Britain At War

BANASTRE ‘THE BUTCHER’Gambler. Pillager. Murderer. Hero?AIRACOBRA ANIMOSITYWhy America’s big-gun fighter was hated by the RAF… and loved by the Sov...

THE DAMBUSTERS RECONSIDERED• Why ‘bouncing bomb’ success was never repeated• Legitimate targets or a sideshow• Could the raid happen todayBLOOD, RI...

WAR FOR THE WELLHow yeoman Crusaders cut their teeth against Italy’s finestSHOP SECRETSHow Selfridges helped the Allies make war-winning decisionsM...

THE ‘PIRATE’ OF THE MEDThe genius of Britain's relentless master submarinerCHALLENGER 2 vs IRAQI T-55Twenty years on, tank regiment CO and a troop ...

MONTYUnbeatable or unbearable?FIREPOWER EVOLUTIONThe Lee-Metford’s indelible mark on the armyWITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE…Tommy’s raw perceptions of all...

DYNASTY WARRIORSOne family, two generations, three VCsTRAPPED IN ’NAMAustralian platoon digs inMOSSIE PARTY POOPERSHow RAF gatecrashers spoiled Gör...

KOREA: THE FINAL HOURSHow Commonwealth troops endured China’s gruelling last-ditch assaultGUINNESS GREMLINSHow the Irish stout inspired a tank unit...

‘S’ FOR SURVIVALRevelations from a lost attic treasureCORRUPTION, CHICANERY AND RHS CHELSEAHistoric quirks from the home for heroes and its In-Pens...

TO HELL IN A HALIFAXShot down by Hitler... Left at Stalin's mercyEXPANDING ‘THE FEW’The forgotten Kiwi legendSPRINGBOKS STUN THE STALAGThe ‘rugby w...

HEROES ON HORSEBACK“They thundered past me while every gun in Germany fired at them”THE DAY GOSPORT WENT BANGWere communists to blame for ammunitio...

HERO PRESUMED TRAITORHow one family misjudged its Battle of Britain pilot fatherDAWN OF THE DIGITAL AGE How you owe your smartphone to Bletchley's ...

FIGHTER ACE 'MICK' MANNOCK VC GRAVE MYSTERY BOMBED ON THE BEACHES Minesweeper's Bloody Mayhem at Dunkirk A TANK ON TOUR - USA Financing Uncle Sa...

THE BLITZ 42 PAGES OF BLITZ CONTENT INCLUDING: Twenty Iconic Blitz Objects, top Blitz Fighter Ace, Thames Blitz Blaze Heroes TORTURE COULD NOT BRE...

THE GREAT WAR Kitchener at Gallipoli + Churchill and the race to the sea BLACK HORSE SPITFIRE Wreckage recovered BURMA HORROR RELIVED 'I tried t...

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 75: THE 'FEW' POWs TALLBOY TAKES ON THE WEAPONS DAMBUSTERS STRIKE BACK SUNK BY STUKAS English Channel Ordeal HERO VETERAN INT...

ARMOURED WARFARE Facing tanks close-up AUSSIE ACE Did Spitfire Ram Dornier? BRIT’S ON THE MAGINOT LINE 1940 RUINED BERLIN Occupying the Nazi Ca...

DANGER UXB! WW2 BOMB DISPOSAL HEROS NIGHT BATTLE OVER LONDON 1918 The Devil In The Dusk Brings Down an Early German Gotha Bomber CARNAGE IN THE ...

GALLIPOLI 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL LANDING IN HELL Churchill's Greatest Failure D-DAY DISASTER OVER SOUTHERN ENGLAND, 1944 What happened when tw...

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Aircraft of a German POW escapee EXPOSED: DO-OR-DIE RESISTANCE Shock Sections, Saboteurs In The British Countryside. Are Th...

The Chianti Raiders Italian Air Attacks on Britain Autumn 1940 'Q' CENTRAL REVEALED Secret Home Counties Base REAL LIFE IN STALAG XXB Eric Laidl...

A TALE OF TWO HEINKELS Blitz Mystery Solved FOR YOUR EYES ONLY German spies ashore on Britain’s south coast in 1940 LUSITANIA SUNK! THE TRUTH IS ...

RAF BOMBERS LEFT BEHIND: PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PICTURES DOUGLAS BADER "I saw the Hun hit the water with a terriffic smack" BRITAIN UNDER THE JAC...

TYPHOONS OVER THE BEACHES RAF Pilot's D-Day LogBook SOMME SLAUGHTER 1916: ONE MAN’S STORY NORTH SEA BATTLE, 1943 Coastal Forces in night action d...

DUEL OVER THE DESERT The RAF’s Highest Scoring WW2 Ace in Action Blitz Fireboat Restored Hunt For Gallipoli VC WAAF Mary James Operations Room, ...

THE AMIENS RAID The myth of the missing mosquito CHARGING THE GUNS: Cavalry in action 1914 RAILWAY MAN One man’s journey into hell. Life as a Pr...

LAST LINE OF DEFENCE Churchill, the Home Guard and how Britain prepared for Nazi invasion HELP FOR HEROES UK war charities fight for survival FRE...

MASTER OF STRATEGY How a man called ‘Shrapnel’ defied Churchill to save 190,000 Tommies BATTLE PILGRIMS Thomas Cook and the first trench tours BA...

STEADY ON, EDDIE The prince who begged to fight... and why he never could FATHER OF THE DAMBUSTERS From navy airships to bouncing bomb FORGOTTEN ...

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 R...

DEEP IN THE GREEN ZONE The short walk that turned into hell in Helmand SHOT AT DAWN Deserting His Majesty’s army MAKING THEM TALK How Royal Navy ...

NIGHT KNIGHTS How borrowed Hurricanes fought off Axis raiders over Fortress Malta CHALLENGER 3 The UK’s last tank? PETER SNOW CBE My grandfather,...

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA How much was true? DARLING CLEMENTINE Mrs Churchill and Stalin RAPID FIRE The gun that made no man’s land WAR OF WORDS How Br...

BLITZ SPIRIT: FACT OR FANTASY? Lucy Worsley looks for the truth behind our stiff upper lip HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH From destitution to distincti...

BIRTHDAY HONOURS: THE QUEEN AT 95 A look back at Her Majesty’s life in military service THE ART OF WAR Conflict on canvas DIRK BOGARDE AT BERGEN-...

THE LONE HUNTER How Britain’s greatest U-boat killer met his untimely end TRENCHES SWEETHEARTS Long-distance love in WW1 DESERT STORM 30 YEARS ON...

RADAR BLIND IN BOMB ALLEY Lord Ashcroft Falklands exclusive M16/AR-15 The US icon serving Britain for 60 years “IT’S CRAZY OUT HERE” SAS and Para...