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Northern Irish digs for ex-RAFM aircraft

Long Kesh-based Ulster Aviation Society (UAS) has received two...

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Submarine sighting

YOUR VOICE Field Post 'Britain at War' Magazine, PO Box 100,...

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LAUGH OR CRY FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

LAUGH OR CRY: PART VI Cliched caricatures or bonds of familiar...

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DRIVING THROUGH THE WAR YEARS

Austin J Ruddy

MILITARIA World War Two presented numerous challenges for Britain’s...

Austin J Ruddy
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Navy Wings to offer Swordfish flights

Heritage aviation charity Navy Wings is this year planning to...

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The COMPETENT, CONSCIENTIOUS CO-ORDINATOR

MONTGOMERY: MILITARY MESSIAH? Edward Lewry unpicks popular criticisms...

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Uncommon Courage

Julia Jones

The Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II WHILE fishing...

Julia Jones
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The Last Dambuster 1921-2022

NEWS • RESTORATION • DISCOVERIES • EVENTS • EXHIBITIONS...

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Despatches

“Bravest” Passchendaele Victoria Cross and Charge of the...

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Bonzer BOMBERS

VICTORY IN THE BISMARCK SEA An Australian squadron played an...

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Robert B aden-Powell: A Biography

Lorraine Gibson.

Foreword by Bear Grylls OBE War hero, writer, drag artist and...

Lorraine Gibson.
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Soviet Spitfire restoration at Big gin Hill

A Spitfire Mk.IXe supplied to the USSR during World War Two is...

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Big-gun Mustang

You recently published Flying Can Openers, (BAW October 2022),...

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Soldiers of Shropshire Museum

Charting the captivating stories of the county’s regimental...

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HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Chief Petty Officer Ernest Herbert Pitcher VC, DSM ...

Lord Ashcroft
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New vehicles for Royal Marines

THE BVS10 IS TO BE REPLACED IN BRITISH SERVICE BY AN ENHANCED...

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The LUCKY, LACKLUSTRE LEADER

MONTGOMERY: MILITARY MESSIAH? Dr Timothy Bowman examines how...

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Somme 1916

Stephen Bull

At 7:30am, on July 1, 1916, men of the New Army, unbloodied and...

Stephen Bull
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Cake and medals for RAF centenarian

A World War Two veteran has celebrated his centenary with a long...

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Countering Fritz X

A DORNIER DO 217K SHOT DOWN OFF SALERNO BY FG OFF ROY HUSSEY...

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IMAGE of WAR

Diamond of De Beers Honoured Dead Memorial, Kimberley,...

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THE BRIDGE RIFLE

It was a short-lived rifle firing a stopgap round destined to...

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Last D-Day X-craft guide dies

D-DAY AND COPP VETERAN JIM BOOTH PA/ALAMY The Royal Navy believes...

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MONTY: Unbeatble or Unbearable?

MONTGOMERY: MILITARY MESSIAH? Just how great a leader was Britain’s...

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The Milos Marines

HADDOCK TROOP A plaque on an Aegean island commemorating the...

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Military History with Pete and Gary

No.11 HMS Warspite was one of the Queen Elizabeth-class...

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From the Editor

FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, GOC 21ST ARMY GROUP, LEADING BRITISH...

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From Wei-Hai-Wei to the Western Front

NEWS • RESTORATION • DISCOVERIES • EVENTS • EXHIBITIONS...

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Jay's Heroes

An update on Jay Hawkins’ mission to pay tribute to some of...

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The Korean War 1950-53

Carter Malkasian

On June 25, 1950, the Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th...

Carter Malkasian