Britain at War January issue – OUT NOW

January issue OUT NOW

ARNHEM: THE SURPRISE SURVIVOR
The adventures of Short Stirling LK545 and its crew during Operation Market Garden — and how part of the aircraft served time as a garden shed.

JACK AND WALTER
A newly discovered soldier’s collection tells a forgotten wartime story all too typical of the impact the First World War made on families and the communities in which they lived.

ONE LONG SCENE OF AGONY
As the centenary anniversary approaches of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, Britain at War re-examines the facts of an infamous wartime event. Was it a war crime — or a legitimate target?

A TALE OF TWO HEINKELS
How two Heinkel 111 bombers from an elite ‘Pathfinder’ unit were shot down over England on the same night during the summer of 1941 — and the confusion over who was responsible.

THE RUNNING OF THE RED FOX
Using step-by-step pictures from Colditz as it is today, we re-create one of the most audacious escape attempts from the fabled German schloss.

GUARDIANS OF RETIMO
How two British Matilda tanks tried to keep crack German paratroopers at bay during the valiant but hopeless defence of a Cretan airfield.

AND MUCH MORE!

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