Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
The Final Offensive - Richard Doherty details Eighth Army’s climatic 1945 spring assault, one of the finest examples of manoeuvre warfare of the conflict, to bring an end to the Italian campaign.
Valour Against All Odds 54 The sinking of HMS Glorious is mired in controversy, but is also known for the valiant resistance offered by her two escorting destroyers. Michael E Haskew discusses.
Freed from Horror - To mark the 75 years since British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen, survivor Tomi Reichental shares his harrowing experiences with James Hoare.
Tank Ted - Richard Pursehouse and Ben Cunliffe follow up on the story of a wartime teddy bear that was given to a British soldier, and recently fetched a large sum at auction.
Saved from the Deep - In an epic tale of survival, Steve Snelling describes the extraordinary fate of Allied POWs who would have been lost to the sea if not for their unlikely rescuers.
Bring Them Home - A first-hand account of the crew of the Medway Queens struggle to evacuate British troops from Dunkirk is related by Richard Halton.
“Conditions at Bergen-Belsen began to deteriorate until all but a handful of inmates had been swallowed up by the darkness of the Final Solution”
Cover Story:
Valour on the High Seas - Our cover story focuses on one of the Royal Navy’s biggest disasters - the sinking of HMS Glorious and the destroyers Ardent and Acasta. Turn to page 54.
Briefings:
'Secret Army' Bunker - Workers in Scotland have unearthed a wartime bunker thought to have been built for the secretive Auxiliary Units.
'Tiger' Phantom - Saved from Scrappers - An ex-RAF F-4J(UK) Phantom is to be rescued and restored to display condition.
HMS Albacore's - Bow Found - A century after losing it to a mine, a Great War destroyer's bow section has been found.
HERO of the MONTH:
Major Peter Allen Norton GC - Lord Ashcroft profiles a bomb disposal specialist who survived severe injury and was later awarded the George Cross.
Regulars:
Image of War
Weapons of War
Collections
Militaria
Image of War
Recon Report
Field Post
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