Britain at War – August issue – OUT NOW!

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‘Reach for the Sky’ – Myth and Reality
Seventy-five years ago Wing Commander Douglas Bader abandoned his stricken Spitfire over occupied France – an episode made famous in the book ‘Reach For The Sky’ and through the film of the same name. But what really happened on 9 August 1941? Andy Saunders investigates.

At the Gates of Tobruk
In the first of a three-part epic, Imperial War Museum historian Peter Hart takes up the story of the South Notts Hussars, Royal Artillery, as they lend their mighty guns to the defence of Tobruk.

The Otranto Straits Affair
Steve Snelling plots the course of a forgotten Great War ‘David verses Goliath’ naval battle in the Adriatic Sea which gave rise to courage and, allegedly, cowardice.

Gas! A Deadly Weapon?
John Ash analyses the origins, usage and effectiveness of arguably one of the most defining weapons of the First World War – Poison Gas.

The Rolls Royce ‘Kifaru’
Kevin Patience explores the remarkable story of a fleet of Rolls Royce armoured cars seeing constant action in the perceived backwater theatre which was Great War East Africa.

Brighton Pavilion’s Indians
As the wounded from the largest part of the British Empire flooded into Southern England, Alexandra Churchill tells the story of the palace converted to care for these injured troops and the townsfolk who generously welcomed them.

AND MUCH MORE!

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