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...

FIGHT TO THE DEATH The Navy’s finest hunt the Bismarck LORD ASHCROFT ON HIS HERO OF THE MONTH SAS Major ‘Bronco’ Lane BATTLE OF BRITAIN MYSTERY T...

LANCASTER Our Finest Bomber? HMS ARK ROYAL The British Naval Icon HENRY ANDREWS A Rare Inter-War VC MOUNTBATTEN The Royal Who Went to War FORGO...

TYPHOONS ON THE ATTACK Tank-busting in Normandy LOCAL HERO Salute to a Fallen Soldier HOME FRONT WAR Britain Beneath the German Blitz in 1940 WH...

HAMPDEN VC Destroying the Target at Any Cost SPECIAL FORCES Hero of the Malayan Emergency DECISIVE ACTION The Battle of Paardeberg READY FOR ANY...

HURRICANE • Battle of the Atlantic • 1940 Fighter Ace: ‘Cobber’ Kain VICTORIA CROSS A One-Man Army Fighting in Burma ADMIRAL MAX HORTON The Man W...

ROYAL MARINE ARMOUR IN NORMANDY • Action on D-Day • Last of the veterans EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW New RAF Biggin Hill Museum DESTRUCTION FROM ABOVE Earl...

MOSQUITO SPECIAL • Tribute to de Havilland’s ‘Wooden Wonder’ • Night-fighters Above Germany • Last Bombing Raid • Action Over the Jungle HERO OF T...

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,...