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THE PRINCE WHO DIED IN ZULAND

The death of the exiled heir to the French imperial throne as...

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Military History with Pete and Gary

No.14 We’ve been recording a series of podcasts about...

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Fusiliers mark Michael Caine’s 90th

Sir Michael Caine has been presented with his framed medals to...

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Field Post

King of N’dola Park 'Britain at War' Magazine, PO Box 100,...

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Après moi ,le déluge?

SEAN FEAST

How do historians measure the effectiveness of the RAF’s attacks...

SEAN FEAST
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Burning Horizon

Julian Whippy

BOOK OF THE MONTH British Military Veterans Accounts of the Iraq...

Julian Whippy
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RAF’s last wartime Czech pilot dies

Emil Bocek, the last surviving Czechoslovak pilot to serve the...

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The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Additional words John Ash

BRITISH CORONATIONS Christopher Joll examines the role of the...

Additional words John Ash
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Busting bunkers

Paul E Eden

Eight decades after the Dambusters flew their most famous raid,...

Paul E Eden
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EVERY PHOTO TOLD A STORY

Austin J Ruddy

World War Two paired dramatic scenes with brave journalists and...

Austin J Ruddy
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Last wartime ‘Dambuster’ pilot dies

A New Zealander thought to be the last wartime pilot from 617...

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Fresh Bluff Cove perspectives spark controversy

A new book seeks to counter perceptions of who is to blame for...

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Fleet Air Arm Museum

CollectionsServing as a living monument to the Royal Navy’s...

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Massacre in the Marche

POW MYSTERY A name on a war memorial and a cryptic comment in...

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Did you fly Vulcans? If so, read on

AN XM594 AIRCREW AT SCAMPTON NAM ARCHIVE Notts-based Newark Air...

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The RAF’s Thunderjet specialist

I was delighted to see the excellent article by Andrew Thomas...

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Spinning success

What is widely considered the RAF’s greatest single bombing...

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Best of Five… on gallantry

Lord Ashcroft picks out his top five books detailing valour,...

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Watch supports Battle of Britain ace’s Spitfire restoration

Buy REC’s latest watch and you will own a part of Australian...

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IMAGE of WAR

Unlikely Warrior General Steam Navigation Company yard, London,...

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Roll of honour

DAMBUSTERS AT 80 In no small way, we owe our freedoms to those...

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HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski VC PILOT OFFICER...

Lord Ashcroft
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Big guns to Ukraine

CORPORAL ROB KANE/MOD The second ‘cohort’ of Ukrainian soldiers...

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Despatches

The Vulcan proves ever popular while one of only three Naval...

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BATTLE OF THE BILLIARD TABLE

KERVENHEIM World War Two in Europe was rushing to a close when...

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IMAGE of WAR

If you can walk away... The sands of De Panne, Belgium, May 28,...

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Britain at War May 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

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From the Editor

A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT FOR THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE...

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Volunteers wanted to restore RAF HQ

The abandoned station headquarters at ex-RAF West Raynham, Norfolk,...

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The Highlanders’ Museum

(Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection) Alex Bowers explores The...