Britain at War – October issue – OUT NOW!

Tank at 100! Britain’s New Weapon 1916

FEATURING:

Monsters on the Front
The first of our Tank 100 special features rolls out with Peter Hart’s fascinating analysis of initial use of British tanks at Flers- Courcelette.

The British Tank at 100
Continuing our Tank 100 themed content, British Army Challenger veteran Steve Saunders tells of his experiences inside the type and compares them with what it felt like inside a Great War Mark IV tank.

Reputations – Maj-Gen. Percy Hobart
To conclude our Tank centenary coverage, John Ash looks into the troubled career of tank pioneer Percy Hobart and assesses his impact and that of his specialist division, the 79th, on a successful Normandy Invasion.

THIS ISSUE ALSO FEATURES:

Mud, Blood and Shelling
Steve Snelling relates the poignant story of the little known ‘TAK’ Cubitt, a young and brave soldier-poet who became tragically caught up in the hell of the Somme’s muddy battlefield. A sad tale of devotion to duty amongst mud, carnage and incessant gunfire.

These Gallant Little Ships
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s Michael Wynd tells how a pair of tiny corvettes, the first new-build ships to enter service with the Royal New Zealand Navy, fresh from the yard of a Scottish shipbuilder, bravely took on a Japanese submarine more than twice their size.

Leicester’s Baptism of Fire
Austin Ruddy details the devastating effect a pre-Blitz strike had on the civilian infrastructure and population of Leicester in the East Midlands during the early days of the Battle of Britain.

AND MUCH MORE!

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