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The Action-Packed Diary of a WW1 Cavalryman

Fri 20th February

An article by Letters From The Trenches author Jacqueline Wadsworth about the early days of the Great War, based on the diary of regular soldier Sergeant George Fairclough.
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Australia's Few and the Battle of Britain

Mon 26th January

Kristen Alexander tells the story of one of Australia's Few in the Battle of Britain, Bob Millington, on an epic day, 31 August 1940.
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Victory in Italy

Mon 26th January

Richard Doherty delves into 15th Army Group's final campaign of 1945 and the remarkable results they achieved in Northern Italy during the final days of the Second World War.
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Bristol in the Great War

Tue 2nd September

Jacqueline Wadsworth, author of Bristol in the Great War and Letters from the Trenches takes a look at Shirehampton Remount Depot – where horses and mules shipped into Avonmouth during the war were stabled before being sent to the Front.
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Blind ex-RAF man is painting again with Blind Veterans UK's help

Fri 15th August

Ex-RAF man Eric Radford has been able to pick up his paint brush again after 22 years of sight loss after Blind Veterans UK provided specialist magnification equipment and training.
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Healing in Hell - Memoirs of a Far Eastern POW Medic

Wed 6th August

This article is based on extracts from Ken Adams' Second World War memoirs of life as a POW medic in the Far East. From the fall of Singapore to the difficulties of returning home. Contains graphic images.
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Read the book, make the model

Thu 12th June

Mike Verier writes about 'the Spitfire of the helicopter world', the Cobra - how research can inspire model making.
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The First Ship To Open Fire on D-Day

Mon 9th June

Iain Ballantyne describes HMS Warspite's role during the Normandy Landings, reputedly the first major vessel to open fire and hammer Hitler's so-called Atlantic Wall.
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'Killing the Bismarck' - Slaying the Myths

Tue 20th May

Iain Ballantyne considers the myth and the reality of the Royal Navy’s pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck, as investigated in the new paperback edition of his book ‘Killing the Bismarck’
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Untold stories from the Desert Air Force – Eighth Army’s enforcer in the Second World War

Fri 16th May

From his newly released book – The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945, Bryn Evans shares some edited excerpts below.
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