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FEATURES "I'M ONE OF YOU"! At about 07.00 hours on the morning of Friday, 1 November 1940, the war for the Roberts family of Knaphill in Surrey became very close and personal. Frank Phillipson investigates a shattering event in Robin Hood Road. FIGHT ANOTHER DAY During the airborne operations around Arnhem in September 1944 the RAF made repeated attempts to drop vital stores to the hard-pressed troops on the ground. For the crew of one Short Stirling, one of these missions almost ended in catastrophe. MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS She was an easy victim. Travelling unescorted with all her lights glowing and painted white from bow to stern the AHS Centaur was hard to miss - but the Centaur was a hospital ship and on board were doctors, nurses, ambulance staff and the ship's crew of merchant seamen. "THIS SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT" It was an uneven contest. The might of one of Hitler's feared U-boats verses a little Royal Navy trawler. John Grehan tells the story of His Majesty's Trawler Lady Shirley. Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About ... OPERATION IRONCLAD - it was, explains John Grehan, Britain's first successful major amphibious assault of the Second World War. REGULARS BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. DEBRIEF A Piece of History, Dates That Shaped the War and much more!
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