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DRAWING IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBERS

John Piper

Phil Jarman looks at the role of key artists during the Second...

John Piper
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Historic Flight Anniversary Marked

RAF Mark Centenary of First Aeromedical Evacuation A...

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Sandford’s Finest

Steve Snelling

After surviving one of the worst disasters in British submarine...

Steve Snelling
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FIELD POST

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

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1000 BOMBER RAID

COMPILED STEVE DARLOW

IN MAY 1942, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE’S UNPRECEDENTED AND REMARKABLE...

COMPILED STEVE DARLOW
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Wartime UXO Threatens Boat Race

Discovery of Device Fails To Halt Proceedings SPIRITS WERE...

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GENERAL SIR IAN HAMILTON

Great War historian Peter Hart assesses the career of General...

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GREAT WAR GALLANTRY May 1917

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

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The ‘Inevitable Mr Render’

Normandy Veteran and Author Passes Away BRITAIN AT War reports...

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Sea Harrier Lifted to New Home

Bristol Museum

Legendary Navy Stalwart Rehoused by Bristol Museum ...

Bristol Museum
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FIRST WORLD WAR DIARY MAY 1917 WORLD MAP

MAY 1917: AS THE United States of American gears for war, and...

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COLLECTING FIRST WORLD WAR AMMUNITION

Mark Khan

This month, we look at the collecting of munitions from the Great...

Mark Khan
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Croydon Honours VC Awardee

Great War VC Hero Receives Memorial Stone Vice-Admiral...

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IMAGE of WAR

V-BOMBER ALERT Victor B.1A, RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, 10...

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BATTLE of BRITAIN

A soldier points to battle damage of the nose glazing of a Junkers...

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1000 BOMBER RAID LOSSES

During the 1000 bomber raid on Cologne, the RAF paid a heavy...

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British Soldiers Buried with Full Honours

Three Fallen Soldiers Interred in Salerno after Remains Found...

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Falklands War Medals Recovered

Scots Guards Hero’s Stolen Medals Returned MORE THAN three...

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Honouring THE FALLEN

As the list of casualties mounted, even before the end of the...

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Captain Percy Herbert Cherry VC, MC

LORD ASHCROFT’S “HERO OF THE MONTH” LEADERSHIP...

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Lawrence of Arabia – Shifting Sands Exhibition

IN THE March 2017 issue of Britain at War we looked at the story...

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THE CULT OF THE ‘TIGER ACE’

John Ash

A subject of considerable debate over the years, the status of...

John Ash
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The Deck Gun Of UB–130

LETTER OF THE MONTH The wreck of UB-121 lying alongside...

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GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR IRON CROSS 1ST & 2ND CLASS

Robin Schaefer

Regular Britain at War contributor, Robin Schaefer, takes a look...

Robin Schaefer
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Tiger Tank Veterans Remember

Fischer, 1943. SURVIVING GERMANS who fought in the legendary...

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HMHS Anglia And The Live Bait Squadron Given Legal Protection

The Bishop of Rochester at the drum Head ceremony commemorating...

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Mercantile Marine Great War Anomaly

Dear Sir, In your November 2016 edition you highlighted how stringencies...

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Bomber Command Memorial Vandalised

Green Park Memorial Targeted For Third Time in Five Years ...