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MILITARIA: Glory Days

Austin J Ruddy

Genuine period items relating to the Battle of Britain can still be found today...

Austin J Ruddy

SICILY ’43: THE OVERLOOKED INVASION

James Holland

James Holland argues that the battle for Sicily has been unfairly eclipsed...

James Holland

RECEIVERS AND DECEIVERS

James Hoare

Operation Fortitude South was a secret campaign by the Allied forces to mislead Germany...

James Hoare

“GET YOUR ’ANDS UP”

ANDREW THOMAS

A Yorkshire farmer’s wife who captured an armed German airman...

ANDREW THOMAS

Militaria: Feeding The Guns

Austin J Ruddy

This month we profile a range of collectable objects...

Austin J Ruddy

HERO OF THE MONTH: Flt Lt Beauchamp Proctor VC

Lord Ashcroft

Hero of the Month for August 2020...

Lord Ashcroft

WEAPONS OF WAR: Blue Steel Nuclear Missile

Michael E Haskew

Avro’s Blue Steel nuclear standoff missile...

Michael E Haskew

THE LONG RUN OF ROYAL NAVY RUM

Adam Headley

To mark the 50th anniversary of Black Tot Day...

Adam Headley

CAPTURING HIMMLER

Bill Steadman

A simple bureaucratic error and the vigilance of British forces...

Bill Steadman

VJ DAY 75: VICTORY IN THE EAST

Peter Caddick-Adams describes the last 100 days of the Pacific War...

Voices of Hope

Melody Foreman

As a tribute to the late Dame Vera Lynn, we chart her career...

Melody Foreman

Echoes of the Past

Dene Bebbington

Dene Bebbington profiles two ‘ghost’ villages evacuated...

Dene Bebbington

VALOUR IN WARZONE D

Michael Kelly

When ambushed in the Vietnamese jungle, a young soldier fought to save his comrades...

Michael Kelly

Britain at War August 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

VJ DAY 75: LIBERATED FROM HELL

Steve Snelling

Steve Snelling relates the personal experiences of VJ Day through the eyes...

Steve Snelling

STARS IN BATTLEDRESS

Mike Haskew

Keeping up morale in conflict zones remained important...

Mike Haskew

IMAGE OF WAR: Crippling the Hunter

Crippling the Hunter: Grytviken, South Georgia, May 28, 1982...

The Secret of Craigielands Woods

Matt Ritchie

The discovery of a long-forgotten wartime bunker in Craigielands Forest...

Matt Ritchie

Dunkirk Defenders

Steve Snelling

British soldiers fighting a rearguard action paid a heavy price...

Steve Snelling

MILITARIA: Victory Days

Austin J Ruddy

With the current 75th anniversary commemorations marking the cessation of World War Two in full swing...

Austin J Ruddy

HERO OF THE MONTH: Captain James Edgar Leach VC

Lord Ashcroft

Captain James Edgar Leach VC...

Lord Ashcroft

A Game of Cat & Morse; Part 2

James Hoare

Just half an hour’s drive north of Bletchley Park, another estate became vital in the covert war effort...

James Hoare

IMAGE OF WAR: A Vickers First

Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness...

The Mouse Who Beat the Bulldog

John Ash

In a landslide election result, Britons chose the seemingly unassuming Clement Attlee over Winston Churchill...

John Ash

GUERRILLA GAMEKEEPERS & SCALLYWAG SABOTEURS

Andrew Chatterton

Had Swastika flags ever lined The Mall, then a fortnight of violence...

Andrew Chatterton

IMAGE OF WAR: The Tough Get Going

Somewhere in the Malay Interior...

WEAPONS OF WAR: M29-class Monitor

Rob Langham

To deal with the challenges of landing and supporting troops ashore...

Rob Langham

Britain at War July 2020

The full issue in page-turning format

Against the Red Tide: Part 2

Gerry van Tonder

Gerry van Tonder continues his review of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade’s service in the Korean War...

Gerry van Tonder

Dame Vera Lynn, 1917-2020

Dame Vera Lynn’s death at the age of 103 has sparked an outpouring of grief across the nation.