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THE SOMME 1916-2016:
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
Dunkirk Film
Revealed
Lord Ashcroft’s
Somme VC Hero
HMS Hood Bell
Unveiled
PLUS:
R
BRITAIN’S BEST SELLING MILITARY HISTORY MONTHLY
EAGLES
IN THE RAF
Volunteer US Fighter
Pilots who joined
Fighter Command
RAIDING
BREMEN
The Daring and
Suicidal Daylight
British Attack
SO MME
Fighting Above the Trenches . Build-Up to Battle . The Battle Outlined
The Fighting . The Aftermath & Cost . Words of Those Who Were There
BATTLE OF THE
Special Bonus
Content Includes:
JULY 2016
ISSUE 111
UK
£4.60
From the
Editor...
I
T IS an unquestionable fact that the Battle of the Somme was not only the most cataclysmic battle for British forces
during the First World War but it was also one that absolutely remains seared into the consciousness of the British nation.
More than any battle, in any conflict, it surely epitomises the slaughter and horror of modern warfare and the industrial
scale of conflict which, in all its ghastliness, revealed itself to the world in July 1916.
This month, our extra supplement special content naturally focuses on the theme of the Somme battles - but looking at events through the
perspective of those who were there and fought on the ground, both British and German. Renowned military historians Rob Schäfer and
Peter Doyle take us through the events of the battle from both sides of No Man’s Land in accounts that are both harrowing and revealing
and give us a clearer insight into what it meant to fight, and very often to die, in those terrible battles. Meanwhile, and although the focus
of attention across the years has largely surrounded the ground fighting on the Somme, a crucially important aerial battle was being waged
in the skies above the trenches as the Royal Flying Corps fought for air supremacy and battled to provide a vital ‘eye-in-the-sky’ for the
gunners of the Royal Artillery. To a large extent, it was the coming-of-age of both the RFC and of air power.
Britain at War Magazine pays tribute in this special centenary issue
to all of those who fought, suffered and died on the Somme.
Andy Saunders
(Editor)
EDITORIAL
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FEATURES
32 Reputations: Rising High
Oliver Thébault assesses the career of prominent Great War
leader Sir William Robertson, the only man to join the British
Army as a Private and leave as Field Marshal.
92 Sherwood Forest’s ‘Black Gold’
Noted historian Joshua Levine explains how Sherwood Forest and
its rare reserve of high-quality oil became so vital to the British
war effort.
Alistair Goodrum takes up the story of American volunteer pilots
eager to fight for Britain in the RAF long before the United States
officially entered the war.
42 Martha’s Demise:
A Battle of Britain Photo Album
114 From Fledglings to Eagles
A recent discovery of a ‘photo album at a boot fair sheds light on
life under the battle-torn skies of Britain in 1940 and charts the
last moments of a Heinkel He 111 bomber. Andy Saunders pieces
together the story behind some unique photographs.
Steve Snelling charts the story of one of the most audacious
daylight raids of the war, the RAF’s twice aborted and daring
low-level attack against the German port of Bremen.
50 Valour at the Third Attempt
Claim your FREE
Shot Down in Flames book
when you subscribe to
Britain at War.
See pages 40 and 41 for
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Contents
ISSUE 111
JULY 2016
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Sherwood Forest's 'Black Gold'
SOMME SPECIAL
22 Somme Success
The Imperial War Museum’s Peter Hart explains how the
Royal Flying Corps won its Battle of the Somme and ‘came
of age’ as it evolved into a vital war-winning arm.
Marking the centenary of this milestone battle of the First
World War, historians Peter Doyle and Robin Schäfer look
at the battle through the eyes of men on both sides who
served, fought and died in the horror of the Battle of the
Somme, using the soldiers own words and compelling
testimonies to tell the story on a very personal level.
Plus, John Ash offers a tribute to the fallen and challenges
perceptions after groundbreaking new research from the
National Army Musuem unveils how 'forgotten' the battle
really is. Across twenty-six pages of special content we
reveal imagery and accounts that have never been seen
before. Lest we forget.
Editor’s Choice
63 The Somme – 1916
100 The Final Engagement
Veteran Harrier pilot David Morgan returns with another
first-person account of a dangerous and nerve-tingling battle
against Argentine fighters over the Falklands.
REGULARS
10 News
News, restorations, discoveries and events from around the World.
Your letters, input and feedback.
18 Field Post
48 First World War Diary
Our continuing look at the key events of the First World War
arrives at July 1916 as the legacy of the Great War’s brutality is
forever seared into history during the Battle of the Somme.
Our reviewers take a look at new books and products and choose
Alexandra Churchill’s excellent new Somme book as our Book of
The Month.
Our monthly look at gallantry awards announced in the London
Gazette reaches July, which includes another ‘Hero of the Month’
as selected by Lord Ashcroft.
A Royal Navy ensign from a capital ship at the Battle of Jutland is
this month’s Great War object.
109 Recon Report
124 Great War Gallantry
130 The First World War in Objects
NEWS FEATURE
6 Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan’s new war film goes into production.
THE SOMME 1916-2016:
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
Dunkirk Film
Revealed
Lord Ashcroft’s
Somme VC Hero
HMS Hood Bell
Unveiled
PLUS:
COVER STORY
R
BRITAIN’S BEST SELLING MILITARY HISTORY MONTHLY
EAGLES
IN THE RAF
Volunteer US Fighter
Pilots who joined
Fighter Command
RAIDING
BREMEN
The Daring and
Suicidal Daylight
British Attack
SO MME
114
From Fledglings to Eagles
Fighting Above the Trenches . Build-Up to Battle . The Battle Outlined
The Fighting . The Aftermath & Cost . Words of Those Who Were There
BATTLE OF THE
High over the battlefields
of the Somme, Manfred von
Richthofen in his Albatross
engages Major Lanoe
Hawker VC in his DH2 of 24
Squadron on 23 November
1916. The engagement
resulted in Hawker’s death
as he became Richthofen’s
eleventh victim.
– INFO@PETERFOR.COM)
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Special Bonus Content Includes:
JULY 2016
ISSUE 111
UK
£4.60
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