BRITAIN AT WAR AUGUST ISSUE – OUT NOW!!

FEATURING:

WW1 CENTENARY SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
To mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, we present a number of articles detailing some of the events of August 1914.

Including:

THE TICKING CLOCK
In the days leading up to the declaration of war in August 1914, the British Cabinet was faced with the most difficult of all decisions.

THE WRONG DECLARATION OF WAR
Told by a Foreign Office official, this is the story of the terrible mistake that was made when, in the anxious moments of the evening of 4 August 1914, the German Ambassador was handed a premature British declaration of war.

IN THE ARMS OF ANGELS
One of the most endearing myths of the First World War is that of the heavenly figures who appeared during the retreat from Mons. Taking the form of archers, their arrows stopped the Germans in their tracks. But what really happened?

“PLENTY OF MIGS ALL AROUND”
In the final instalment in his series of articles detailing the remarkable RAF career of Wing Commander Brian Spragg, inspired by the entries in his flying log books, Mark Hillier examines this pilot’s role as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War.

DAN VC: THE HERO WHO CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD
Harry Daniels was a larger than life hero who came back from the dead to add a Military Cross to his Victoria Cross earned at Neuve Chapelle and to represent his country at the Antwerp Olympics. Steve Snelling chronicles a real-life ripping yarn.

KICKING OFF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
When the whistles blew on the morning of 1 July 1916, the men of the 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment charged towards the German trenches at Montauban dribbling footballs ahead of them.

AND MUCH MORE!

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