Hero of the Month: Captain Gerald Robert O'Sullivan VC
I feel very privileged to be custodian of Captain Gerald O’Sullivan’s gallantry and service medals,...
Lord Ashcroft
HANSLOPE PARK: A Game of Cat & Morse
Ten miles north of Bletchley Park, another Home Counties estate played a vital role in the secret war...
The Long Road to Baghdad
In an operation so hazardous few expected to return alive...
Steve Snelling
SPY NO MORE
A half-century ago, MI5’s Operation Foot resulted in the mass expulsion of KGB-linked Soviets back to their homeland...
Michael E Haskew
Reputations: Lieutenant-General Frederick Arthur Montague Browning
Michael E Haskew looks at the life and times of the airborne commander...
Michael E Haskew
Weapons of War: Colossus Codebreaking Computer
Britain’s wartime decryption efforts contributed enormously to the defeat of Axis tyranny...
HERO OF THE MONTH: Brevet Major John Knox VC
The medal group awarded to Brevet Major John Knox is quite exceptional...
Lord Ashcroft
Codebreaker is World’s Oldest Man
Guinness World Records has officially verified 112-year-old codebreaker...
Britain’s Last Wartime Destroyer Captain Dies
Britain at War is sad to report the death of Lieutenant-Commander John Manners DSC...
’Resistance’ Cache Uncovered in the Netherlands
A collection of wartime weapons has been found during construction work in the Netherlands...
COASTAL COMMAND: Last Airman VC
John Cruickshank, the last surviving airman to receive the supreme award for gallantry...
Coronavirus Grips the World
In the biggest world crisis for many decades, the coronavirus pandemic...
COMMONWEALTH PEACEKEEPERS: Unwilling spectators
The scene of barbaric cruelty and mass murder, Rwanda was once ripped asunder by turmoil....
Dr David Sutton
RECON REPORT: Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day
John Ash reviews Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day...
John Ash
MILITARIA: Anti-Aircraft Command Items
Although often forgotten today, the Anti-Aircraft Command performed a vital role...
Austin J Ruddy
WEAPONS OF WAR: Lewis Light Machine Gun
Nicknamed ‘the Belgian Rattlesnake’ this American-designed machine gun...
Rob Langham
Battle of Elands River
When Boer generals surrounded 500 Dominion troops at a British staging post...
Gerry van Tonder
COLLECTIONS: Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Shortly before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the UK, the Kent Kent Battle of Britain Museum...
VE DAY 75th - Winning words
As local authorities prepare to broadcast elements of Winston Churchill’s stirring VE Day radio
speech across Britain...
Fund-raising Veteran Awarded MBE
Our congratulations to ‘Harry’ Billinge, a former Royal Engineer...
