Britain at War October Issue – 'Tip and Run' Raids special out now!

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Special feature:

1943 – 2013 THE LUFTWAFFE’S TIP AND RUN RAIDS
To mark this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of the Luftwaffe’s Tip and Run campaign, we examine how the raids came about, their effects on the British people, and the efforts made to combat them.

THE “TIP AND RUN” RAIDS
They were fast, deadly, and almost impossible to predict. Chris Goss examines the development and deployment of the Luftwaffe’s Jabos.

“MOST RAIDED TOWN”
Between March 1942 and June 1943 the East Sussex coastal resort of Eastbourne gained the distinction of being the UK’s most raided town.

EASTBOURNE’S BOUNCING BOMB
During a Tip and Run attack on 7 March 1943, one of the bombs dropped bounced back into the air after striking the surface of one suburban street.

TRACING A RAID
Despite the fact that seven decades have passed since the Luftwaffe’s Tip and Run campaign, it is still possible to reconstruct the events of individual attacks using wartime sources and first-hand accounts.

Features:

A DAY BATTLE HAD BEGUN
Chris Goss and Martin Mace examine the efforts made to tackle the German raiders during 1942 and 1943.

AGROUND AND UNDER FIRE
When HMS E15 ran aground in the Dardanelles in 1915 it sparked a wave of attacks which culminated in one of the most daring naval operations of the First World War.

A BRITISH BLITZKRIEG
Armoured divisions raced across France, catching defenders completely off balance as tanks burst through their lines with ease. This sounds like a description of the German advance of 1940 but, as Richard Doherty reveals, it was the summer of 1944, and the tanks were British.

MOSQUITO STRIKE
On 16 June 1944, the Type VIIC U-boat U-998 was surprised and attacked by a de Havilland Mosquito of 333 (Norwegian) Squadron. Though badly-damaged, the U-boat survived the depth-charging.

THE FIGHT IN THE NIGHT
On 25 August 1914, with the Germans hard on their heels, the Guards Brigade stood and faced the enemy on the banks of the River Sambre. We examine their stand at Landrecies.

SUNK OFF TOBRUK
There was only one route of supply to the beleaguered garrison of Tobruk – by sea. With Rommel desperate to force the garrison to surrender, every Allied ship was trying to reach the port was forced to run the gauntlet of the Axis bombers.

NO NORMAL BATTLE
The struggle to capture Tunis reached a climax in the spring of 1943. Dominating the route to the coastal plain around the Tunisian capital was the 900-foot Djebel el Ahmera, or Longstop Hill. It had to be taken if there was any hope of victory in North Africa. On 22 April 1943, the British attacked.

LORD ASHCROFT’S “HERO OF THE MONTH”
In the latest instalment in a series examining his “Hero of the Month”, Lord Ashcroft examines the remarkable Air Commodore Arthur Wray DSO, MC, DFC & Bar, AFC.

THE GALLIPOLI OAK
He was found on the parapet of the Turkish trench on Gallipoli. Martin Purdy and Ian Dawson tell the story of a flourishing memorial planted in the memory of Lieutenant Eric Duckworth.

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