Britain At War

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE COMMONWEALTH VERSUS COMMUNISM: MALAYA 1948-1960 VICTORIAN HEAVYWEIGHTS THE 100-TON GUNS THAT GUARDED THE EMPIRE CHRISTMAS AT...

Korea 70 Remembering the forgotten war The Unknown Warrior 100 years on Lee Child Q&A Jack Reacher author: ‘My grandfather was shot at Gallip...

BLACK BRITISH HEROES OF WWII Remarkable tenacity and determination came to define the unwavering commitment of wartime Britain’s black service pers...

BIGGIN’S BATTLE • Spitfire ace John Ellis: Outnumbered 10-to-1 in combat • How Hurricanes saved ‘the Hill’ • The farmer’s wife who captured a downe...

DAME VERA LYNN 1917-2020 •Why the BBC thought Forces’ Sweetheart was bad for morale • The British traitor who helped her wartime rival • In harm’s ...

The wartime vote that humbled Britain’s Bulldog 75 years since the last great story of the Home Front SS war crime ‘Death’s Head’ at Dunkirk The ...

BLETCHLEY’S SECRET WAR We delve into the depths of Britain's secret war, where bright minds, innovative machines, thorough method, and exhaustive e...

VE DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY • The Last 100 Days of War in Europe • Churchill’s Victory Speeches • Celebrations and Street Parties The Last Air VC? Rar...

EXCLUSIVE VETERAN STORY: VERTICAL VICTOR V-Bomber's Death-Defying Supersonic Plunge HOME FRONT'S DARK SIDE Hunting the Blackout Ripper SINGAPORE ...

BEAUFIGHTER BOYS Shipbusting with the ANZAC Wing BANZAI BREAKOUT Biggest Ever Wartime Escape? BLOCKADE, BLUFF AND BILBAO HMS Hood Defies Spanish ...

EL ALAMEIN’S UNSUNG HEROES Australia’s 9th Division saves the day in the Western Desert BURMA COMMANDOS Jungle pushback in WW2 ‘WINKLE’ BROWN His...

RAF BOMBERS LEFT BEHIND: PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PICTURES DOUGLAS BADER "I saw the Hun hit the water with a terriffic smack" BRITAIN UNDER THE JAC...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