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THE TANK MUSEUM

The Tank Museum at Bovington in Dorset holds the national collection...

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Dutch Authorities Confirm Wrecks Plundered

Concerns for British Wrecks Rise as Japanese Ships Also Affected...

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Against ALL ODDS

Lord Ashcroft

Lord Ashcroft tells one captured fighter pilot’s remarkable...

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FIRST WORLD WAR DIARY APRIL 1917 WORLD MAP

APRIL 1917: After much political deliberation, the United States...

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Stolen Gate Returned to Dachau Museum

Notorious ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Sign Returned After Appalling...

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TIGER 131: Preservation of Legend

John Ash

Of all the Tiger I tanks produced, just one, Tiger 131, remains...

John Ash
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The Scourge of 20 Squadron

THE SCOURGE OF 20 SQUADRON Flyer’s Death Behind German Lines...

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GREAT WAR GALLANTRY April 1916

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

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Wing Commander Frederick William Palmer

LORD”AESRHOC ORFO FT’S THE MONTH” Wing Commander Frederick...

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Spate of UXB Finds Across South East

Four Devices Made Safe by Military in as Many Weeks ...

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The Myth of ‘Bloody April’

Great War historian Peter Hart takes an objective look at the...

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Attack On The ‘Haguro’

Dear Sir I was interested to read Tom Spencer’s Letter (‘The...

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A RELIC OF THE CLOTH HALL, YPRES

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN OBJECTS NO.33 Corporal Hewing’s...

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German S-Mines Uncovered On Sark

ON THURSDAY, 9 February 2017, bomb disposal officers from Guernsey...

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Joint Battle to Save War Wreck

Indonesia and Australia Work to Save HMAS Perth DIVERS HAVE...

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A WITCH’S CAULDRON

Recent discoveries of unexploded German bombs in Portsmouth Harbour...

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IMAGE of WAR

A MOMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais - France,...

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Lawrence of Arabia – Shifting Sands Exhibition

IN THE March 2017 issue of Britain at War we looked at the story...

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THE CULT OF THE ‘TIGER ACE’

John Ash

A subject of considerable debate over the years, the status of...

John Ash
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The Deck Gun Of UB–130

LETTER OF THE MONTH The wreck of UB-121 lying alongside...

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GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR IRON CROSS 1ST & 2ND CLASS

Robin Schaefer

Regular Britain at War contributor, Robin Schaefer, takes a look...

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Tiger Tank Veterans Remember

Fischer, 1943. SURVIVING GERMANS who fought in the legendary...

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HMHS Anglia And The Live Bait Squadron Given Legal Protection

The Bishop of Rochester at the drum Head ceremony commemorating...

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FREE BOOK

WHEN YOU TAKE OUT A 2-YEAR OR DIRECT DEBIT SUBSCRIPTION T...

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Mercantile Marine Great War Anomaly

Dear Sir, In your November 2016 edition you highlighted how stringencies...

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Bomber Command Memorial Vandalised

Green Park Memorial Targeted For Third Time in Five Years ...

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Who Killed Michael Wittmann?

At approximately 1230 hours on 8 August 1944, seven Tigers of...

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Churchill’s Messerschmitt

It was just one of scores of German fighter aircraft downed over...

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RECONNAISSANCE REPORT

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

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From the Editor…

WITH THIS issue, we mark ten years of the publication of Britain...