared.
Primary Contributions (1)
Operation Bagration, large-scale Soviet offensive against Nazi Germany that occurred from June 23 to August 19, 1944, on the Eastern Front during World War II. It was launched in support of the Normandy Invasion. By mid-1944, the Nazis’ military power was in irreversible decline, and Germany’s…
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Publications (1)
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History (2011)
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History traces the history of warmongering, from the small-scale battles of the ancient world to the devastation of modern conflicts. It provides a comprehensive record of the armed combats that have shaped the political and cultural landscape of the world and is fully illustrated with images ranging from ancient triumphal stone carvings through to the very latest war photography. This is much more than a straightforward military history title; it reveals the...
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