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...

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

Wing WALKER NEW ZEALANDER’S EPIC FEAT OF COURAGE THE 'OTHER FEW' Victories of Forgotten Battle of Britain Heroes Victoria Cross Heroes: Special ...

TANK MAN PERCY HOBART Troublemaker or Pioneer? ADVENT OF THE TANK - Driving Britain's Battle Tanks - Then & Now - Comet Restored - Hobart and ...

DOWN IN FLAMES! Success Against the Zeppelins FRONT LINES Mail to the Trenches TOBRUK UNDER SEIGE A Hell of Sand, Flies and Shelling WASBIES H...

BATTLE OF THE SOMME Special Bonus Content Includes: Fighting Above the Trenches . Build-Up to Battle . The Battle Outlined The Fighting . The After...

ATLANTIC SCOURGE! Condors over the Convoys COLD WAR TWIN DISASTER The Tragic Loss of HMS Truculent and Lancaster SW363 THE SCOOTER RAID THE ROYA...

DEFIANT CREW'S LUCKY ESCAPE Survival Against the Odds WATCHING FOR THE ENEMY Royal Observer Corps Key Role EASTER RISING 1916: CENTENARY FEATURE...

Spitfire at 80 Last Actions Over Europe SINKING OF THE ARK Luck Runs Out For HMS Ark Royal ARRIVAL OF THE FRIEDRICH The Me 109-F Shakes Things U...

Lancaster 75th Anniversary: Unique Lancaster images Blazing bomber VC hero Tirpitz raid exclusive Eton Boys First War Fallen Stepping out from the...

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,...