Britain At War

NAUTICAL KNOCKOUTHow the Royal Navy crippled Italy’s sub force in ten daysCREAM OF THE CROPHow WWI reshaped British officersMUM’S ARMYThe forgotten...

MASTER COMMANDOHow Scotland’s jungle warrior transformed Allied fortunes in the fight for New GuineaHI-POWER LEGENDBritain’s iconic sidearmSMILING ...

COLDITZHow a prankster, a dentist, a lawyer, and a traitor built the legendHM QUEEN ELIZABETH II: A life in serviceReflections from her military ai...

MOSQUITOS TO SCANDINAVIA• How ‘winged Vikings’ took the fight home• Rooftop raiders smash the Gestapo’s Torture CastleNAGASAKI’S FORGOTTEN POWsSurv...

HUNTING THE DESERT FOXCould Churchill’s first pick have won at El Alamein?BRITAIN’S TANK GRAVEYARDRare photographs reveal fate of WW2 surplus v...

KAMIKAZE!How a red flag saved British carrier pilot’s lifeAIR MAILThe Hurricane's D-Day priority delivery serviceHONG KONG 25Defending the ‘Barren ...

SUNDERLAND SUB-HUNTERSHow the RAF’s patrollers thwarted attack by air and seaGAS! GAS! GAS!Why teachers and dustmen were vital against Nazi chemica...

WWI SNIPERS IN FOCUS• Tools of the trade: Ross Rifle vs Mauser• Mystic marksman: the sniping legend born at Ypres• Snipers in profile: where were G...

HOW THE FALKLANDS WAS WONWhy the US thought Argentina would win and how Reagan and Thatcher turned the tideV-FORCE ORIGINSBearing the British bombN...

RISE OF THE REDCOATS Did the army/navy rivalry damage Britain’s imperial ambitions? AUSSIE JUNGLE CLIMBER The rule-breaking hero killed in one of ...

BITING BACK The paras’ radar raid that turned the tide of war AVENGE THE HOOD The man who hunted Bismarck JUNGLE SWEEPER How WWII’s best submachi...

GIANT SLAYERS How Springbok Kittyhawks crippled Rommel’s Afrika Korps POM-POM FLAK ATTACK The Luftwaffe’s eight-barrelled nemesis THE LEAF THAT S...