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FEATURES SPIES INSIDE THE FORTRESS On Saturday 15 June 1940, the decision was taken by the War Office to leave the Channel Islands to be occupied by the Germans. Abandoned by their government, the islanders were ordered not to resist. John Grehan explains how the islanders have since turned the tables on their occupiers and made the buildings the enemy constructed their greatest tourist attraction! THE BOYS ANTI-TANK RIFLE This month, Mark Khan looks at the fearsome Boys anti-tank rifle. Just over 5-foot 4-inches long and weighing 36lbs, this huge oversized bolt action rifle never fulfilled its original purpose as a tank killer. But, as we shall see, it did succeed in roles it was never designed for and where it was, in many ways, ahead of its time! SALERNO 1943 - A DIFFERENT VIEW: THE GUNNER/INFANTEERS As darkness closed in on the evening of Wednesday 8 September 1943, some 450 ships, carrying 69,000 men and 20,000 vehicles approached land with doused lights. The next morning that went ashore at Salerno. Here, Richard Doherty describe, how one British Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment was converted to infantry, on the beachhead, in an effort to hold the line. A SECRET WAR: Q-SHIPS AND TIN OPENERS At the beginning of the First World War, the German Navy possessed just twenty-eight operational U-boats in two flotillas. By the end of 1915, with new U-boats being launched on an almost daily basis, writes Kendall McDonald, their presence was starting to be felt. The threat had become very real. New and secret measures were called for. REGULARS CAMERA AT WAR A selection of photographs showing the Avro Lancasters of No.35 Squadron in the Victory Celebrations of 1946. DATAFILE This month, Mark Khan looks at the fearsome Boys anti-tank rifle. Just over 5-foot 4-inches long and weighing 36lbs, this huge oversized bolt action rifle never fulfilled its original purpose as a tank killer. But, as we shall see, it did succeed in roles it was never designed for and where it was, in many ways, ahead of its time! SURVIVORS: THE GLOSTER GLADIATOR Gloster's private venture development of the already highly-refined Gauntlet design brought the biplane fighter concept to the peak of technical perfection. Eventually called the Gladiator, it would be the RAF's last biplane fighter, and the first with an enclosed cockpit. For many air forces it represented an important milestone, smoothing over the transition to the subsequent, more advanced monoplane types. In the first of a new series we take a look at some of the surviving examples.
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