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THE 'FOURTEEN-NIL ENGAGEMENT' Despite the speed and success of the Coalition's insertion into Iraq in March 2003, there were numerous instances of resistance by the Iraqi forces. One such incident occurred in the first week of the operation, resulting in the largest tank battle involving British forces since the Second World War. The result was decisive and, as Dave Cassan explains, it has become known as the 'Fourteen-Nil Engagement'. FIGHTING THE SANTA FE The Falklands War was the first major conflict involving British forces in the era of mass visual communications. Yet for all the media coverage of the Falklands War, certain elements of that campaign received little wide-spread coverage. This includes the battle for South Georgia and in particular an engagement by the Royal Navy unique even in the long history of this most senior service. It was, writes John Grehan in FIGHTING THE SANTA FE, the Fleet Air Arm's first attack upon a major enemy vessel since the end of the Second World War. BY THE SKIN OF THEIR TEETH They flew some of the very last RAF fighters to leave Singapore before the island fell to the Japanese and, as Lynn Fogwill discovered, not all would survive. Those that were fortunate to reach the safety of Java, only just escaped. THE HOME GUARD'S MANHUNT On two consecutive nights in April 1941, two German bombers crashed in two neighbouring counties. In one county, the evading Luftwaffe crew was successfully rounded up by the Home Guard. But in the other, an embarrassing farce ensued when a wounded Luftwaffe airman wandered around unable to surrender. But why, asks Austin Ruddy, was one county's Home Guard successful in their key task, whilst the other was not? A VERY PRICKLY PORCUPINE The RAF's Short Sunderland flying-boats posed a formidable threat to those German U-boats and aircraft that ventured into the Bay of Biscay. Such was the reputation that it gained that to the Germans the Sunderland became known as the 'Flying Porcupine'. It was a title that, as the events of 16 September 1943 would prove, was given with some justification. FIELDS OF VALOUR The small Buckinghamshire village of The Lee was no different to so many others across the British Isles in the First World War. A large proportion of its men, from all walks of life, would leave to serve King and country - and many would never return. For The Lee, it was 19 July 1916 that would lead to much heartache and grief. On that day, two divisions - one British, the other Australian - attacked an almost impenetrable German position. By its disastrous end, the fighting that day meant that eight men from The Lee had made the ultimate sacrifice. Of these, writes Robert Mitchell, the bodies of seven were never found or identified; their families denied the opportunity to mourn at their loved one's grave. THE EXCAVATION AT FROMELLES: AN UPDATE Martin Mace reports on the progress of the excavations of the First World War mass burial sites at Fromelles. A D-DAY GHOST VILLAGE The buildings are empty; no traffic passes down its main street. The village of Tyneham, evacuated in the winter of 1943, is an incredible time capsule and a stark reminder of the sacrifices of many during the preparations for Operation Overlord. It is, explains Alexander Nicoll, possibly one of very few Parishes in England where the electoral roll is officially listed as nil! NUMBER SEVENTY-EIGHT! Lieutenant Ronald Adams, 15th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, arrived in France in 1918 as a pilot with 73 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. His flying career came to an abrupt end when on 7 April that year, whilst flying a Sopwith Camel, he was shot down over the Western Front. Here, in his own words, Adams describes how he fell to the guns of the Red Baron - and in so doing became the German ace's 78th victim! DATAFILE In this month's Datafile, Martin Mace examines the so-called Z-Batteries, the wartime weapon which saw the short-range Unrotated Projectile, or UP, rockets being used in the anti-aircraft role - often manned by the Home Guard. SURVIVORS SPECIAL: LANCASTER NX611 JUST JANE There are two Avro Lancasters in the world that are airworthy. One is the RAF BBMF's PA474; the second is the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's FM213. There is a third Lancaster which can manoeuvre under its own power. Under private ownership and located deep in the RAF's wartime bomber country at East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, this is Lancaster NX611 Just Jane. This month, in a 'Survivors Special', William Moore takes a look at the tantalising prospect of a third airworthy Lancaster! Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About ... SIR ARTHUR 'BOMBER' HARRIS, Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command from 1942 to 1945.
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