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“Unbelievable” reunion for Hurricane fitter

Jeff Brereton reunited with a Hurricane cockpit RAFA A veteran...

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Field Post

YOUR VOICE Bleating battleships 'BRITAIN AT WAR' MAGAZINE,...

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HORSES FOR COURSES

THE CAVALRY BY NUMBERSBefore 1914, the changing face of warfare...

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Desert Cats

The RAF’s Jaguar Force in the First Gulf War If you’ve...

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Long-awaited centre opens near Southend

A new heritage centre has opened its doors some 35 years after...

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KENT’S BLAZING RUSE

DECOY AIRFIELDS Set in beautiful countryside between Eynsford...

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SAIGON SPITFIRES

The first air strikes in 30 years of bitter conflict in French...

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HERO OF THE MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Captain Jeffrey Peter Niblett DFC ABOVE: Captain Niblett...

Lord Ashcroft
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UK deploys more troops in KFOR surge

More British soldiers have deployed to the Balkans after increased...

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METAL AT THE MUSEUM

Sabaton’s passionate outreach project has hit a huge milestone...

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TABLE TURNED

INSTEP MISSIONS The Mosquito was a potent adversary typically...

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The Royal Auxiliar y Air Force

Commemorating 100 Years of Service Published to coincide...

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(Horse)back to the future!

A British unit has swapped its infantry fighting vehicles for...

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Triumph OVER TRAGEDY

WHAT HAPPENED TO HMS TRIUMPH?The recent discovery of HMS Triumph...

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PIER PRESSURE

In July 1950, Gosport and Portsmouth were rocked by two huge...

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THE MISSING LINK

WEAPONS OF WAR For 60 years, an important testbed in British...

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Britain at War November 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

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Last known Royal Navy Dunkirk veteran dies

Dunkirk veteran Lawrence Churcher in 2019, he is thought to have...

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The forgotten member of ‘The Few’

Sir Keith Park, the ‘Defender of London’, has been formally...

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BRITAIN'S OTHER' HEAVY

HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX BY NUMBERSThe Halifax proved a rugged and...

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Flawed Commanders and Strategy

In the Battles for Italy, 1943-45 Britain at War...

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Spies like us

The Imperial War Museum London delves into the world of espionage...

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RAFTIMEPIECEC LOCKSAT TENTION

IMAGE: MCTEARS One of the most recognisable objects in aviation...

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IMAGE of WAR

Stocks Green shootdown Stocks Green, Hildenborough, Kent, September...

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The Commonwealth’s right arm

The ubiquitous L1A1 SLR was the favoured weapon of many riflemen...

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King presents new Colour to Royal Guard

The new Ballater Colour was received by Balaklava Company, 5th...

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NATO’s missing man

I read with interest Andrew Sangster’s excellent article on...

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The terrible tangle

A century and a half after the filing of its patent, Michael...

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Military History with pete and gary

No.19We recently had the pleasure of filming with Australian...

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Divers locate W WI wrecks

Two British destroyers are among the vessels discovered by the...