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1000 BOMBER RAID LOSSES

During the 1000 bomber raid on Cologne, the RAF paid a heavy...

British Soldiers Buried with Full Honours

Three Fallen Soldiers Interred in Salerno after Remains Found...

Falklands War Medals Recovered

Scots Guards Hero’s Stolen Medals Returned MORE THAN three...

Honouring THE FALLEN

As the list of casualties mounted, even before the end of the...

Captain Percy Herbert Cherry VC, MC

LORD ASHCROFT’S “HERO OF THE MONTH” LEADERSHIP...

Death of One of ‘The Few’

Group Captain Leonard Bartlett Dies Group Captain Leonard...

Lynx & Sea Skua Bow Out

Iconic Helicopter and ‘Most Successful’ Missile Retired ...

IMAGE of WAR

KA MATE, KA MATE! KA ORA! KA ORA! 28th (Māori) Battalion, Helwan,...

AN ‘OLD BILL’MASCOT

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN OBJECTS NO.34 A portrait of...

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From the Editor…

Andy Saunders(Editor)

THE SHEER awfulness of the Allied bomber offensive against Germany...

Andy Saunders(Editor)

Tank Museum’s Tiger Exhibition Opens

Former Enemies Unite to Mark Opening of Landmark Exhibition ...

SPITFIRE GIRL

Melody Foreman

In an astonishing flying life, centenarian aviatrix Mary Ellis...

Melody Foreman

RECONNAISSANCE REPORT

David Willey, Ian Hudson

The Britain at War team scout out the latest items of interest...

David Willey, Ian Hudson

EPILOGUE

HOW SHOULD WE VIEW THE AFTERMATH OF THE FAMOUS RAID? ANDY SAUNDERS...

Veteran’s Sea Chest Returns to HMS Warrior

Tin Chest Donated After Relative Discovered Connection A...

Plea to Government over Spitfire Statue

£4 Million Statue Would be ‘Fitting Memorial’ Says MP ...

Stood at the GATES OF HELL

On February 12 1942 three warships of the German fleet, the battleships...

DRAWING IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBERS

John Piper

Phil Jarman looks at the role of key artists during the Second...

John Piper

Historic Flight Anniversary Marked

RAF Mark Centenary of First Aeromedical Evacuation A...

Sandford’s Finest

Steve Snelling

After surviving one of the worst disasters in British submarine...

Steve Snelling

FIELD POST

Our Letter of the Month is sponsored by Pen & Sword Books ...

1000 BOMBER RAID

COMPILED STEVE DARLOW

IN MAY 1942, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE’S UNPRECEDENTED AND REMARKABLE...

COMPILED STEVE DARLOW

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Wartime UXO Threatens Boat Race

Discovery of Device Fails To Halt Proceedings SPIRITS WERE...

GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON

Great War historian Peter Hart assesses the career of General...

GREAT WAR GALLANTRY May 1917

Throughout the First World War, the many announcements of British...

The ‘Inevitable Mr Render’

Normandy Veteran and Author Passes Away BRITAIN AT War reports...

Sea Harrier Lifted to New Home

Bristol Museum

Legendary Navy Stalwart Rehoused by Bristol Museum ...

Bristol Museum

FIRST WORLD WAR DIARY MAY 1917 WORLD MAP

MAY 1917: AS THE United States of American gears for war, and...

COLLECTING FIRST WORLD WAR AMMUNITION

Mark Khan

This month, we look at the collecting of munitions from the Great...

Mark Khan