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RIPPED FROM HIS MOTHER'S ARMS

Gerry van Tonder

EYEWITNESSAn extract from Lieutenant-General Keith Robert...

Gerry van Tonder

Destroyed in eight minutes

Among those killed in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 was one of...

DU not cause of Gulf War illness, says university

Gulf War illness, which has affected more than 250,000 British,...

Britain at War April 2021

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On secondment with the WRACA WRAC military policewoman on duty...

From the Editor

WELCOME ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY MEMBERS OUTSIDE A SHOE...

FELLING A GREAT STAG

REPUTATIONS Field Marshal Sir Claude AuchinleckAlthough...

E-class Submarine

WEAPONS OF WARRob Langham profiles the backbone of Britain’s...

Field Post

YOUR VOICE 'Britain at War' Magazine, PO Box 100, Stamford,...

Go All Out or Get Out

Anglo-Irish War / 1100th  AnniversaryDid British commander...

Last survivor from ‘Hell Ship’ dies age 101

ABOVE THE GATO-CLASS SUBMARINE USS ‘GROUPER’, WHICH HIT AND...

WAR : How Conflict Shaped Us

Margaret MacMillan

AT EASE BOOK OF THE MONTH THOROUGHLY convinced that...

Margaret MacMillan

TO THE VICTOR BELONG THE SPOILS

LEGACY OF EMPIREFor millennia, pillage by victorious invading...

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Gibraltar remembers hero Commodore

Commodore, later Rear- Admiral, Sir Kenelm Creighton, who defied...

EYES ON THE HORIZON

 AT EASEFrom telescopes that would turn the heads of naval heroes...

HERO OF THE MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Sergeant Thomas Steele VC  J ust as they have in more...

Lord Ashcroft

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Making a SplashFVRDE, Chobham, Surrey, March 17, 1955 ...

Next-gen SPE AR secured for UK F-35s

THE SPEAR3 MISSILE IS EXPECTED TO REACH INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY...

BADGE OF HONOUR

AUCTIONSRanging in price from hundreds to thousands of pounds,...

Sir Tom, veteran and lockdown hero

Captain Sir Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who died in...

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Flying ‘Met Men’

YOUR VOICE The excellent coverage of the striking success...

WOMEN WITH WINGS

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Clare Mulley reveals their storiesAviatrixes...

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Lisbon Maru victim’s medal returned

In related news, a medal belonging to a POW who died on the Lisbon...

The Art of Persuasion

Austin J Ruddy

WARTIME PROPAGANDA POSTERS MILITARIAThe streets of Britain provided...

Austin J Ruddy

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

ESCAPE FROM STALAG LUFTIn September 1942 two Royal Air Force...

RAAF squadron receives Colours

In a rare ceremony, No.79 Squadron RAAF has been presented with...

THE ODDBALL HERO

JACK HARMAN VCThe extraordinary exploits of Jack Harman are charted...

CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE

EYEWITNESSIN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, PAUL ZEC MELODY FOREMAN...

The Secret Among the Secret

SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCEBritain’s wartime network of civilian...

Wallaby AIRLINES

RAAF Vietnam LifelineOne transport squadron was the RAAF’s...