Britain at War September 2021

NO FIRE WITHOUT SMOKE
How a Gallipoli officer traded a packet of cigarettes and jam tin bombs for the Victoria Cross

WORSE THAN FICTION
The real River Kwai

M19: GLAMOUR AND GADGETS
The geniuses running wartime escape networks

BLACKSMITH TO GUNSMITH
Turning a rotten rifle into a matchless machine gun

BLACK JACK’S ELECTRONIC EYE
Using radar to seal a warship’s fate