Britain at War March 2025

FROM HOME GUARD TO HOBO’S GUARD
The teenage volunteer who protected a general with a target on his back

TIME’S UP AS L85 HITS 40
What will replace the British service rifle?

FUGITIVE FIGHTERS
The Isle of Wight’s Polish destroyers and their lasting legacy

EARTH SHATTERING KABOOM
80th anniversary of the Grand Slam, Barnes Wallis’s largest seismic bomb

OBLITERATED OTSUS
Kiwi Corsairs bust Japanese tanks on Bougainville

WAZIRISTAN WINGS
How colonial warfare led to the RAF’s solo debut