Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Guerrilla Gamekeepers & Scallywag Saboteurs - A clandestine British wartime unit would have pitched the unlikeliest recruits against German invaders, as Andrew Chatterton explains.
Against the Red Tide: Part II - Gerry van Tonder continues his profile of the part played by the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade during the Korean War.
The Secret of Craigielands Woods - Matt Ritchie delves inside a forgotten bunker that was recently rediscovered by Scottish foresters, and details how the find is being recorded.
The Mouse Who Beat the Bulldog - To mark the 75th anniversary of the last great Home Front story, John Ash dissects the pivotal 1945 general election when Attlee toppled Churchill.
A Game of Cat & Morse: Part II - The ingenious methods and machines devised by the wizards at Hanslope Park are covered by James Hoare.
Dunkirk Defenders - British soldiers fighting a rearguard action paid a heavy price to help their comrades escape. Steve Snelling recounts their last stand, which ended in a Nazi war crime.
Cover Story - The election fought by Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee in 1945 paved the way for the UK’s nuclear weapons programme, V-bombers and the jet age.
Briefings:
Rorke’s Drift Medal - A campaign medal from the Anglo-Zulu War goes under the hammer and sells for more than £50,000.
The Navy’s ‘Mini Missile’ - The Royal Navy welcomes in the Martlet LMM, a game-changing new weapon.
Intelligence Coup - A European initiative gave Britain a critical advantage during the Falklands Conflict.
HERO of the MONTH:
Captain James Edgar Leach VC - Lord Ashcroft profiles a British officer who lied about his age to join the army in 1911. By the time he had been wounded, earned the Victoria Cross and was invalided out the army, he was not even 25.
Regulars:
Image of War
Weapons of War
Militaria
Recon Report
Field post
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