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By James Hoare 26th March 2020

… Mayer. The name of the camp would soon become notorious in Britain for the unimaginable suffering witnessed by the … any guards in the watchtowers,” Reichental told Britain at War. “And for four days, nobody dared to leave the camp. They … on the watchtowers with the searchlights, they would discover them right away and as they started to climb onto …

By Austin J Ruddy 25th July 2019

… his leaflets being auctioned to raise money for war funds or simply used as scrap paper. The most commonly … such campaign during the course of their 78 air raids over Britain. All this was to change with the more … to trick recipients into helping Hitler’s henchmen discover where their missiles landed, by asking the finder to …

By Lord Ashcroft 30th October 2019

… Cross for his brave actions in the final weeks of World War Two in Europe. By the nature of the attack, an enemy … regiment were moved to Rochester, Kent, to act as part of Britain’s defensive frontline. On June 25, 1944, less than … a significant collection of George Crosses. Visitors can discover over 250 extraordinary stories of men, women and …

By words Richard Pullen 19th September 2019

… thinking that they were destined for Russia By 1915, World War One had ground to a halt due mainly to barbed wire and … what this new machine should look like, but it was Great Britain that was the first to create a workable machine, … States The Lincoln Tank Trail Visitors to Lincoln can discover how the tank was invented on a walking route through …

By words & pictures Richard Gunn 18th July 2019

… 1928 and was a training and repair facility during World War Two. Post-war, it was used to shoot scenes for the 1969 movie Battle of Britain and has since become known for its wonderful Art Deco … Cromwell tank owners! The more you search, the more you’ll discover, as so much has been squeezed in. The day of CMV’s …

By Steve Snelling 25th July 2019

… THE GREAT WAR Intended to deliver a morale-boosting victory to a … the King’s Sandringham estate, but, as Purdy was soon to discover, their losses – appalling though they were – were … Western Front. In Need Of Good News David Lloyd George, Britain’s newly installed prime minister, had set the ball …

By Artwork Piotr Forkasiewicz 30th May 2019

… colonelin- chief and once queen. THE FALL OF FRANCE With war declared, the 13th/18th Hussars left for France, arriving … it was destined for the invasion. The men were excited to discover their secretive new role put them at the vanguard: … Mark IX was slow, bulky and required large add-on floats. Britain, the USSR and Japan experimented with amphibious …

30th May 2019

… VETERAN’S ACCOUNT BRITAIN’S YOUNGEST NORMANDY VETERAN IS A RENOWNED FOLK SINGER … ) Jim Radford in spring 2019. (AUTHOR) PERILS OF WAR Describing himself as a “tough little scallywag”, young … had towed an old French warship and scuttled her only to discover the Germans had begun attacking it, not realising it …

31st January 2019

… USN (ret) detail the defiant 48-hour defence. SECOND WORLD WAR | THE FALL OF FRANCE British troops disembark from Mona’s … discussed the war in those days, and Frank did not discover the connection for 40 years. Another decade went by … to French and Dutch ports and evacuating civilians to Britain. The destroyers that went on to fight at Boulogne …

By Dr Robert Owen 29th March 2018

… Dr Robert Owen , as he details the life of one of Britain’s greatest ‘boffins’. INNOVATORS | ENGINEER, … used to shatter U-boat pens. Others may recall his pre-war achievements, an airship and the Wellington bomber – or … He learned to ask questions and devised experiments to discover the answers, rather than simply looking them up. It …

By Alexandra Churchill, Andrew Holmes and Jonathan Dyer 26th October 2017

… The Britain at War team scout out the latest items of interest … THE PANTHER tank is arguably one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War and has gone down in the … has also trawled through archives throughout Europe to discover little-known facts and never previously published …

By Lord Ashcroft 30th March 2017

… “Chook” seemed that an extraordinary tale of Second World War bravery and survival had been lost forever. … fall. During my inquiries in New Zealand, I was able to discover that during the final decade or so of his life, … united after he returned on a hospital ship, arriving in Britain in November 1945, two months after the war ended. …

By Steve Snelling 26th January 2017

… the decisive engagement in the forlorn battle to defend Britain’s muchvaunted bastion in South-East Asia. Legion of … a Military Cross and Military Medal in the First World War, soldiered on in the Territorial Army and commanded the … platoons invisible. Having been pleasantly surprised to discover that he “did not feel at all nervous”, Tom Eaton, …