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The Studland VALENTINES

words Phil Loder

April 2024 marked the 80th anniversary of Exercise Smash 1, the...

words Phil Loder

THE SAPPERS WHO SAVED THE DAY

words Neil Huband pictures as credited

The previously untold story of how three decorated bulldozer...

words Neil Huband pictures as credited

RUMBLE in the JUNGLE

words Robbie McGuire pictures AWM Archives

Credited as being one of the best-performing tanks of the 20th...

words Robbie McGuire pictures AWM Archives

The One-Man Tank

words Craig Moore

Craig Moore stumbled across documents relating to a previously...

words Craig Moore

CROSSING THE CHANNEL

words Phil Loder pictures As Credited

The Allies could not afford for D-Day to fail so the largest...

words Phil Loder pictures As Credited

Fox on the run

words Craig Moore

Nick Mowbray’s Fox armoured car was a highlight of last year’s...

words Craig Moore

LEARNING THE HARD WAY

words and pictures Neil Huband

Vital lessons for Operation Overlord were learnt the hard way,...

words and pictures Neil Huband

REMEMBERING D-DAY

This image of a Willys Jeep driving through a test tank was on...

NEW MODEL ARMOUR

words and pictures Kev Smith

Modeller Kev Smith discusses the process of building and painting...

words and pictures Kev Smith

BRADLEY AT WAR

Words Craig Allen

The Bradley M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle has proved an effective...

Words Craig Allen

BREAKING THE BOCAGE

words and pictures Craig Moore

Craig Moore profiles Paul Shepherdson’s M5A1 Stuart ‘Rhino’...

words and pictures Craig Moore

Six tonnes of steel

words Tim Gosling

Tim Gosling profiles the US-built version of the French Renault...

words Tim Gosling

TWO-WHEELED AIRBORNE WARRIOR

words and pictures Craig Allen

Craig Allen profiles the Lightweight RE Flying Flea motorcycle,...

words and pictures Craig Allen

The BOBS of war

words Steve Wilson

This intriguing BSA-based ‘bobber’ draws on two classic traditions...

words Steve Wilson

NEVER FORGET

A memorial in France honouring soldiers who died under British...

Britain at War Sample Issue

Try your free sample before you buy. Here's a selection of great articles to give you a flavour of Britain at War magazine

Two Victoria Crosses ‘vanish’ from museum

Two Victoria Crosses awarded to British soldiers of the former...

Lucky 13

THE LONDON BLITZ Stephen Bourne shares the story of the London...

SCUD SEEKERS

Andrew Thomas outlines the combat missions completed by the sole...

Menin Gate roof refurbished

Work to restore the Menin Gate is underwayBRESSERS ARCHITECTEN...

The FRIENDLY Invasion 3,000,000 GIs

D-DAY: THE BUILD UP Men of the US Army Signal Corps...

‘Black Ice’ secures World Cup victory!

Last month, we reported that Corie Mapp was in position to take...

Internment, incarceration and escape

Craig Moore reports on The National Archives’ new exhibition,...

A link in the chain

The discovery of a British shipwreck has taken on new significance...

Atlas delivers

An RAF Atlas C1 has dropped more than ten tonnes of food supplies...

Designing DESTINY

D-DAY: THE BUILD UP On June 6, 1944, the Supreme Allied...

THE MAKING OF MULBERRIES

They may be unglamorous, but the value of the artificial Mulberry...

From the Editor

We Have Ways Festival Co-hosts Al Murray and James HollandSTUART...

Newark’s Lancaster memorial takes shape

A proof-of-concept image of the proposed Lancaster sculptureCOURTESY...

COVER & CLEAR

John Ash

As the machinations and manoeuvrings of Allied planners turned...

John Ash