Britain at War – December issue – OUT NOW!

January issue – OUT NOW!

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Churchill’s 100 Days
Against the background of the impending release of the new Churchill film, ‘Darkest Hour’, we examine the story of Winston Churchill’s first 100 days in office; a period which paradoxically witnessed both Britain’s darkest and finest hours.

Churchill’s Wars In Objects
We take a fascinating look at a selection of objects closely related to Winston Churchill’s wartime experiences which are held by the National Trust at his Chartwell home.

‘Goodbye Boys’
One hundred years ago a massive accidental explosion devastated Halifax, Nova Scotia, when an ammunition ship blew up in what was then the biggest man-made explosion in history in which over 2,000 people were killed. Alex Bowers tells the tragic story.

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Ice!
It was not just the German flak and night fighters which became RAF Bomber Command’s foe. The weather, too, was a formidable enemy and cost the lives of many aircrew, as Elliot Doyle explains.

The Lost Idol
Alex Churchill recounts the heart-breaking tale of a casualty of Passchendaele, a member of the aristocracy and a relative of Lord Astor of Hever, whose loss still resonates with the family a century later.

The Honoured Traitor
Andy Brockman relates the astonishing story of how a convicted traitor who served with the British Army, and who was hanged for treachery in Pentonville Prison, ended up being commemorated on a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial.

AND MUCH MORE!

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