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T
HE ATTACK on Pearl Harbor might not be the subject of usual content for Britain at War given its solely Japanese
and American involvement, but 75 years ago it was an event that turned the very tide of what was now a global
conflict. To the British came certainty that the United States would enter the war, but it also brought a further
unwelcome certainty – that Britain’s territories in the east were now threatened by Japan.
Our theme this month brings across elements of that ‘Day of Infamy’ and its immediate impact on Britain and the nation’s War Cabinet
as well as wider elements of a bigger conflict with a powerful Imperial Japan who attacked in the East, including Hong Kong and the
Northern Territories of Australia. However, in these significant areas of operation everything boiled down, in the end, to individual
stories of heroism, sacrifice and determined endeavour.
At Pearl Harbor itself, some 2,403 people perished – including 1,177 on the USS
Arizona
alone. Whilst these are just statistics, each
casualty making up the total has its own back-story and a family torn apart by loss. But we also have a tale of an individual loss by one
American family on 7 December 1941 that is especially poignant, and a very long way from Pearl Harbor.
Serving as an American volunteer fighter pilot in the RAF, Fuller Patterson’s name became lost in the grim statistics that day from Pearl
Harbor when he was shot down over Belgium. It is only right that we pay tribute to him, individually, and remember the others lost that
day in the Japanese attack.
Andy Saunders
(Editor)
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FEATURES
22 The Day of Infamy
Robert Mitchell takes a close look at the point where Britain’s war
finally changed following the infamous Japanese attack on the US
Naval base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
Andy Saunders brings us the tragic account of a volunteer
American fighter pilot in one of the RAF’s Eagle Squadrons,
coincidentally killed over Belgium on 7 December 1941 – the day
of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Steve Snelling highlights a tale of desperate and bloody courage
as the only other-rank soldier to have served in both wars and to
have won a VC in the Second is thrown into the brutal struggle
against the Japanese for control of Hong Kong.
54 Victory Through The Lens
Mark Barnes highlights the bravery of war photographers as he
shares a selection of unique and iconic photographs taken on
the frontline by men armed with only a camera.
32 ‘Fate Decided Otherwise…’
60 Spitfire Squadron Down Under
Andrew Thomas takes up the tale of British and Australian
Spitfires sent to protect the strategically vital port of Darwin from
Japanese air attack and a feared invasion of Australia in early
1942.
John Ash analyses the origins of Japan’s potent early-war strike
capability and sheds light on the plucky British raid on Taranto
which inspired them, examining why both operations left their
respective navies wanting.
38 Veteran of Valour – Hong Kong VC
76 Prelude to Pearl Harbor
Contents
ISSUE 116
DECEMBER 2016
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Veteran of Valour – Hong Kong VC
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Victory Through The Lens
90 Stealing Away
Editor’s Choice
Great War Historian Peter Hart details the dangerous evacuation of
the Royal Naval Division from the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Andy Saunders relates the story of an auxiliary fighter unit,
Scotland’s own 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, and their hard-
fought battle with the Luftwaffe at the height of the Battle of Britain.
98 Beware the Tormented Lion
NEWS FEATURE
6 Commemorative Events 1916-2016
Our editorial team and editorial correspondents look back on a
year of commemoration, revisiting some of the key moments of
1916 marked throughout 2016.
82 Chocolate Soldiers
Britain at War magazine’s youngest contributor,
Joshua Dine,
takes a look at the varied activities of the Cadbury chocolate
company during the Second World War and the diversity of
goods produced at their Bournville factory. 
REGULARS
10 News
News, restorations, discoveries and events from around the World.
48 First World War Diary
December 1916 and the third year of the Great War draws to its
close as any conclusion to the conflict seems far away. Despite
major but costly Allied successes along the Western Front and at
sea the war continues with increasing ferocity.
Your letters, input and feedback.
51 Fieldpost
70 Great War Gallantry
Our monthly look at the awards gazetted in the London Gazette
reaches December 1916, and another ‘Hero of the Month’, a
Victoria Cross recipient, is selected by Lord Ashcroft.
The editorial team brings to you reviews on two new board games
and an array of new books just in time for Christmas!
Phil Jarman analyses the work of Frank Brangwyn, the artist so
controversial that his graphic and harrowing works allegedly led to
a bounty being placed on his head by the German Kaiser.
The fascinating autograph album of a Volunteer Aid Detachment
nurse is this month’s object from the Great War.
108 Recon Report
112 War Posters
114 WW1 in Objects
COVER STORY
The USS Arizona comes under
Japanese attack in the first wave
that struck the US Naval Base at
Pearl Harbor without warning on 7
December 1941, bringing the United
States into the war. Despite the
surprise nature of the attack, nine
Japanese aircraft were shot down in
this first wave although Arizona was
sunk with a massive loss of life.
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Spitfire Squadron Down Under
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