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THE PRINCE WHO DIED IN ZULAND

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

Military History with Pete and Gary

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

Fusiliers mark Michael Caine’s 90th

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

Field Post

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

Après moi ,le déluge?

SEAN FEAST

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

SEAN FEAST

Burning Horizon

Julian Whippy

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

Julian Whippy

RAF’s last wartime Czech pilot dies

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

The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Additional words John Ash

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

Additional words John Ash

Busting bunkers

Paul E Eden

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

Paul E Eden

EVERY PHOTO TOLD A STORY

Austin J Ruddy

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

Austin J Ruddy

Last wartime ‘Dambuster’ pilot dies

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

Fresh Bluff Cove perspectives spark controversy

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

Fleet Air Arm Museum

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

Massacre in the Marche

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

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...

Spinning success

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

Best of Five… on gallantry

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

Watch supports Battle of Britain ace’s Spitfire restoration

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

IMAGE of WAR

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

Roll of honour

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

HERO of the MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski VC PILOT OFFICER...

Lord Ashcroft

Big guns to Ukraine

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

Despatches

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

BATTLE OF THE BILLIARD TABLE

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

IMAGE of WAR

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

Britain at War May 2023

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

Volunteers wanted to restore RAF HQ

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

The Highlanders’ Museum

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