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943 a€ 2013 THE LUFTWAFFEa€ S TIP AND RUN RAIDS To mark this yeara€ s 70th anniversary of the end of the Luftwaffea€ s Tip and Run campaign, we examine how the raids came about, their effects on the British people, and the efforts made to combat them. THE a€ TIP AND RUNa€ RAIDS They were fast, deadly, and almost impossible to predict. Chris Goss examines the development and deployment of the Luftwaffea€ s Jabos. a€ MOST RAIDED TOWNa€ Between March 1942 and June 1943 the East Sussex coastal resort of Eastbourne gained the distinction of being the UKa€ s most raided town. EASTBOURNEa€ S BOUNCING BOMB During a Tip and Run attack on 7 March 1943, one of the bombs dropped bounced back into the air after striking the surface of one suburban street. TRACING A RAID Despite the fact that seven decades have passed since the Luftwaffea€ s Tip and Run campaign, it is still possible to reconstruct the events of individual attacks using wartime sources and first-hand accounts. A DAY BATTLE HAD BEGUN Chris Goss and Martin Mace examine the efforts made to tackle the German raiders during 1942 and 1943. FEATURES AGROUND AND UNDER FIRE When HMS E15 ran aground in the Dardanelles in 1915 it sparked a wave of attacks which culminated in one of the most daring naval operations of the First World War. A BRITISH BLITZKRIEG Armoured divisions raced across France, catching defenders completely off balance as tanks burst through their lines with ease. This sounds like a description of the German advance of 1940 but, as Richard Doherty reveals, it was the summer of 1944, and the tanks were British. MOSQUITO STRIKE On 16 June 1944, the Type VIIC U-boat U-998 was surprised and attacked by a de Havilland Mosquito of 333 (Norwegian) Squadron. Though badly-damaged, the U-boat survived the depth-charging. SUNK OFF TOBRUK There was only one route of supply to the beleaguered garrison of Tobruk a€" by sea. With Rommel desperate to force the garrison to surrender, every Allied ship was trying to reach the port was forced to run the gauntlet of the Axis bombers. NO NORMAL BATTLE The struggle to capture Tunis reached a climax in the spring of 1943. Dominating the route to the coastal plain around the Tunisian capital was the 900-foot Djebel el Ahmera, or Longstop Hill. It had to be taken if there was any hope of victory in North Africa. On 22 April 1943, the British attacked. LORD ASHCROFTa€ S a€ HERO OF THE MONTHa€ In the latest instalment in a series examining his a€ Hero of the Montha€ , Lord Ashcroft examines the remarkable Air Commodore Arthur Wray DSO, MC, DFC & Bar, AFC. THE GALLIPOLI OAK He was found on the parapet of the Turkish trench on Gallipoli. Martin Purdy and Ian Dawson tell the story of a flourishing memorial planted in the memory of Lieutenant Eric Duckworth. THE FIGHT IN THE NIGHT On 25 August 1914, with the Germans hard on their heels, the Guards Brigade stood and faced the enemy on the banks of the River Sambre. We examine their stand at Landrecies. REGULARS BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. KEY MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY 10: Battle for Helmand a€" British troops in action in Afghanistan, 2006. IMAGE OF WAR 30 October 1942 a€" A low-level attack on German transport aircraft at El Adem in North Africa. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in October 1943. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE Roz Currie, Curator at the Jewish Military Museum in Hendon, North London, has chosen a collection of letters which detail life in the trenches during the First World War.
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