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Another Casualty From That ‘Date Of Infamy’

Dear Sir - I refer to your feature ‘Fate Decided Otherwise;...

Did German Commandos Raid The Isle Of Wight?

The original ARP report which gave rise to suggestions of a German...

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A.A. Milne’s ‘Practical Pacifist’ Letter in New IWM Exhibition

AA Milne fought in the Battle of the Somme, depicted here in...

Acting Flight Sergeant Thomas Mottershead

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Passchendaele Ballot Opens

Images such as this typify public consciousness of conditions...

MAINTAINING TRADITION

Professor Grove

As Axis forces fell from the Cretan skies and emerged from the...

Professor Grove

Did Douglas Bader Fall Victim to High-Speed Stall?

LETTER OF THE MONTH FIELD POST ‘Britain at War’ Magazine,...

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‘WOLFPACK’ THUNDERBOLT Ready For Action A P-47D of...

‘GREAT ESCAPE’ SPITFIRE

Chris Goss

When Chris Goss came across a photograph of a shot-down Spitfire...

Chris Goss
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BULLETIN BOARD

A photograph of a First World War soldier has been successfully...

Soldier’s Tale Commemoration Project Shortlisted for Award

A HIGHLY-PRAISED project aiming to encourage interest in the...

FIRST WORLD WAR DIARYJANUARY 1917 WORLD MAP

JANUARY 1917: The first month of the fourth year of a great war...

A Duel of Aces

Andy Saunders

When Canadian fighter pilot ‘ace’ Sqn Ldr ‘Johnny’ Kent...

Andy Saunders

An Elefant is Coming!

The US Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center Elefant, now...

No Hope for HMS President?

HMS President with St Paul’s Cathedral in background. LAST...

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LETTER OF THE MONTH The Mosquito Exiles Mosquito VI HP904/3-E...

‘A Disgraceful Episode’

Andy Saunders

On 4 July 1940, the Luftwaffe struck a major blow in its first...

Andy Saunders
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Rare Great War Tractor Under The Hammer

HISTORIC MILITARY vehicles remain ever popular on a world-wide...

Canadian War Museum Acquires Medals Of Last Commonwealth Soldier Killed In

WW1 Private George Price’s medal group which has been...

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PLACES TO VISIT

Lancashire & Cheshire Branch The truth behind the Christmas...

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USS OKLAHOMA SALVAGE 15 July 1942 Sunk with the loss...

REPUTATIONS: IVOR MAXSE

John Ash

Innovative and tactically brilliant, Major-General Ivor Maxse...

John Ash

Scottish Poppy Conserved

Silk poppies being manufactured at Richmond during the 1930s....

RAF Pilot No Longer ‘Missing’

IN 2011, Britain at War magazine ran an account of an action...

GREAT WAR GALLANTRY January 1917

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

No Greater Love

Steve Snelling

Resistance leader Hugh Seagrim waged war 75 years ago with a...

Steve Snelling
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From the Editor…

Andy Saunders (Editor)

THE PUBLICATION of material relating to Nazi concentration camps...

Andy Saunders (Editor)

Wittering EOD Destroy Massive ‘Bomb’

The suspect device (MOD CROWN COPYRIGHT 2016) TECHNICIANS...

Fate of Lost Submarine Unravelled

THE WELCOME spate of recent submarine finds has continued with...