Britain At War Magazine

25/07/2024

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RAIDS ON ROMMEL
The clandestine attempts to kill or capture top German generals

ROBERT KEE’S HIDDEN HISTORY
Legendary broadcaster’s POW escape attempts

FROM CAPTOR TO CONFIDANTE
The Boer general who became a British field marshal

WORLD WAR WOOD
How Britain’s foresters cut victory into shape

HEAVY LIFTERS
The Royal Navy’s essential troop-landing duo

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04/07/2024

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02/07/2024

It’s just three days to go until the 11th annual Capel Military Show, taking place on Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July 2024 at Aldhurst Farm, Surrey. The editors of Britain at War and Classic Military Vehicle magazines will be at the Key Publishing stand on Saturday and Sunday morning, so please feel welcome to come and say hello. We look forward to seeing you all!

Image: Sherman tanks at 2021's Capel Military Show (Credit: Vicky Turner)

01/07/2024

27/06/2024

Very pleased to see this new book by BAW contributor Ed Webster in print! If you’re heading to TankFest to see the newly restored FV4005 behemoth then why not read up on its intriguing development and history.

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27/06/2024

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Featuring:

COMPETITION
Win a Spitfire flight experience worth £2,975

EPSOM: THE DOMINO OFFENSIVE
How one deadlocked battle made Allied victory inevitable

FIGHTING FIRES BEHIND THE FRONT
The special unit tackling hot spots from Normandy to Hamburg

CLOSE RANGE HEAVY HITTER
The SAS’ niche rifle-calibre submachine gun

AN ENGLISHMAN ON OMAHA BEACH
Naval officer describes scenes of horror on blood-soaked sands

ALL HANTS ON DECK
The Portsmouth watermill built from an American warship

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25/06/2024

SNEAK PEEK: Two days to go until the July issue of Britain at War is on sale!
We continue our commemoration of the battle for Normandy with our cover story examining Operation Epsom, which Tobias Clark describes as the ‘first domino to fall’. Find out how this deadly stalemate helped set the stage for eventual Allied victory. Then, follow Sub-Lieutenant Clive Jones onto Omaha Beach as one of a handful of British men to land there. He describes the harrowing scene in his own words.

We also have a few things that are just that bit different; follow the 21st Army Group’s fledging firefighters they tackled hot spots from Normandy into Germany, and who can forget the bizarre story of a French spy, the ship he gifted to the Royal Navy and the bitter convoy battle that ended his raiding plans. What’s more, discover the link between an overgrown rifle range in Uxbridge and Lawrence of Arabia, and what connects a Hampshire watermill with the War of 1812.

Britain at War Issue 207, July 2024, hits newsstands on Thursday, June 27.

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Image: A Churchill tank of 7th RTR supports 8th Royal Scots infantry during Operation Epsom (Official Photograph)

20/06/2024

SNEAK PEEK: Normandy's Omaha Beach is overwhelmingly associated with the US Army, and for good reason, being one of its landing zones and the scene of D-Day's bloodiest battle.

However, did you know that there were British men who landed on Omaha? In BAW's upcoming July issue, we feature a previously unpublished story from the late Sub-Lieutenant Clive Jones, RNVR. Tasked with marking out the location of Omaha's Mulberry harbour, Clive, in his words, told regular contributor Andrew Thomas of his time on Omaha Beach, recalling walls of tracer as the invaders fended off the Luftwaffe's night-time attacks and his long walk past the seemingly unending line of fallen soldiers on the beach. Clive's experiences are harrowing and unmissable.

BAW Issue 205, July 2024, hits newsstands on Thursday 27 June.

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Image Credit: USN Seabee Museum

10/06/2024

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06/06/2024

A stunning flypast rounded off the main commemorations at the British Normandy Memorial near Bayeux this morning. The RAF Red Arrows were accompanied by the RAF's Typhoon Display Team aircraft, 'Moggy', in its Normandy scheme.

Approximately 40 British D-Day and Normandy veterans attended the service and wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial in Ver-sur-Mer. They were joined by the King, Queen, UK defence staff and politicians, and the French President.

Image: Cpl Liz Brown/MOD

06/06/2024

Today, June 6, 2024, we mark 80 years since the D-Day Landings.

Almost 156,000 Allied soldiers and airborne troops, supported by countless sailors and airmen, landed on the beaches of Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword and at drop zones in Normandy in a massive combined assault that was years in the making. It was the greatest amphibious invasion in history and began the liberation of Western Europe from the yolk of N**i oppression.

As veterans and dignitaries gather today to commemorate all those involved on that day of days, we also remember their bravery, efforts and sacrifice.

Image Credit: MOD Crown Copyright

06/06/2024

Yesterday, a formation of Army Air Corps AH-64E Apache attack helicopters flew over Pegasus Bridge in Benouville, and then over the Normandy beaches. Some of the pilots are descendants of members of the Glider Pilot Regiment, who were involved in the Pegasus Bridge operations 80 years ago.

Video: 663 Squadron AAC/MOD

04/06/2024

SNEAK PEEK: In the July issue of Britain at War, Jonathan Falconer reveals one of the strangest tales of World War Two, one which reads like a Tom Clancy thriller.

After the fall of France, a former French spy nursing a major grudge sailed his merchantman vessel to the UK and joined the Royal Navy as lieutenant commander. His brief but controversial career on board HMS Fidelity saw him appointing the first female RN seagoing officer (who also happened to be his mistress), being threatened with court martial on more than one occasion and being stalked relentlessly by dozens of U-boats. Incroyable!

Britain at War Issue 207, July 2024, hits newsstands on Thursday, June 27.

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Image: HMS Fidelity (Credit: Jonathan Falconer)

30/05/2024

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Featuring:

OVERLORD UNLEASHED: D-DAY 80TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
• Yeoman Gunners’ desperate charge
• No.4 Commando’s casino scrap
• How 12,000 aircraft shielded the invasion

V1 IN WT1
The flying bomb that killed London’s famous female ‘bobby’

HEAVIES ON THE BEACH
Myth-busting the Churchill AVRE and its Flying Dustbin

TRAPPED UNDER FIRE
British troops besieged in forgotten 1920 Iraqi revolt

FLEDGLING FLYERS
The eyes guiding Botha’s push into German colony

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25/05/2024

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14/05/2024

SNEAK PEEK: The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings is just around the corner, and what better way to reflect on that extraordinary undertaking than by picking up the June issue of Britain at War, our 132-page commemorative edition.

Follow the Allied commandos as they push inland from Sword Beach, braving sniper and mortar fire to clear a French resort.

Join the gunners of 147th Essex Yeomanry, thrust into the front line as they land on Gold Beach.

Examine the critical role played by the RAF in supporting the troops on the ground and safeguarding shipping in the Channel.

Find out about the innovative armoured vehicle that made a huge difference on D-Day and beyond.

The Britain At War team also provides definitive answers to some frequently asked questions about Operation Overlord.

Britain At War Issue 206, June 2024, hits newsstands on Thursday, May 30.

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Image: British troops on Sword Beach, June 6, 1944 (Credit: Official photograph)

30/04/2024

SNEAK PEEK: In the upcoming June issue of BAW, militaria maestro Austin J Ruddy showcases a selection of wartime postcards: a source of cheer and succour for British soldiers and civilians alike in World War Two, deployed in their millions to keep even the most distant families close.

Austin has rounded up a selection of these highly collectable items, many of which provide valuable social commentary on wartime life. He also shows that, 80 years on, some of the jokes have stood the test of time!
Do you have your own collection of wartime postcards? Why not take a picture and post below?

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Image Credit: Austin J Ruddy

25/04/2024

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Featuring:

DESIGNING D-DAY
• Assembling the vanguard of liberation
• Covering it up and clearing the way
• Britain’s ingenious portable harbours

ISSUE INVADERS
James Holland and Al Murray guest edition!

BLITZ MATERIALS
Holding a family together beneath Luftwaffe bombs

HORNETS STIR THE NEST
Australian ‘legacy’ F/A-18s pave the way with Paveway II in Iraq

ESCAPE STATIONERY
How a pencil factory’s covert night shifts helped RAF airmen

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19/04/2024

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16/04/2024

During World War Two a secretive War Office department, MI9, was tasked with helping British airmen escape and evade if shot down behind enemy lines. MI9 turned to an innovative thinker, Charles Fraser-Smith (later inspiration for Ian Fleming’s ‘Q’) to devise escape aids.

In our May issue, Craig Moore examines Fraser-Smith’s most ingenious escape aid: a humble pencil, with a map and small compass hidden within. Find out how covert night shifts at a Cumbrian factory helped facilitate successful escapes – and why it proved almost impossible to recreate this legendary 'Q' gadget today.

BAW Issue 205, May 2024, hits newsstands on Thursday 25th April.

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Image Credit: Derwent Pencil Museum

02/04/2024

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28/03/2024

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RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER
How the ‘Black Flag’ defined the Royal Navy’s Submarine Service

DEATH DRUMS ALONG THE RIVER
Amethyst’s 100-day Yangtze siege

NATO AT 75
How Britain has shaped the Western alliance

THAT’S A WRAP!
How simple covers keep tank guns shooting straight

A TIPPLE TO TOPPLE GERMANY
How your pub favourite helped win the war

AMAZING WAR STORIES
FREE 32-page Museum Guide

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26/03/2024

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22/03/2024

BAW’s May Magazine invasion! we are delighted to welcome James Holland and Al Murray, co-hosts of the We Have Ways of Making You Talk podcast, as guest editors for the May 2024 issue!
Join them as they oversee preparations for Operation Overlord – D-Day – the greatest amphibious invasion ever staged.
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19/03/2024

SNEAK PEEK: This 37mm armour-piercing shell was retrieved from HMS Amethyst by Lieutenant-Commander John Kerans after the famous Yangtze Incident.

It was just one of dozens of shells that struck the open bridge and crippled the frigate when, in April 1949, it was fired by Chinese communist artillery while lawfully en route to the British embassy at Nanking. Those opening salvos were the beginning of a tense 100-day siege followed by an audacious escape underpinned by endurance, and daring.

In our upcoming April issue, Allan George pays tribute to the heroics displayed 75 years ago by the seamen (and a sea-cat!) trapped aboard Amethyst and those who came to the ship's aid.

BAW Issue 204, April 2024, hits newsstands on Thursday 28th March.

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Image credit: IWM

18/03/2024

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17/03/2024

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12/03/2024

ICYMI: In 1940, at the height of the German invasion scare, one British officer devised an ingenious innovation that may have made all the difference. Expecting paratroops to land but lacking equipment in the wake of Dunkirk, he paired a Bren and an armoured plate with a motorcycle to create a fast-moving machine gun post.

In our March Issue, Craig Moore profiles the Triumph WO 3SW Armoured Bren Carrier, a mobile vehicle designed to quickly arrive at the landing grounds and protect its gunner as they engaged German paratroops in the critical first minutes of an airborne landing. Although the expected invasion never materialised, this one-of-a-kind invention is a testament to the ingenuity in the face of desperation. Plus, Craig gets up close with an incredible reproduction created by Sean Walsh.

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