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Historymaking decision drives Unknown Soldier plans

THE PLANNED TOMB IS TO BE INSTALLED AT THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL...

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Black Ice

Christopher Joll

VETERAN INTERVIEW How a wounded British-Barbadian soldier surmounted...

Christopher Joll
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Going for the jugular

THE BATTLE OF ROMANI As the Ottomans pushed on the vital Suez...

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Inside Your Magazine

Next Month October 2022, Issue 186 On Sale September 29 We return...

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From the Editor

FIGHTER, PRECISION BOMBER, PATHFINDER, SHIP-BUSTER, SUB-HUNTER:...

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Memories of mischief

I wonder whether Britain at War readers can help me? I’m searching...

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PRISONERS UNDER THE CLOUD

John Willis

NAGASAKI’S FORGOTTEN PRISONERS Hundreds of Allied POWs endured...

John Willis
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Special Forces Land Vehicles

Do you own a Nissan Navara? Read on. Since World War Two, special...

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“Challeng ing” Scapa torpedo cleared

Royal Navy divers have cleared a torpedo from Scapa Flow, former...

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Distant Sanctuary

BRITISH EVACUEES IN CANADA As the Luftwaffe threatened to blast...

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From Mons to Mali

AUTHOR INTERVIEW The latest book by regularBAW contributor Andrew...

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OUT IN THE FIELDS

Throughout World War Two, a fight for survival raged in Britain’s...

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Remembering the ‘Emma Gees’

The air was filled with sharp cracks followed immediately by...

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The Tank Museum

Collections Callum Dickson travels south to one of Britain’s...

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The Facemaker

LINDSAY FITZHARRIS

One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World...

LINDSAY FITZHARRIS
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Military History with Pete and Gary

No.6 We have both been thinking a lot about the experiences of...

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Britain at War September 2022

The full issue in page-turning PDF format

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Victorian fort for sale

FORT GILKICKER IN GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE, WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE...

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CAMPERDOWN VETERAN’S MEDAL SELLS

A Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with Camperdown and Copenhagen...

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IMAGE of WAR

Shadow Strike RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, c.1991 First...

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British Cavalr yman versus German Cavalr yman

It is perhaps overshadowed, given the years of stalemate that...

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‘War Detectives’ lay seven dead to rest

MEMBERS OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT CARRY THE REMAINS OF PRIVATE...

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French commandos reflect on Scottish roots

Fifty ‘Bérets Verts’ have joined their Royal Marine counterparts...

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A face to the memorial

DAVID NICHOLAS It was interesting to see the letter in the July...

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LAUGH OR CRY:'TOMMY'IN THETRENCHES

LAUGH OR CRY: PART IIIIn part three of their series exploring...

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HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid GC PHOTO: COURTESY...

Lord Ashcroft
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Fundraiser underway for Southend Vulcan

VULCAN XL426 ON THE APRON AT THE SOUTHEND JET CENTRE SIMON MURDOCH...

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IRON DUKE’S BLAST FROM THE PAST

Despatches The sale of a gun owned by Britain’s most famous...

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Scrap mountain

Craig Moore

A series of rediscovered photographs shows how surplus British...

Craig Moore
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The Traitor of Colditz

Colditz, the infamous Oflag IV-C camp, played host to a game...