Britain At War

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-...

ANGLO-IRISH WAR Michael Collins, the IRA and a conflict Britain’s military wanted to forget THE FIRST GREAT ESCAPE The untold story of Stalag Luft...

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...

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...

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...

WINSTON CHURCHILL’S FIRST 100 DAYS IN POWER WARTIME LEADER'S FINEST HOUR Zeppelins War Against the Airships Guns of The Famous HMS Sheffield The ...

DECISIVE DEFEAT The Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse ST NAZAIRE: THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL TOM DURRANT VC COMMANDO - Bravery at St Na...

DUEL OF THE 'ACES' Dogfight To The Death Above The Coast of Kent AFRIKA KORPS VETERAN GÜNTER HALM Knight's Cross in the Western Desert STUKA RAID...

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

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...

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...