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Double HERO of the ARAKAN

Twice a hero of bitter fighting in Burma during the Second World...

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From the Editor…

THROUGHOUT HISTORY, and certainly ever since the First World...

First World War Battlefield Archaeology

Unexploded ordnance is an ever present site hazard. (ERIC FLAMAND)...

A STORY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE at WAR

Life on the home front and how masses of everyday people joined...

GREAT WAR GALLANTRY June 1918

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

SCOURGE OF THE SENUSSI

In this feature, Stuart Hadaway gives us a glimpse of life with...

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RAF PERSONNEL based in Romania attended a service in May to honour...

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE has launched a unique digital archive...

The Grey Wolves of Eriboll

David M Heard

THIS FASCINATING account tells the story of the German U-boats...

David M Heard

CASUALTY’S BATTERED COCOA TIN

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN OBJECTS The battered cocoa tin...

Sutherland in Rare Japan Visit

A gunner on HMS Sutherland’s Wildcat helicopter, callsign ‘Fearless’,...

IMAGE of WAR

GREASE THE FISH Merseyside, 16 August 1941 Men of HMS Vanoc...

First World War Military Postcards

The humble postcard of the First World War provides fascinating...

To Get A ‘Butcher Bird’

The arrival of the Focke Wulf 190 on the Channel coast during...

Soldiers of the Great War Laid to Rest

News • Restoration • Discoveries • Events • Exhibitions...

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THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISION has announced that it is...

The Royal Air Force Day By Day 1918 – 2018

Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork

Publisher: The History Press www.thehistorypress.co.uk ISB:...

Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork

Brigadier Manley Angell James

LORD”ASHCROFT’S “HERO OF THE MONTH” VC, DSO, MBE,...

FREE BOOK

CHOOSE FROM: Bomber Boys WORTH £9.99 Lancaster pilot...

Special Boat Service Gallantry Medals at Auction

’Gillie’ Howe’s medal group, including the DCM, MM, BEM...

War And Peace Revival 2018

A Jeep gets some attention in the vehicle area. (WAR AND PEACE...

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Contributors for the forthcoming issue include: Dr Bernd Horn,...

WYVERNS OVER THE CANAL

WIth 830 Naval Air Squadron, The Wyvern Had Its Brief Moment...

Reminder Of Extraordinary Courage In Victoria Cross Sale

SIDNEY DAY bore a charmed life in two World Wars. Twice-wounded...

COLD WAR CATASTROPHE

LOW FLYING ACCIDENT

During 1950s and the early days of the Cold War, the number of...

LOW FLYING ACCIDENT

D-Day Rocket Typhoon

(1940 MEDIA LTD) This posed photograph was actually taken...

RELIC FROM THE SINKING OF U-8

The First W rld War in Objects The section from one...

Wartime Munitions Cleared Near Oslo

The capsized Blücher sinks in the Olsofjord. (NATIONAL ARCHIVES...

Devils In Skirts And Ladies From Hell

According to legend, the Scottish soldiers of the British Army...

Women’s Land Army Memorabilia

Austin J Ruddy

This month, Austin J Ruddy looks at the unique memorabilia of...

Austin J Ruddy