Britain at War Articles

The latest news, features and reviews from Britain At War Magazine.

BULLETIN BOARD

Britain at War are sad to report the death of one of the last...

Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Flies In Spitfire Over Kent

HUGO BROCH doesn’t look his age and certainly not like a veteran...

NEXT MONTH

Contributors for the forthcoming issue include Peter Hart, Simon...

FIGHTER–BOMBERS OVER DIEPPE

The Luftwaffe response to the Dieppe raid was robust, with the...

COMRADES OF THE GREAT WAR CERTIFICATE

The First World War in Objects As the First World War drew to...

Scottish Spitfire Museum’s Restoration Triumph

The wreck of Spitfire P7540 after recovery from Loch Doon. ...

Like A Bolt From The BLUE

Andy Saunders

The Battle of Britain was in full-swing when a stricken German...

Andy Saunders

THE DIEPPE RAID: 75TH ANNIVERSARY

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, we take a detailed...

FIRST WORLD WAR DIARY

August 1917: A scourge of the Pacific is wrecked, while Britain’s...

Reichenberg ‘V1’ Restored For Kent Museum

THE LASHENDEN Air Warfare Museum at Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent,...

NMRN Launches New Membership Scheme

The National Museum of the Royal Navy has launched its first...

The Wooden Horse of Gallipoli

Steve Snelling

No 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Armoured Car Division was destined...

Steve Snelling

THE NAVAL DIMENSION

Professor of Naval History, Eric Grove, unpicks the chaos of...

ON THE WESTERN FRONT

SIR WILLIAM ORPEN

Painted shortly after his arrival in France, Orpen created the...

SIR WILLIAM ORPEN

Spanish Civil War Memorial Unveiled In Oxford

A MEMORIAL has been unveiled in Oxford to the men and women of...

PLACES TO VISIT

Antrim & Down Branch Dr Phylomena Badsey (University of Wolverhampton)...

FIELD POST

Our Letter of the Month is sponsored by Pen & Sword Books ...

THE DIEPPE VCS

While there were many instances of daring and courage during...

BULLETIN BOARD

Archivists and conservationists at the University of Oxford have...

VALOUR AND A MYSTERIOUS VANISHING

Mick Brooks

Hailed as an epic of self-sacrifia clandestinely armed fishing...

Mick Brooks

DIEPPE THE REASON WHY

In August 1942, a combined operation was mounted against Hitler’s...

GREAT WAR GALLANTRY August 1917

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

Wargaming and UK Museums in leading VR Projects

BRITAIN AT WAR recently met with Wargaming (World of Tanks and...

BULLETIN BOARD

An incredible feat has been achieved by one man in Yorkshire,...

RECONNAISSANCE REPORT

The Britain at War team scout out the latest items of interest...

THE RAF AT DIEPPE

Not only was the air component an essential offensive and defensive...

World War Two Rations

Mark Khan

As Mark Khan reveals, the collecting of militaria items can cover...

Mark Khan

BULLETIN BOARD

Britain’s Ministry of Defence has announced a major £167 million...

Diving Scapa Flow

In a feature which will appeal both to divers and to those curious...

Merlin MAGIC

Guy Warner

When the RAF handed over its last Merlin Mk3 to the Royal Navy...

Guy Warner