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The Guards Museum, London, UK LEE MURRELL THE GUARDS...

AMAZING WAR STORIES.COM

Listen up, troops, and buckle up for a ride through history with...

Britain at War April 2024

April 2024 issue of Britain at War in page-turning format features the headline story Raise the Jolly Roger: How the ‘Black Flag’ defined the Royal Navy’s Submarine Service plus a FREE 32-page Amazing War Stories Museum Guide

TRIBUTES PAID TO DIEPPE VETERAN

Gordon Fennell, one of the last known survivors of Operation...

THE LIONS OF BURMA

THE CHINDITS BY NUMBERS The Chindits endured the extreme privations...

IMAGE of WAR

Bottle bombers Urban training area near Folkstone, Kent, March...

HERO OF THE MONTH

Lord Ashcroft

Major-General Count Albert-Marie Edmond Guérisse GC, KBE, DSO...

Lord Ashcroft

From the Editor

Kicking off with a bang! We are delighted be partnering with...

Despatches

Churchill’s false teeth get global bidders snapping, while...

DEVONPORT NAVAL HERITAGE CEN TRE

Tom Baker drops anchor at HMNB Devonport to visit a nearby collection...

Masters of the Air

WARNING: PLOT SPOILERS

AT EASE Dr Sam Edwards, reader in modern political history at...

WARNING: PLOT SPOILERS

BAW partners with popular festival

Britain at War magazine and its sister publication Classic Military...

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The numbers game

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps recently made a speech at Lancaster...

"Ah! Zoot suit!"

THE TANKIES’ COMBAT ‘ONESIE’ It was a much-loved garment...

A Guardsman in the Crimea

The Life &Letters of William Scarlett During the Crimean...

Navy removes sea mine from fishing boat

A World War Two sea mine has been destroyed in a controlled explosion...

THE BROADWAY BRUISERS

CHINDIT TOP COVER In 1944, a detachment of Spitfires was briefly...

WHEELS OF STEEL

WEAPONS OF WAR It was one of a kind and full of potential, Craig...

Military History with Pete and Gary

No.24 Sometimes, old soldiers’ books full of tales...

GCHQ releases secret images of Colossus

Recently unredacted photos of Colossus reveals one still in use...

Field Post

YOUR VOICE Hotel Hermes 'BRITAIN AT WAR' MAGAZINE, PO BOX 100,...

DELIVERING HOPE IN TO HELL

POW RELIEF The first POW relief flight to Sumatra saw the RAF’s...

The Heavy Water War

Beating Hitler to the Bomb At the height of World War...

Having a blast in Boden

Royal Artillery gunners have been learning to operate Archer...

MILITARY MISFIT?

REPUTATIONS: ORDE WINGATE Allan George profiles the unconventional...

JOIN THE WARNS and free a man for the fleet

AUSTRALIA’S WRANS Graham Caldwell describes the important contribution...

LOWLY BADGE WORN WITH PRIDE

MILITARIA They were among the most significant identifiers used...

‘Ma Deuce’ keeps on fighting

Britain’s .50-calibre machine guns are to continue serving...

Maintaining memories

Tom Baker reports

British Army veteran Steve Davies is on a mission to restore...

Tom Baker reports

IMAGE of WAR

The ‘Pepperpot’ cruiserValetta, Malta, March 1942 HMS...