Britain at War – August issue – OUT NOW!

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Eagles Over Husky
Alexander Fitzgerald-Black studies the role and involvement of Allied air power over the Sicily landings and
challenges the view that, while successful, they were wholly effective in preventing deadly attacks on the invasion force.

Long Road To Victory
Canada’s official historian for the war in Afghanistan, Dr. Sean M. Maloney, describes the months-long Canadian Army
operation, that he witnessed, to bring stability to a rural region of Afghanistan that had become a remote, IED-strewn, hotbed of insurgancy

Master of Suspense
Better known as a film distributor, Harold Auten was also a naval hero. Steve Snelling recounts the story of this
Great War VC awardee and his incredible tale of ubterfuge and intrigue as his ship took on the U-boat terror.

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Luftwaffe Lambasted
Britain at War regular, Chris Goss, details the loss of three German aircraft off the Middlesbrough coast in actions
that led to the first Luftwaffe air crew to be taken prisoner in Britain.

Bomber Command’s Big Week
The ‘Big Week’, it was to be a massive all-out assault to, once and for all, defeat the Luftwaffe in the air. James Holland
delves into the history behind the preceding weeks and months that set the scene for that decisive engagement.

A Front Cover Pilot’s Portrait
Mark Hillier tells the story belonging to one famous face whose name you probably have never heard of – the RAF Battle
of Britain pilot whose photograph adorned the national press in 1940.

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