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JET AGE MUSEUM

Collections Tom Baker landed at Jet Age Museum near Cheltenham,...

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The Little Men

George McCafferty and Robert Cameron

An Afghanistan Diary “This is simply a story I felt...

George McCafferty and Robert Cameron
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Military History with Pete and Gary

No.20 Recently we recorded a podcast on the fighting of the 16th...

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From the Editor

The Western Front presented the toughest challenges for Britain's...

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Despatches

Medals from the ‘forgotten’ campaign in Burma and India meet...

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The horror of Monchy

For the 3rd Cavalry Division, 1916 and early 1917 had been quiet....

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The Reconquest of Burma 1944-45

From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend Written...

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Officers finish ‘world’s toughest row’

Royal Yorkshire Regiment Officers Major Simon Farley, and Captain’s...

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IMAGE of WAR

Wingless wonder RAF Wick, Caithness, Scotland, April 1941 ...

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IMAGE OF WAR

DEMS the breaks HMS President, Thames Area, London, May 21,...

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DRAWING INSPIR ATION

Austin J Ruddy

MILITARIA Britain’s greatest cartoonists punched above their...

Austin J Ruddy
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Airborne ‘first man’ dies

Philip pictured at the 2022 Battle of battalion were sent to...

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Singapore UXO sparks major evacuation

A World War Two-era bomb was disposed of in a controlled explosion...

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Inside the Poppy Factory

THE POPPY FACTORYCraig Moore visits the home of the Remembrance...

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Books of the Year

The Britain at War team picks out the top books they’ve read...

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Tritton’s tank design troubles revealed

Engineer and co-inventor of the tank, Sir William Tritton ALL...

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Britain at War November 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

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Pirate attack halts Marines’ Amazon adventure

John Bathgate and Ian Roberts SUMMIT TO SEA CHARITY Two former...

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Big-gun hypothetical

HMS Resolution in the Indian Ocean: could Admiral Willis have...

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LAUGHOR CRY :HARD AT WORK

LAUGHOR CRY : PART IXAway from the battleground, life outside...

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TOUGH AS OLD LEATHER

Austin Ruddy

MILITARIAIn wartime, animals were a valuable commodity, their...

Austin Ruddy
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From the Editor

The iconic SLR unsurprisingly arms the ‘Yomper’, a Falklands...

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Hawker Hurricanes excavated in Ukraine

Searchers collaborating with the State Aviation Museum of Ukraine...

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EVERY PICTURE...

A letter received 30 years ago by author and publisher Jonathan...

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Victory to Defeat

Richard Dannatt & Robert Lyman

The British Army 1918-40  “If you want peace, prepare...

Richard Dannatt & Robert Lyman
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Commandos and R angers get new rifle

The new rifle is initially to equip the Royal Marine Commando...

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RORKE’ SD RIFTMEDALH OLDSONT ODEFYE STIMATE

IMAGE: NOONANS A campaign medal awarded to a British veteran...

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The great gamble

Operation Avalanche, the opening gambit of the Italian campaign,...

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The Battle of Magersfontein

Victory and Defeat on the South African Veld, 10-12 December...

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R AF Museum hailed as TripAdvisor ‘top gun’

RAF MUSEUM The RAF Museum has announced that it has been recognised...