Britain At War

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...

NAUTICAL KNOCKOUTHow the Royal Navy crippled Italy’s sub force in ten daysCREAM OF THE CROPHow WWI reshaped British officersMUM’S ARMYThe forgotten...

MASTER COMMANDOHow Scotland’s jungle warrior transformed Allied fortunes in the fight for New GuineaHI-POWER LEGENDBritain’s iconic sidearmSMILING ...

COLDITZHow a prankster, a dentist, a lawyer, and a traitor built the legendHM QUEEN ELIZABETH II: A life in serviceReflections from her military ai...

MOSQUITOS TO SCANDINAVIA• How ‘winged Vikings’ took the fight home• Rooftop raiders smash the Gestapo’s Torture CastleNAGASAKI’S FORGOTTEN POWsSurv...

HUNTING THE DESERT FOXCould Churchill’s first pick have won at El Alamein?BRITAIN’S TANK GRAVEYARDRare photographs reveal fate of WW2 surplus v...

KAMIKAZE!How a red flag saved British carrier pilot’s lifeAIR MAILThe Hurricane's D-Day priority delivery serviceHONG KONG 25Defending the ‘Barren ...

SUNDERLAND SUB-HUNTERSHow the RAF’s patrollers thwarted attack by air and seaGAS! GAS! GAS!Why teachers and dustmen were vital against Nazi chemica...

WWI SNIPERS IN FOCUS• Tools of the trade: Ross Rifle vs Mauser• Mystic marksman: the sniping legend born at Ypres• Snipers in profile: where were G...

HOW THE FALKLANDS WAS WONWhy the US thought Argentina would win and how Reagan and Thatcher turned the tideV-FORCE ORIGINSBearing the British bombN...

RISE OF THE REDCOATS Did the army/navy rivalry damage Britain’s imperial ambitions? AUSSIE JUNGLE CLIMBER The rule-breaking hero killed in one of ...

BITING BACK The paras’ radar raid that turned the tide of war AVENGE THE HOOD The man who hunted Bismarck JUNGLE SWEEPER How WWII’s best submachi...

GIANT SLAYERS How Springbok Kittyhawks crippled Rommel’s Afrika Korps POM-POM FLAK ATTACK The Luftwaffe’s eight-barrelled nemesis THE LEAF THAT S...

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...

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-...

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...