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Sikorski bronze unveiled in Midlands

A statue commemorating British ally Polish General Władysław...

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Guardians from the Rock

202 SQUADRON AT GIBRALTARGibraltar’s unique position at a strategic...

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The RAF’s Road to D-Day

Greg Baughen

BOOK OF THE MONTH The Struggle to Exploit Air Superiority, 1943-1944...

Greg Baughen
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Military History with Pete and Gary

No.17 The British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) began life...

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Broads bird back at work

One of the oldest surviving steam boats in Britain can now make...

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Game on

Alex Bowers spoke to the Canadian War Museum’s post-1945 historian...

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The Boys of the Old Brigade

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA Christopher Joll delves into the history...

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A War of Empires

Japan, India, Burma & Britain: 1941-45 ~ by Robert Lyman ...

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Guernsey police deal with unusual UXO

A stretch of Guernsey’s south coast was closed on June 9 after...

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Standard War Rooms?

I enjoyed Andrew Sangster’s feature on General Hastings Ismay...

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S FOR SUGAR, S FOR SURVIVAL

NAXOS BEAUFIGHTER A recent attic find reveals an RAF pilot’s...

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THE MINISTRY OF HISTORY

Austin J Ruddy

MILITARIA A range of highly collectable government-published...

Austin J Ruddy
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From the Editor

Control of Gibraltar was vital to Mediterranean operations, its...

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Falklands map honours liberators

Three Falkland Islanders have completed a map commemorating those...

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A ROCK and A HARD PLACE

GIBRALTAR BY NUMBERS Gibraltar’s unique position has made it...

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Best of five… on leadership

AT EASE Tobias Clark selects his top five books on military...

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Herculean send-off

The RAF bid farewell to its long-serving Hercules fleet as three...

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Despatches

A macabre executioner’s notebook turns heads, while an unassuming...

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The Lascaris War Rooms

Tom Baker reports

CollectionsA testament to Maltese resilience, the Lascaris War...

Tom Baker reports
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Spitfire Photo-Recce Units of World War 2

By Andrew Fletcher Latest in this long-running series is...

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Norman Franks, 1940-2023

VIA GRUB STREET Britain at War is saddened to share news of the...

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Seafire swansong

An 800 NAS Seafire FR.47 launching from Triumph, September 1950...

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Duty Done

Allan George

REPUTATIONS: JAMES SOMERVILLE One of the Royal Navy’s greatest...

Allan George
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HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Captain Harry Cator VC, MM Captain Harry Cator VC,...

Lord Ashcroft
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Missing T-boat believed found

Experts are certain that a wreck discovered in the Aegean is...

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Tornado still brings the storm

Britain’s late Cold War-era strike aircraft of choice, the...

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Killer Capture

CAPTAIN CLIVE COLLETT MC*It should have been an intelligence...

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Whispering Walls

First World War Graffiti ~ by David CrosslandRecent archaeological...

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Britain at War August 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

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FAA ‘top gun’ who flew 40 types dies

Rear-Admiral Ray Rawbone, who led a Fleet Air Arm squadron during...