This footage from British Pathé shows the moment the first American destroyers arrived in Britain as part of the Destroyers for Bases … Read More
Royal Navy
The second of the Royal Navy’s planned Dreadnought-class submarines has been named HMS Valiant, the Defence Secretary, Gavin … Read More
After decades of distinguished service, HMS Belfast was heading to the scrapman before a charitable trust sailed to her rescue and … Read More
In this week’s newsreel from British Pathé, the Phantoms of 700P Naval Air Squadron conduct at sea trials from HMS Eagle. While … Read More
A largely forgotten chapter of the Second World War was the occupation of neutral Iceland by British forces in 1940. Alex Bowers looks … Read More
The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s Battle of Jutland centenary exhibition 36 Hours: Jutland 1916: The Battle That Won The War … Read More
A historic Fleet Air Arm squadron was this week reformed to test the latest weapons and sensors. First established in 1943, the reformed … Read More
As Axis forces fell from the Cretan skies and emerged from the Aegean, a battered and weary Anglo-Commonwealth force could only hold … Read More
Plans to land a 200-foot long landing craft tank – the last known remaining D-Day landing craft – on Southsea beach towards … Read More
It’s photo of the week time from Britain at War. Our archive image for late October is of the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. … Read More
January 2019MOSQUITO SPECIAL • Tribute to de Havilland’s ‘Wooden Wonder’ • Night-fighters Above Germany • Last Bombing Raid • Action Over the Jungle HERO OF THE MONTH SGT BILL PICKERING MM ‘HEC’ WALLER Leading Australia’s ‘Scrap Iron Flotilla’ in Combat WEAPONS OF WAR Leander-class Light Cruiser MILITARY CROSS PADRE Wounded Chaplain’s Valour on the High Seas
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