The Spitfire was designed by Reginald Mitchell at the Supermarine factory in Southampton in the mid-1930s. A prototype flew from Eastleigh Aerodrome,
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Nigel West, a renowned expert who writes extensively about British intelligence, reveals in this book the operations of Britain’s overseas intelligence gathering
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This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many
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Plans have been approved for a museum at the family home of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, who was behind the evacuation of
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The Chicago-born ‘slider’ became the youngest Olympic gold medallist ever as a 16-year-old at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz. Four
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Max Hastings, noted historian and journalist, is a titanic force in British history, with 27 books to his name – many of
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Due to exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act, the documents were closed to public access until January this year, just as
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This issue, we’re giving away four copies ofKursk, 1943, courtesy of Casemate Illustrated. In the summer of 1943, the German army sought
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David Stahel’s latest book, Retreat from Moscow: a new history of Germany’s winter campaign, 1941-1942, is here to add vital nuance to
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Doris Miller earned the Navy Cross for his actions during the Japanese attack on the US base at Pearl Harbor on 7
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