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… WEAPONS OF WAR During the Cold War a German arms manufacturer paired the … gun platform, creating a niche weapon that once equipped Britain’s specialist units. John Ash profiles the HK53, … after their storming of the Iranian Embassy in London on May 5, 1980. Soon, a harder-hitting submachine gun would be …
NO MEDAL NO GLORY JUST A 12 HOUR SHIFT
… machines and a thousand other items for markets in Britain and abroad. When World War One broke out in 1914, engineers and factories around the … Leonard Keyworth did indeed earn the VC at Givenchy in May 1915. His citation, as published in the London Gazette, …
Debrief
… exported them to the Confederacy during the American Civil War. During the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, the … useful in harvesting game or catching a miscreant. Was Britain’s most successful sniper rifle designed in a garden … Sing was celebrated around the world and his ‘tally’ may well have exceeded 200. Another prolific sniper was …
Silent Commemorations
By words and pictures Jim Kinnear
… of the T-34, it having been deliberately withheld from pre-war parades As the saying goes, “What a difference a day … on the Red Square in 2008 (and henceforth held on May 9 annually commemorating Victory Day over Axis forces in … tank design, several of which were purchased from Great Britain at the very beginning of the 1930s. The result was a …
HERO of the MONTHHERO of the MONTH
By Lord AshcroftLord Ashcroft
… brought up in the nearby village of Hurlford. Before World War Two Wyllie worked in the Avro factory in Manchester … Blitz, it would continue for more than eight months until May 11, 1941. By this point, the Germans had lost the Battle of Britain, and they began a campaign of attacks against …
HERO OF THE MONTH
By Lord Ashcroft
… to be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously during World War One. His decoration was for a heroic act of bravery and … (City of London Regiment), as a second lieutenant on May 27, 1910. Later that year, he underwent a mountain … he and five other men eventually made their way back to Britain via Denmark. He was presented with his VC at an …
Snatch soldiers on
… Northern Ireland, they were Rover is likely to be extended may come fast and manoeuvrable compared to the as a surprise … would make home. I was able to trace his movements World War One tank commanders has the action. Baker’s target was … sometimes claimed. But, by the end of the First World War, Britain had designed examples of pretty much all the types of …
THE TWO-THEATRE ADMIRAL
… of the North Cape on December 26, 1943 – Boxing Day in Britain and the Feast of Saint Stephen in the Roman Catholic … act of service that Fraser rendered to the Allied war effort, but it was one of many. Indeed, his career ran … the fleet’s preparedness for war. He held the post until May 1942. As Third Sea Lord, Fraser was responsible for the …
THE BROADWAY BRUISERS
… he joined the RAF during the summer of 1940 and trained in Britain and Canada. Having trained on fighters he served … briefly in Britain before moving to Egypt where, from May 1942, he gained his first victories on P-40 Kittyhawks. … the AOC, Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Vincent, himself a World War One ace, who was delighted to see the Spitfires …
Wings and prayers
… the most successful Allied night fighter pilot of World War Two Andrew Thomas follows the story of Britain’s unlikely ace s Pilot Officer Branse Burbridge in … Flight Lieutenant Branse Burbridge was awarded the DFC on May 18, with a similar decoration for Bill Skelton following. …
Panzer Party
By Words and pictures Phil Loder
… III and Tiger 131 during my visit German tanks from World War Two hold a particular fascination for many military … design that took place over the course of the war. Also, Britain, the Soviet Union and the USA developed their own … Allies and the ‘Captive Tiger’ articles in the April and May 2023 issues of CMV Down the commander’s hatch of Tiger …
"Ah! Zoot suit!"
… 91, upon seeing an oversuit for the first time since World War Two. “Step in, zip it up, marvellous!” George was a … talk. In October 1944, The Sunday Pictorial printed an article telling the story of two POWs who had escaped from an … NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM, LONDON The term ‘goon’ arrived in Britain before the war, when the Daily Mirror changed its …
THE MAKING OF MULBERRIES
… They may be unglamorous, but the value of the artificial Mulberry … in supplies, equipment, replacements and all the necessary war materiel to sustain an anticipated long, drawn-out … also useful for taking off wounded men for treatment in Britain OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH US Army M3 half-tracks tow …
Despatches
… the rifles saw extensive service during the American Civil War, Confederate sharpshooters able to snipe Union officers on many occasions – most famously at the May 9, 1864, Battle of Spotsylvania, where Major General John … lot in the same auction was a set of nine folding maps of Britain, sold with five booklets: a list of railway stations; …
Debrief
By This month’s historian: Tom Baker
… the Chantilly Conferences, between representatives of Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Italy, agreed that … of perceived futility and senselessness during World War One, it had to be fought. In terms of grand strategy, it … in British military history is the Battle of Jutland on May 31 – June 1, 1916, when 6,094 British sailors were killed …