Britain at War December issue – OUT NOW

Featuring:
THE HARDEST DAY
On 18 August 1940, a number of Dornier Do 17s undertook a lowlevel attack on Kenley. In the first in a series of articles on the raid, Andy Saunders examines the bombers’ journey to their target.

THE GERMAN GREAT ESCAPE
By late 1944 the PoW camps in Britain were growinig by up to 2,000 prisoners a day. Most of these men were tired of the war and happy to be out of it, but there were some, reveals Tim Lynch, who had a plan.

THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE 1914
One of those soldiers in the trenches on 25 December 1914, was Bruce Bairnsfather, whose character “Old Bill” became a favourite with those at home and at the front.

A FEELING OF ELATION
As U-534 passed through the Kattegat she was spotted and Coastal Command Liberators were despatched to find and sink her. On board one of the Liberators was Flying Officer Neville Baker.

DISASTER AT STUDLAND BAY
With just six weeks to go before the D-Day landings, Allied personnel launched Exercise Smash 1. As part of this, a number of Valentine DD, or floating, tanks were launched into the waters of Studland Bay, Dorset. The sea conditions that the tank crews faced were beyond that which their vehicles could handle – with disastrous consequences.

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