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ISSUE No. 1 (Code A001)

NORMANDY- The Allied landings in France in June 1944. Personality - Colonel James Stewart. Preservation - Joe Lyndhurst Collection - of Military Vehicles United Kingdom - Cabinet War Rooms - the British Government's underground wartime Headquarters. War Film - Battle of Britain. Wreck Recovery - Wreck investigation in the Welsh Mountains - the crash of a USAAF C-47B Skytrain. It Happened Here - Oradour sur Glane - the massacre in this French village by the Waffen SS in June 1944.



ISSUE No. 2 (Code A002)

ARNHEM - The airborne landings in Holland in September 1944. Nuremberg - The Rallies - The Battle - The Trial. Personality - Major Glenn Miller. Preservation - Royal Small Arms Pattern Room - The British Government's firearms collection at its original location at Enfield. United Kingdom & War Film - The escapes of Franz von Werra - as portrayed in the film The One That Got Away. Wreck Recovery - Raising the XE8 Midget Submarine off Portland in the English Channel.



ISSUE No. 3 (Code A003)

THE RUHR DAMS RAID - The attack on the German Ruhr Dams in May, 1943 which became famously known as "The Dam Busters Raid". DUNKIRK - The Evacuation of the beaches at Dunkirk in 1940. Personality & War Film - Lieutenant Audie Murphy and the film To Hell and Back. England - Post-war Bomb and mine Disposal in England. Preservation - Mementos of the Mighty - A personal collection of memorabilia. Wreck Recovery - Capture of the U-505 now on display in Chicago.



ISSUE No. 4 (Code A004)

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE The German attack in the Ardennes in December 1944. Personality - Lieutenant-Colonel David Niven. Preservation - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight from its formation in 1957 on. England - Britain's offshore forts - The Navy and Army forts around the coast of England. War Film - The Longest Day- Darryl F. Zanack's classic masterpiece made in 1962. Wreck Recovery - Brenzett Museum - An aeronautical collection in Kent.

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ISSUE No. 5 (Code A005)

DIEPPE - The Allied attack on the French port in August 1942. Personality - Lieutenant Richard Todd. Preservation - Adolf Hitler's Mercedes-Benz - on display at the Canadian War Museum, Ottowa. Special - Return to Normandy - 30th Anniversary visit to the invasion coast by the Military Vehicle Conservation Group. It Happened Here - Fort Eben-Emael - The Belgian fortress captured by German paras in May 1940.



ISSUE No. 6 (Code A006)

THE V-WEAPONS The Fi 103 - the V1, A4 rocket - the V2, Operation Backfire, The V3, The V4. Personality - Captain Douglas Fairbanks. England - The Unknown Warrior - the story of Britain's unkown soldier buried in Westminster Abbey. Wreck Recovery - Heinkel He 111E recovery from Norway.





ISSUE No. 7 (Code A007)

THE LAST DAYS OF MUSSOLINI - Revisiting the locations covering the last days of the Italian dictator. Personality - Admiral of the Fleet Prince Philip. Preservation - Keele Air Photo Library - The RAF's collection of wartime vertical air photos. England - Patton at Knutsford - Correcting an injustice to the flamboyant American general. War Film - The Photography of Patton - The classic 1969 movie featuring George C. Scott. Wreck Recovery - P-47 Thunderbolt Recovery in Lancashire in 1973. It Happened Here - The Death of George S. Patton - investigation into the car crash in December 1945. Where Are They Now? - Patton's vehicles.



ISSUE No. 8 (Code A008)

THE BATTLE OF THE FALAISE POCKET - The end of the German armies in Normandy. Preservation - The Confederate Air Force - The warbirds museum at Harlingen, Texas. Wreck Recovery - The Roudeix Collection relics recovered from the Falaise battlefield. It Happpened Here - Rommel's Accident following an air attack on his vehicle. Where Are They Now? - Admiral Yamamoto and his G4M 'Betty' - The death of the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack.



ISSUE No. 9 (Code A009)

OBERSALZBERG- Full description of the buildings at Hitler's mountain retreat. Where Are They Now? - Göring's 'Vermeer' - What happened to the Dutch Master from Goring's art collection. Personality - Lieutenant John F. Kennedy - Wartime career of the future American President. War Film - PT-109 - The 1963 film of the sinking of Kennedy's motor torpedo boat. Preservation - Overloon The National War and Resistance Museum of the Netherlands. It Happened Here - Hitler at Landsberg the prison in Bavaria where he was held following the 'Beer Hall Putsch'.



ISSUE No. 10 (Code A010)

MALTA - The story of the George Cross island during WWII. It Happened Here - The Italian Naval Attack on Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta. Preservation - The Malta Scene - Relics on Malta and the opening of the war museum in 1975. Personality - Flight Lieutenant Ian Smith - The wartime story of the Rhodesian Prime Minister. War Film - The Dam Busters 1975 sequel - The making of the 1954 film starring Richard Todd. Wreck Recovery - The recovery of one of the bouncing bombs at Reculver in Kent and The Battle of Britain Museum at Chilham Castle, plus the excavation of a No. 19 Squadron Spitfire by the Essex Historical Aircraft Society on the 35th Anniversary of the crash.



ISSUE No. 11 (Code A011)

GERMAN SPIES IN BRITAIN First World War, Second World War, Table of Double agents, The unlucky sixteen, Jan Willem Ter Braak. It Happened Here - The Venlo Incident - The capture of Major Stevens and Captain Best in the Dutch border town. Preservation - The Australian Military Vehicle Collectors' Society. Wreck Recovery - Shipwrecks The Richard Montgomery off Sheerness and German battleships in Scapa Flow. Personality - Major Clark Gable - The wartime career of the famous film star. War Film - Vera, the Beautiful Spy - TV documentary made by After the Battle on the landing of the first German spies who landed in Scotland.



ISSUE No. 12 (Code A012)

THE VOLKSWAGEN STORY - The story of Hitler's 'Peoples Car'. Personality - Lieutenant-Commander Peter Scott - Wartime biography of the son of Scott of the Antarctic. Preservation - America's Preserved Warships - The Yorktown, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Olympia. Wreck Recovery - Wreckology in Holland - The recovery of aircraft by the Royal Netherlands Airforce. United Kingdom - The Secret Underground Railway Executive H.Q in London. War Film - It Happened Here - The film made in the 1950s by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo about the German occupation of Britain. It Happened Here - The Battle of Takrouna - The battle in Tunisia in April 1943.

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ISSUE No. 13 (Code A013)

THE BATTLES FOR CASSINO - Described by Colonel John H. Green. The First Battle, The Second Battle, The Third Battle, The Fourth Battle, The German Attack on the Castle and the Cavendish Road Tank Attack. Cassino Battlefield Tour - A guide to touring the Cassino Battlefield. Personality - Oberjäger Max Schmeling - The first European World Boxing Champion. United States - The WWII Historical Re-enactment Society. Wreck Recovery - Polish Hurricane at Loughton, Essex - Wilf Nicoll tells the story of the last flight of Flying Officer Marian Pisarek. Preservation - The Royal Artillery Quad - now on display at Bovington. It Happened Here - The Bruneval Raid - One of the first Commando raids on the coast of France.



ISSUE No. 14 (Code A014)

PARIS - The Surrender, The Armistice, Hitler in Paris, The Occupation, The Battle of Paris, The Liberation, Victory! It Happened Here - Himmler's Suicide - The apprehension and death of the Reichsführer-SS. United Kingdom - British Invasion Defences of WWII. Preservation - War Graves - British, American, French and Japanese Cemeteries.





ISSUE No. 15 (Code A015)

TARAWA AND OPERATION GALVANIC By William Bartsch, covering Funafuti Atoll, Nukufetau Atoll, Nanomea Atoll, Tarawa Atoll, Makin Atoll, Abemama Atoll. War Film - The Battle of Midway - The 1976 movie. Personality - Major Anthony Quayle. It Happened Here - Massacre at Le Paradis - The massacre of 97 soldiers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in May 1940. Wreck Recovery - D-Day sequel at Graye-sur-Mer - The recovery of a Churchill AVRE in 1976.



ISSUE No. 16 (Code A016)

CROSSING THE RHINE - The Ludendorff Railway Bridge, General Patton steals the glory, Operation Plunder, Winston Churchill visits the Rhine, Fourth crossing - the Third do it again, The seventh Army at Worms, Patton's hat-trick and De Gaulle comes in last. War Film - The Bridge at Remagen - David Wolpur's classic movie made in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Wreck Recovery - The Swedish Hampden - The recovery of No. 144 Squadron's AE436. It Happened Here - The CDLs of Lowther Castle - The secret Canal Defence Light tanks at Lowther Castle.



ISSUE No. 17 (Code A017)

HIMMLER'S SECRET GRAVE REVISITED - The revelation behind the secret burial of Heinrich Himmler. It Happened Here - Prelude to Operation Market Garden - Breaching the Meuse-Escaut Canal defences. War Film - A Bridge Too Far - A detailed account of the making of Richard Attenborough's classic movie in 1975. Wreck Recovery - The Search for the X5 - The attempt to locate and recover a British Midget submarine in Kaafjord, Norway by the British Sub-Aqua Club in 1974. Personality - Lieutenant Kenneth More. England - German Prisoners-of-War in England.



ISSUE No. 18 (Code A018)

THE BATTLE FOR SAN PIETRO - Reconnaissance, The First Attack, The Second Attack, The Tank Attack, The Final Attack and San Pietro Today. War Film - Mosquito Film Stars - The aircraft used in the making of 633 Squadron. Wreck Discovery - The Wartime Solomons - An investigation of wreck's and relics on these Pacific Islands. United Kingdom - Largest Wartime Explosions - Silvertown, London, 1917, Fauld, Staffordshire, 1944. It Happened Here - Crossing the Seine at Vernon - The British Second Army operation in August 1944. Preservation - RMASC Centaur - The recovery of a Centaur in Normandy by 7 Field Workshop, REME in 1975.



ISSUE No. 19 (Code A019)

GUIDE TO HITLER'S HEADQUARTERS Compiled by R. Raiber, M.D. The Führersonderzug, FHQu 'Felsennest', 'Felsennest' today, FHQu 'Wolfsschlucht', 'Wolfsschlucht' today, FHQu 'Tannenberg', 'Tannenberg' today, FHQu 'Fruelingssturm', By rail to Moenichkirchen, FHQu 'Wolfsschanze', The Assassination attempt - July 20, 1944, 'Wolfsschanze' today. The other Eastern, Führerhauptquartiere, FHQu 'Wolfsschlucht 2', 'Wolfsschlucht 2' today, FHQu 'Adlerhorst', 'Adlerhorst' today, Fate of the Führersonderzug.



ISSUE No. 20 (Code A020)

THE DEATH OF GENERAL SIKORSKI Search and Salvage, The Funeral, The Controversy, The Last Journey. War Film - Twelve o'clock High - James H. Farmer tells the story of the making of the 1949 film made in Florida portraying the Eighth Air Force. Personality - Lieutenant General Moshe Dayan. Preservation - Monty's Wartime Caravans - Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Headquarters vehicles. It Happened Here - Airfield Construction in Holland - Eindhoven, Volkel, Grave, De Rips, Heesch, Helmond, Petit Brogel and Mill. Wreck Recovery - Scrapyard Panther - The discovery of a Panther V in a Surrey scrapyard in 1977. United Kingdom - Fairchild UC-61K Argus 43-15025 - The history of a military light monoplane restored by After the Battle.



ISSUE No. 21 (Code A021)

THE WAR IN GIBRALTAR - Historical Background, Construction of the Airfield, The Tunnels, Operation 'Felix' - the Invasion of Gibraltar, Gibraltar at war, The Italian Underwater attacks against Gibraltar.







ISSUE No. 22 (Code A022)

THE RESCUE OF MUSSOLINI - The liberation of the Italian dictator from Ponza by Otto Skorzeny. Crime in WWII - The Mutiny at Bamber Bridge - The mutiny in this north of England town in 1943 researched by Dr Ken Werrell. Wreck Recovery - The Mountain Rescue Service - Its role in WWII and beyond described by David J. Smith. Where Are They Now? - Guns of the Great - Famous weapons belonging to wartime personalities.



ISSUE No. 23 (Code A023)
CORREGIDOR William Bartsch visits the 'fortress of the east' - Corregidor of Eternal Memory, Caballo Island, Corregidor, El Fraile. War Film - MacArthur - Richard Zanuck's movie, made in 1977, depicting the career of General Douglas MacArthur described by Larry H. Suid. Preservation - The Marine Corps Aviation Museum - Situated in Quantico, Virginia. Wreck Recovery - Tank recovery at Dunkirk - The excavation of a Cruiser Mk III buried on the beach since 1940. Crime in WWII - Battle of Britain Investigation - The fate of the crew of Leutnant Albert Metzger's Heinkel on a south coast beach.



ISSUE No. 24 (Code A024)

THE ASSASSINATION OF REINHARD HEYDRICH Czechoslovakia, The Assassination, Escape to Martyrdom, The Judas Iscariot of WWII, The Seven fight it out, The Retribution. War Film - It's all a Game - The film made by the British World War II Re-enactment Society. Wreck Recovery - 1978 Sikorski Sequel - The search for wreckage of Sikorski's Liberator. Preservation - The River Maas Buffalo - Recovery of an LVT II from the River Maas in Belgium.



ISSUE No. 25 (Code A025)

THE LADY BE GOOD - The search and investigation into the fate of this famous B-24. From the Editor - A round up of the first 25 issues of After the Battle. Preservation - Tank destroyer restoration - Peter Gray's restoration of an M10 from Pounds scrapyard.





ISSUE No. 26 (Code A026)

THE DEATH RAILWAY - Guide to the Death Railway - Kevin Patience describes the construction of the Thailand to Burma Railway. It Happened Here - SOE Operation Pimento - Jean Paul Pallud tells the story of an SOE Halifax lost on an operation to France in August 1943. America's Unknown Soldiers - World War I, World War II and Korea. Preservation - SOE Hudson in Luxembourg - A unique wartime memorial near Maulusmillen.




ISSUE No. 27 (Code A027)

DACHAU - Andrew Mollo's detailed account of the Bavarian Concentration Camp. It Happened Here - The Webling Incident - The killing of Waffen SS near Dachau. Wreck Recovery - Epping Forest Ju 88 - The excavation of a Ju88 from 6/LG1 shot down north of London. Crime in WWII - The 10th Replacement Depot at Lichfield - Richard Suskind describes Lieutenant Colonel Kilian's notorious barracks in Staffordshire.




ISSUE No. 28 (Code A028)

OPERATION 'JERICHO' - THE AMIENS RAID - The Fliers, The Resistance, The Raid led by Wing Commander Charles Pickard as told by John Reed. Norway - The saga of a lost German bomber - The discovery in 1973 of Ju 88 SJ+CN of KG 4 by the Norwegian Aviation Historical Society by A. R. Chapman and Bjorn Olsen. Japan - Pacific War recovery - T. Murashima tells the story of the recovery of a Kawanishi Shiden-kai in Hido Bay in southern Japan. England - Turncoat 109 - Andy Saunders recounts the history of Hauptmann Rolf Pingel's Messerschmitt downed in July, 1941 and subsequently flown and crashed by the RAF. Australia - Air-raid on Broome - Stan Gadja investigates the wreck's surviving from the Japanese air attack on this Australian town in March, 1942. Germany - Death of the Prinz Eugen - The rise and fall of the famous heavy cruiser destroyed by the Bikini atomic bomb test in July 1946 by Harold Fowler.



ISSUE No. 29 (Code A029)

THE CROSS-CHANNEL GUNS A detailed look at the British and German long-range artillery as researched by John Reed: Part I The Kentish Heavies, Part II: The Pas de Calais.







ISSUE No. 30 (Code A030)

MASSACRE AT BANDE - The killing of 33 Belgian's in the small Belgian village in September 1944. War Film - Angels One Five - The first post-war film produced with the Battle of Britain as its central theme. It Happened Here - The Last Flight of the only Battle of Britain VC - The death of James Nicolson off Calcutta in May 1945 told by Andy Saunders. Preservation - The Jeremiah O'Brien - The construction and preservation of this famous Liberty Ship. Wreck Recovery - Wartime Wrecks on St. Kilda - John C. Barry investigates the crashes of the Sunderland at Gleann Mhor, The Beaufighter on Conachair, Wellington on Soay. United Kingdom - Death of an Aerodrome - The end of RAF Hornchurch. Artwork of the Eighth - Wartime paintings at Eighth Air Force Bases in England described by Steve Gotts.




ISSUE No. 31 (Code A031)

SINGAPORE - Kevin Patience describes the battle for this vital British outpost in 1942 and what now remains. Crime in WWII - Nazi Gold - Investigation into the largest robbery ever - the reputed theft of the German National Gold Reserves by US Military Personnel. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.






ISSUE No. 32 (Code A032)

OPERATION 'AMBASSADOR Command Raid on Guernsey in July 1940. Wreck Recovery - Calais Spitfire - Andy Saunders describes the preservation tragedy of Pilot Officer Peter Cazenove's MKI Spitfire on the beach near Calais. It Happened Here - Ascension Island - Jeff Cant looks at the wartime installations on this south Atlantic island. Crime in WWII - The Execution of Eddie Slovik - The trial and execution of the first American soldier accused of desertion of duty. Iceland - Norwegian Northrop - The recovery and preservation of an N-3PB of No. 330 Squadron lost in August 1942 investigated by Bjorn Olsen. Preservation - Belgian Tank Museum - Georges Mazy visits the new museum opened in May 1980.




ISSUE No. 33 (Code A033)

ST. MALO - The bitter battle for this French Channel port in August 1944 Cezembre - The German fortress island pulverised during the battle Preservation - Spur Battery dismantled - Terry Gander describes the move of a 9.2-inch gun from Gibraltar to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. Sequel - The Commandos Return - After the Battle take Fred Drain and Bruce Ogden Smith to the scenes of their wartime raids on Guernsey.





ISSUE No. 34 (Code A034)

THE G.I.s IN NORTHERN IRELAND Ian Henderson discusses the role of the United States Army, The United States Army Air Force, The United States Navy and tours the province which saw the arrival of the first US troops in January 1942. . Preservation - Salvaging the D-Day Beaches - The recovery's by Jacques Lemonchois and Jean Demota off Normandy. Wreck Recovery - Wreck Recovery in 1940 - The story of the removal and salvage of crashed aircraft in by No. 49 NU at Faygate, Sussex, described by Andy Saunders.




ISSUE No. 35 (Code A035)

ADOLF HITLER'S STAATSKAROSSE - Ludwig Kosche describes the history of the vehicle displayed in the Canadian War Museum. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues. Readers' Investigations -Gary Emms investigates the Heinkel which crashed in Newport Monmouthshire on September 12/13, 1940. War Film - Reach for the Sky - Trevor Popple's detailed account of the making of this 1955 biopic featuring Kenneth More as the legless RAF Ace Douglas Bader.




ISSUE No. 36 (Code A036)

THE ASSAULT ON WALCHEREN - John Reed tells the story of the Allied Plan to breach the dykes in Operation 'Infatuate'. Wreck Discovery - WWI Medway U-Boats - Pat O'Driscoll visits the wrecks of two First World War U-Boats in the River Medway. Where Are They Now? - Operation 'Deadlight' - The sinking of 110 submarines from the German Navy in the north Atlantic in 1945/46. Preservation - The Story of the U995 - Lionel Hillyer describes the history of the submarine captured at Trondheim, Norway and now on display at the German Naval Memorial at Laboe.




ISSUE No. 37 (Code A037)

BREAKING ENIGMA - The story about breaking the German codes - My Secret Life with Ultra - by former WREN Diana Payne. The Battle of the Bulge - An introduction by Jean Paul Pallud to his book The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. Wreck Recovery - Portsmouth Graveyard - Pounds scrapyard at Portsmouth. It Happened Here - The Death of the Duke of Kent - The fatal crash of Sunderland W4026 in August 1942 in Scotland investigated by David J. Smith. Preservation - Fort Velsen Dismantled - Removal of an armoured Cupola from the fort near Amsterdam for preservation. Readers' Investigations - Saltram House - Wartime tree carvings in this stately home near Plymouth discovered by Leonard A. Flood. United Kingdom - London's Wartime Headquarters - John Reed's coverage of the buildings used by the Governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Canada and United States forces in London. Crime in WWII - The Killing of Guardsman Fox - The death of a Grenadier Guardsman, stabbed near the Snappy Snax Cafe in Eastbourne in July 1944, investigated by Andy Saunders.




ISSUE No. 38 (Code A038)

PEARL HARBOR - THEN AND NOW - Andrew P. Hyde visits Hawaii and tells the story of its Discovery and Development, Japan's Rise to Power, Operation Z - Pearl Harbor Plan, Countdown to Disaster, The Attack, Kaneohe, Hickam, Wheeler, Bellows, Schofield, Aftermath, Salvaging the Fleet, The USS Utah, The USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor Today.





ISSUE No. 39 (Code A039)

THE DEATH OF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL LEIGH-MALLORY - Denis C. Bateman's detailed account of the crash of Avro York MW126 in the French Alps in November, 1944 and its discovery in June 1945. It Happened Here - TV Pictures from Occupied Paris - A little-known episode describing the monitoring of German television signals by a British cliff-top receiving station by Michael Ockenden. Readers' Investigations - Finland 1939-40 - The Raate Road - Finnish defences of the Mannerheim Line against a Russian invasion are explored by Deryk E. Wakem. Wreck Recovery - Dinah Recovery in Western Australia - The wreckage of a Japanese aircraft shot down in July, 1944 discovered by Stan Gajda. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 40 (Code A040)

BUDAPEST - Jean Paul Pallud recounts the background to Operation 'Margarethe', and tells the story of the Operation and its Aftermath, including Operation 'Panzerfaust'. War Film - The Battle of the River Plate - The making of the 1956 movie described by Trevor Popple. Preservation - The Graf Spee - What now remains of the German Pocket Battleship? It Happened Here - Night Solo to Eternity - Denis C. Bateman investigates the fatal crash of Blenheim L6724 soon after take-off from Croydon airport. Crime in WWII - The Death of Joachim Peiper - Accident or murder? The mysterious end of the famous SS Commander.





ISSUE No. 41 (Code A041)

THE ATOMIC BOMB - The Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Hanford, Los Alamos, Trinity, Wendover, Tinian, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, In after years. Preservation - The Enola Gay - The history of the B-29 which carried the atomic bomb to Hiroshima by Larry Suid. It Happened Here - One night . . . one Lancaster - The crash of Lancaster EB928 of No. 97 Squadron in Utrecht in June, 1943 recounted by J. C. Maarschalkerweerd. Readers' Investigations - Forty years on - The story of No. 39 Service Flying Training School at Swift Current, Canada explained by Donald Russell.





ISSUE No. 42 Code (A042)

THE BATTLE FOR AACHEN - The Southern Advance, Attack from the North, Assault on the City. Wreck Recovery - The First of The Many - The first German aircraft to crash on Briitsh soil in the Second World War was the KG26 Heinkel down on October 28, 1939. Andy Saunders investigates. PACIFIC - Wake - The capture of Wake Island in December, 1941. It Happened Here - Disaster at Antwerp - Achiel Rely examines the abortive attack by US Liberators on the ERLA Works at Mortsel, Belgium on April 5, 1943.





ISSUE No. 43 (Code A043)

THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA - The story of the invasion of the Japanes-held Island of Okinawa in April, 1945, and the bloody battle in which over a quarter of a million soldiers and civilians died. A Marine Returns - Charles Leonard, a member of the First Marine division makes a personal pilgrimage to Okinawa in 1983.





ISSUE No. 44 (Code A044)

THE OTHER D-DAYS - The Slapton Assualt Training Area in Devon used for the training exercises prior to the invasion of Normandy. Wreck Recovery - A Relic of the Long Range Desert Group - The recovery of a Chevrolet WA f133 30 cwt truck from the western desert as told by Jim Patch. Norway - Batterie Austrat - The German batterie on the coast of Troendelag in central Norway which mounted guns from the Gneisenau. It Happened Here - Hermann Göring - The capture of the Reichsmarschall by the Americans at Fischhorn Castle in Austria on May 8, 1945. Readers' Investigation - Hermann Göring - his Suicide - Ben Swearingen investigates the suspicious death while in custody in Nuremberg. Preservation - Hermann Göring - his Military Memorabilia - Andrew Mollo examines the personal memorabilia from his Field Marshal's baton to the Reichsmarschall's underpants!!.





ISSUE No. 45 (Code A045)

TELEMARK RE-CREATED - Operation 'Freshman' - The Norwegian raid on the heavy water installation at the Norsk Hydro Electrisk plant at Vermork told by Lieutenant Colonel Ivar Hellberg including the Re-enactment of the 'Heavy Water' raid forty years later by members of the 3rd Commando Brigade, Royal Marines. War Film - The Heroes of Telemark - Trevor Popple describes the making of the 1965 movie. Wreck Recovery - The Tank that Missed D-Day - Steve Casely watches the recovery of a DD Sherman which had sunk off the coast of south Devon in April, 1944. It Happened Here - Ordensburg Vogelsang - The School For Fuhrer's near the Urft Dam by the Belgian border researched by Melvyn Baker. Preservation - Surveying the Arizona - Diving on the American battleship sunk on December 7, 1941 by John Martini. Crime in WWII - D-Day's most Ignominious Casualty - Gunner Ernest Kemp, hung in Wandsworth Prison on June 6, 1944 for the murder of WAAF Miriam Deeley.





ISSUE No. 46 (Code A046)

THE BATTLE OF HONG KONG - Brigadier G. C. Johnson covers the Strategic Background, The British Forces, The Defence Plan, The Japanese, The Invasion Begins, The Covering Force, The Shingmun Redoubt, The Fight for Golden Hill, The Landings, The Wong Nei Chong Gap, Repulse Bay, The Final Phase, Hong Kong Today. Wreck Recovery - Churchill Recovery - A Churchill MKII of C Squadron, 9th Batallion Royal Tank Regiment, recovered from Stainburn Moor Forest told by Bob Grundy. It Happened Here - Adversaries Meet Again - Hauptmann Herbert Ihlefeld and Sergeant Howard Squire meet again near Calais where the latter was shot down in February, 1941 - Gordon Ramsey tells the story. Readers' Investigations - The Drive on Prüm - Professor Frank T. Edwards follows the battle for this German village in February, 1945. Special - Gunners Turn the Clock Back - Commemoration of the first shot of the 1914-18 war by 'E' Battery, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery watched by Nigel Sergeant.





ISSUE No. 47 (Code A047)

OPERATION 'MERKUR', THE GERMAN INVASION OF CRETE - Jean Paul Pallud's detailed account covers the First Wave, The Second Wave, The Failure of the Seaborne Reinforcement, The Deciding Phase, The Pursuit Eastwards, The Evacuation, Crete Today. It Happened Here - The Kidnapping of General Kreipe - The successful capture of the German Commander on Crete in April, 1944. Readers' Investigations - The Granville Raid - The surprise attack by German Naval Forces on the American-held French port in February, 1945 detailed by Michael Ginns.





ISSUE No. 48 (Code A048)

GERMANY SURRENDERS - Surrender of Gruppe Elster; Unconditional Surrender; Caserta, Italy; Lüneburg, Germany; Innsbruck, Austria; Baldham, Germany; Wageningen, Netherlands; Reims, France; Berlin, Germany; The Channel Islands; Lorient, France; St Nazaire, France; Dunkirk, France. It Happened Here - Michael Wittmann's Last Battle - SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann was missing in action in August, 1944. In 1982 Jean Paul Pallud pinpointed the wartime field grave by the side of the road at Gaumesnil.





ISSUE No. 49 (Code A049)

EUROPE'S LAST VC - Guardsman Edward Charlton fought the battle which earned him the posthumous award of the Victoria Cross at Wistedt in northern Germany in April 1945. It Happened Here - Incident at Imber - The horrendous accidental machine-gunning of a spectator stand during a live-firing demonstration on Salisbury Plain in April 1942 described by Denis C. Bateman. War Crime - The Ascq Massacre The murder of civilians by 12. SS-Panzer-Division in this Belgian village in March 1944 by Dr Jean-Marie Mocq. Wreck Recovery - A Lonely Grave on Ben More Assynt - David J. Smith tells the story of the commemoration to crew of Anson N9857 lost on a training flight on April 13, 1941.





ISSUE No. 50 (Code A050)
THE SOVIET VICTORY IN EUROPE - Andrew Mollo visits Moscow and Minsk during the 40th anniversary celebrations. From The Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues. It Happened Here - The Japanese Surrender - Coverage of the many formal Japanese surrenders including the ceremony aboard the Missouri on September 2, 1945 by Major-General Edward Fursdon. Readers' Investigations - Fallingbostel - Captain John Russell's feature in memory of Captain Guy Waller, who researched the history of the former Wehrmacht barracks at this northern German town.





ISSUE No. 51 (Code A051)

LIBYA - The story of the RAF's Desert Rescue Team based at El Adem and their recoveries from the desert by Squadron Leader Zeke Zaleny Tobruk Revisited - Vasko Barbic revisits the north African battlefield. Wreck Recovery - Normandy Typhoon - The discovery of a Typhoon of No. 198 Squadron which crashed in August 1944 and burial of its pilot, Flight Sergeant Reg Thursby in November 1985. Crime in WWII - The Notorious Fort Breendonk - Achiel Rely tells the story of the infamous fortress prison at Antwerp. Preservation - Relics of the Range - Investigation of Second World War tank targets on Salisbury Plain. Readers' Investigations - Wimpey Investigation - David J. Smith investigates the crash site of Wellington BK347 which went down on April 24, 1944. It Happened Here - The Road Ends at Denée - Jean Paul Pallud researches the battle by French armoured forces in May 1940.





ISSUE No. 52 (Code A052)

ANZIO - Colonel J. H. Green describes the landing in January 1944 on the Italian coast. His story covers the Beach-head Area, The Landings, The Allied Offensive, The German Attack, Operation 'Fischfang' - the major German offensive, The Crisis, VI Corps holds the beach-head, Stalemate, The Break-out, 1976-1986. War Film - The Battle for Anzio - Film recreation shot in 1967 described by William B. Travis (AKA Trevor Popple). It Happened Here - Massacre in Rome - March 1944 - a bomb explosion aimed at killing German troops marching in the Via Rasella results in the massacre of 335 hostages in the Ardeatine caves.





ISSUE No. 53 (Code A053)

VICTORY PARADE IN LONDON - Dennis Bateman describes in detail the victory parade held on June 8, 1946. It Happened Here - George Merganthaler - The last battle by the grandson of Ottmar Merganthaler (inventor of the Linotype typecasting machine) in Luxembourg in December 1944. Readers' Investigations - The Night that shook Sydney - John A. Williams recounts the events of May 31, 1942, when Sydney Harbour was attacked by the Japanese. Preservation - Alight Lough Erne - The story of the flying boat base in Northern Ireland as told by Ian Henderson. War Film - Tora! Tora! Tora! - Recreation of the attack on Pearl Harbor as depicted in the 20th Century Fox 1970 production. Wreck Recovery - The Loch Ness Wellington - Recovery of N2980 from a Scottish Loch, now on display at the Brooklands Museum at Weybridge described by Stephen Flower. Crime in WWII - A Costly Liberation - Retribution in the small French town of Chalautre-la-Petite in August 1944 investigated by Jean Paul Pallud.





ISSUE No. 54 (Code A054)

OPERATION 'MINCEMEAT' - Roger Morgan tells the story of Major Martin, 'the man who never was'. Wreck Discovery - Unknown Maloelap - The battle for and relics remaining on Taroa Island in the Pacific Marshalls. William H. Bartsch tells the story and photographs what is left. It Happened Here - The Aarhus Attack - Bent Pedersen researches the low level Mosquito raid on the Gestapo Headquarters in the University of Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula near Copenhagen. Crime in WWII - Show Trial at Luchy - Jean Paul Pallud investigates a German field court-marshal in May 1940.





ISSUE No. 55 (Code A055)

U-BOAT BASES IN FRANCE Jean Paul Pallud visits the Atlantic Coast U-Boat bases and tells the story of the construction of the pens at Lorient, Dombunkers and Scorffbunker, Keroman I and II, Keroman III, La Pallice, Saint-Nazaire, Bordeaux, Brest and the RAF attacks on the port. It Happened Here - Dungeness Spitfire - This casualty of a dog-fight in April 1941 between No. 601 Squadron and JG51 and JG53 is described by Andy Saunders.





ISSUE No. 56 (Code A056)

THE AMBUSHING OF SS-GENERAL HANNS RAUTER The Assassination of the SS Police Chief in the Netherlands in March 1945 described by Karel Margry. It Happened Here - The Italian Air Raid on Bahrain - The 3,000-miles attack by the Regia Aeronautica in October 1940 is told by Kevin Patience. The Eastern Front - The battlefields outside Warsaw - Unbelievable discoveries on the Choszczowka battlefield in Poland as described and photographed by Boguslaw Perzyk. Wreck Recovery - An Epic Excavation, Pilot Officer Charles Barber - Andy Saunders describes the recovery of a missing Spitfire pilot who crashed near Winchelsea, Sussex in April 1942. Readers' Investigations - Malta Marine Craft and Sea Rescue - The RAF Marine Section at Kalafrana by Bill Jackson.





ISSUE No. 57 (Code A057)

THE RÜSSELSHEIM DEATH MARCH - The killing of six American airmen of the 491st Bomb Group based at North Pickenham by German civilians in August 1944. Wreck Investigation - Beneath the Waters of Truk - Klaus Lindemann dives on Japanese wrecks around this Pacific island. Readers' Investigations - The Mass Escape from Cowra - John A. Williams describes the largest ever escape of Axis prisoners of war in New South Wales, Australia in August 1944. It Happened Here - Antwerp 'City of Sudden Death' - An account of the V2-Weapon attacks on this Belgian City by Achiel Rely. Preservation - An Engineer Returns . . . and a Museum is born - Ex-Organisation Todt Chief Engineer, Werner Flos, visits the V2 construction at Wizernes and meets his contemporary Professor, R. V. Jones.





ISSUE No. 58 (Code A058)

RUDOLF HESS - Denis C. Bateman details the history of Rudolf Hess as Party Leader and the formulation of his idea for his flight to Britain. Chapters include Peparation for a Flight, The Flight, The Wreckage, Hess Lands, Capture, In Army Custody, Maryhill Barracks, Hamilton and Hess, Hamilton and Churchill, Reaction in Europe and the USA, Mytchett Place, Maindiff Court, The Return to Germany, Nuremberg, Spandau, Prison Life, The Wrong Man?, Death, How did he die?, The Funeral, The Burial, Epilogue. War Film - Theirs is the Glory - The making of the classic Rank film made in 1946 on the actual battlefield in Arnhem by William B. Travis. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues. 50 Years Ago - Adolf Hitler in Munich and the events of 1936/37.





ISSUE No. 59 (Code A059)

THE RAID ON SAINT-NAZAIRE - 'The Greatest Raid of All' against the Normandie Dock using the explosive-laden HMS Campbeltown on March 28, 1942. Preservation - Saint Nazaire Ecomuseum - The unique submarine museum inside the bomb-proof lock at the French Atlantic port. Crime in WWII - The US Prison at Shepton Mallet - America's military prison in the UK in which it carried out the execution of its servicemen guilty of Capital crimes. 50 Years Ago - Anschluss in Austria - The events of April 9, 1938.





ISSUE No. 60 (Code A060)

THE MAGINOT LINE - Jean Paul Pallud tells the detailed story of and visits the remains from the pre-war French fortifications constructed by Monsieur André Maginot. Chapters include A Failure?, Fortifications, Maginot at War, La Ferté, Fermont, Immerhof, Zeiterholz, Hackenberg, Bambesch, Simserhof, Schoenenbourg, Esch Casemate, Marckolsheim South Casemate, The Marckolsheim Memorial. It Happened Here - The Fate of a Whitley - The end of T4145 GE-'P for Peter' of No. 58 Squadron on April 7, 1941 in the Netherlands as told by J. C. Maarschalkerweerd. 50 Years Ago - Hitler Visits Italy - The Führer's visit to Italy in April 1938. Wreck Recovery - The Exhumation of a Humber - Wartime relic recovered from a farm in Lancashire. Readers' Investigations - Return to the Berghof - Judge Jim R. Osborne investigates the subterranean remains at Hitler's mountain retreat.





ISSUE No. 61 (Code A061)

THE REICHS CHANCELLERY - A detailed examination of the rise and fall of Hitler's grandiose administrative building, designed by Albert Speer, constructed in record time in 1938. THE BERLIN FÜHRERBUNKER: THE THIRTEENTH HOLE - Andrew Mollo describes the last days of Hitler's inner circle in 1945, and continues the story right up to the uncovering of the underground bunker in 1988.





ISSUE No. 62 (Code A062)

THE ALEUTIANS D. Colt Denfeld describes the Japanese Raid on Dutch Harbour in the Alaskan island chain in June 1942 , The Aleutians Today, Attu Forty Years After. It Happened Here - Known to God, Unknown to Man - Detective Constable Andrew Greenslade describes the discovery of the remains of an unknown airman from a peat bog in Yorkshire in 1987. 50 Years Ago - The Munich Crisis - A blow-by-blow account by Karel Margry of the negotiations between Britain, France, Italy and Germany which led to the annexation of Czechoslovakia. Preservation - Time Warp in Tubney Wood - Kitchener Bergin reveals a unique wartime site in an Oxfordshire forest. Special Investigation - Back to the Bunker - After the Battle visits the Führerbunker in East Berlin during work to demolish its roof.





ISSUE No. 63 (Code A063)

COLDITZ CASTLE AND ITS ESCAPES - The story of Oflag IVC from it conversion as an escape-proof prison with details of all the escapes which actually took place. JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE - The pilot poet of High Flight - A biographical account by Andy Saunders of the pilot poet immortalised by his poem 'High Flight'.





ISSUE No. 64 (Code A064)
THE BATTLE OF DEN BOSCH - Karel Margry describes Operation 'Alan': the operation in October 1944 to capture this Dutch town. It Happened Here - The Bombay Explosion - Kevin Patience describes the explosion of the Liberty Ship Fort Stikine on April 14, 1944. Readers' Investigations - Major Martin . . . the story continues - Further revelations in the efforts to name 'The Man who Never Was'. United Kingdom - GI Baby - Edna Joan Virginia and her search to find her American father. 50 Years Ago - Hitler's 50th Birthday Parade - The massive parade held in Berlin in 1939.





ISSUE No. 65 (Code A065)

WESTERPLATTE - Wiktor Kurowski describes the opening shots of the Second World War in Poland: The Free City of Danzig, Westerplatte, The Military Transit Depot, Preparations for Defence, Preparing for Aggression, The Last Hours of Peace, The First Day of War, The Second Day, The Third Day, The Fourth Day, The Fifth Day, The Sixth Day, The Seventh Day, Hitler Visits Danzig, Westerplatte Today.





ISSUE No. 66 (Code A066)

MUNICH - DER NEUNTE ELFTE - The anniversary march held by Hitler and the Old Guard to mark the Munich Putsch of November 9, 1923. 50 Years Ago - First shots in the West - Jean Paul Pallud pinpoints where the first shots of the Second World War were fired on the Western Front. Wreck Recovery - Malta Update - Anthony Rogers investigates the wartime wrecks around Malta. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 67 (Code A067)

THE SHETLAND ISLES - Ron Hogg covers early Shetland, The First World War, The Second World War, Sullom Voe, Wartime Recollections, Scatsta, Sumburgh, The Shetland Bus. Readers' Investigation - The Strongest, Bravest and Best - David King and Peter White describe the crash of Lancaster RF150 on its return from Germany when it attempted an emergency landing at Booker airfield in April 1945. United Kingdom - Island Farm Camp - Jeff Vincent investigates the prisoner of war camp near Bridgend, in South Wales, which saw the biggest escape of German prisoner's during the Second World War. It Happened Here - Devastation at Darwin - The Japanese attack on February 19, 1942 by Dr Stephen Dyer. Wreck Discovery - Find the Bismark! - Dr Robert Ballard's search for the German battleship sunk in the North Atlantic in May 1941.





ISSUE No. 68 (Code A068)

BLITZKRIEG IN THE WEST - Jean Paul Pallud introduces the German campaign in May and June 1940 as a prelude to the publication of his book, Blitzkrieg in the West Then and Now. Wreck Recovery - Wreck Recovery Wartime Style - An unusual recovery of Whitley T4321 from the uninhabited island of Rona off the north coast of Scotland in May 1941 told by Colin A. Pomeroy. Preservation - The Merville Battery - 45 years later - Lieutenant-Colonel M-J. P. Chilcott describes the establishment of the War Museum in No. 1 Casemate of the battery which enfiladed the western flank of the Allied landings on D-Day. It Happened Here - The Night the Rhine Caught Fire - The crash of a Halifax from No. 408 (Canadian) Squadron in Holland in June 1943 by Joop van Vliet. A Veteran Returns - Return to Morotai - George Battley visits the Indonesian island where he was stationed in 1945. United Kingdom - Royal Air Force Bomb Disposal - The role of the RAF in World War 2 and beyond. Readers' Investigations - El Alamein '89 - David Green visits the War Museum at El Alamein





ISSUE No. 69 (Code A069)

OPERATION 'SEALION' - THE INVASION THAT NEVER WAS - Dr Peter Schenk tells the story of the planning and preparations for the invasion of Britain. Veterans Return - Typhoon Memorial at Noyers-Bocage - The memorial unveiled in June 1990 to the 150 Typhoon pilots lost from the 20 Squadron's in the battle for Normandy described by one of the pilots, Denis Sweeting. It Happened Here - Cricket the American Way - The wartime use of Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia described by David Green. Preservation - Return to Mementos of the Mighty - Larry S. Tabor's collection of military memorabilia from notable wartime servicemen. War Film - The Remaking of Memphis Belle - Roger Freeman ferrets out the remaking of the classic wartime film featuring the Eighth Air Force in Britain.





ISSUE No. 70 (Code A070)

'GOMORRAH' - THE HAMBURG FIRESTORM - Jan Heitmann details the raids on Hamburg leading to the devastating firestorm on Wednesday, July 28, 1943. It Happened Here - Unification Day, Berlin 1990 - After the Battle was there!. 50 Years Ago - Luftwaffe Hospital, Woolwich - The story of the Royal Herbert Hospital used for injured personnel from the German airforce as told by Andy Saunders. United Kingdom - The Combined Services Interrogation Centre - The centres for interrogating Axis prisoners of war at Trent Park at Cockfosters and Wilton Park and Latimer in Buckinghamshire by Jeff Vincent.





ISSUE No. 71 (Code A071)

THE BATTLE OF THE HÜRTGEN FOREST - Karel Margry details the bitter fighting in the forest on the Belgian-German border. 50 Years Ago - The Liberation of Addis Ababa - Stephen Bell tells the story of the surrender of the Etheopian capital in April 1941. It Happened Here - Carinhall Revisited - Courtney S. West investigates the site of Herman Göring's personal residence in the Schorfheide forest, northeast of Berlin.





ISSUE No. 72 (Code A072)

THE AALBORG ATTACK - Paul Lincoln tells the story of the abortive attack on the German-occupied Danish airfield at Aalborg in which all the Blenhiem's were shot down. It Happened Here - Scapa Flow and the U-47 - Dr Peter Schenk describes the British naval base in the Orkney islands and Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien's attack on the Royal Oak. United Kingdom - American Red Cross Field Hospital Unit - Lois Simon describes the specially built American hospital at Salisbury in Wiltshire. Readers' Investigations - The Death of Generaloberst Dietl - The death of this veteran of two World Wars in June 1944 is told by Ron Gamage. From the Editor - readers letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 73 (Code A073)

CLEARING THE RHINE - The work of the Royal Engineers in clearing the German demolitions to the bridges crossing the Rhine from Coblenz to the North Sea. Readers' Investigations - With the Company Commander (Charles B. MacDonald) - Patrick Hargreaves takes American historian Charles B. MacDonald back to the battlefields in the Ardennes. Wreck Recovery - Jersey Coastal Artillery Gun Recovery - Terry O'Brien's successful recovery of a barrel from Batterie Moltke which had been dumped over the cliff at Les Landes by the Royal Engineers in 1945-46. Personality - The Soviet Union's Fighter Ace - The story of Nikitovich Kozhedub, the highest scoring Soviet fighter pilot credited with 62 victories as told by Nikolai Bodrikhin. United Kingdom - US Army Airstrips in Britain, 1942-45 - Ken Wakefield describes the construction and use of improvised airstrips by American forces.





ISSUE No. 74 (Code A074)

THE PEENEMÜNDE ROCKET CENTRE - Jan Heitmann's detailed investigation of the formerly top secret V1 - V2 complex on the northern coast of East Germany. Readers' Investigations - The Paratrooper and his Dog - Laurie Goldstraw tells the moving story of the para dogs and in particular the deaths of Private Emile Corteil and his dog Glen. Wreck Recovery - Recovery of a Japanese tank, Guam - D. Colt Denfeld describes the discovery and excavation of a Type 95 tank in June 1991. War Graves - Pilgrimage to Kohima - Lieutenant-Colonel Piers Storie-Pugh leads a Royal British Legion visit to Burma. War Film - Liberation - Yuri Ozerov's 24-hour-long drama documentary on Russia's Great Patriotic War described by Nikolai Bodrikhin and Trevor Popple. It Happened Here - MI5's Secret Interrogation Centre - Latchmere House - 'Camp 020' - at Ham Common, Richmond.





ISSUE No. 75 (Code A075)

HORST WESSEL - Tony Le Tissier describes how a member of the SA became the most revered of all Nazi martyrs. United Kingdom - Black Propaganda - Mark Kenyon describes the secret goings-on at Milton Bryan in Bedfordshire from where Britain broadcast propaganda to Germany. Readers' Investigations - Silent Heroes - Manuel F. van Eyck researches the losses of US aircraft over Czechoslovakia. It Happened Here - Mine Clearance in Guernsey - Harry Beckingham describes his work with 24 Bomb Disposal Platoon, RE, in 1946. A Veteran Remembers - Spear of Destruction - A survivor, W. J. Mills, tells the story of the V2 hit on the Rex Cinema in Antwerp on December 16, 1944 which killed 567 people including 296 Allied personnel.





ISSUE No. 76 (Code A076)

THE FRENCH NAVY AT TOULON - Jean Paul Pallud tells the story of the French Navy, from the British attack at Mers-el-Kebir in July 1940, to the scuttling of the fleet at Toulon in November 1942. The Pacific - Palau 50 Years On - David Green visits the Palau Islands in the Pacific. It Happened Here - Greifswalder Oie: Sub-base of Peenemünde - Dr Peter Schenk visits the tiny island in the Baltic. A Veteran Remembers - A Prisoner in Scotland - Horst Rossberg was captured in France in August 1944 and shipped to England to POW camps in Scotland. He revisits the locations again in 1990 (includes a complete list of POW camps in the UK as at February 1947).





ISSUE No. 77 (Code A077)

THE INVASION OF SICILY. - Karel Margry tells the story of the Allied landings in Sicily in July 1943 and its capture the following month. It Happened Here - Night of the Grand Council - The Fall of Mussolini - Jeff Vincent takes a look inside the Palazzo Venezia - Mussolini's administrative HQ in Rome - and the events of the meeting on July 24, 1943. Veterans Remember - The Death of Hitler - the story continues - A continuation of the account in issue 61 showing where SMERSH buried the bodies of Hitler and Goebbels in Magdeburg.





ISSUE No. 78 (Code A078)

PELELIU - One of the worst of all the American Pacific island invasions described and photographed by David Green. Preservation - 28cm Railway Gun at Calais - Terry Gander describes the preservation of a K5 and its installation at the Batterie Todt Museum near Calais.







ISSUE No. 79 (Code A079)

THE BIELEFELD VIADUCT - The attacks on this vital railway bridge by Karel Margry. United Kingdom - UK Poison Gas manufacture - Major T. I. J. Toler gives a detailed account of the production and distribution of Mustard Gas in Britain during the Second World War and its subsequent disposal. It Happened Here - Mustard Disaster at Bari - Karel Margry visits the Italian Harbour subjected to one of the most successful German attacks on Allied shipping during the war. Poland - Incident at Mosty - Jan Heitmann explores a little-known event which took place on August 25, 1939 near the Czechoslovakian/Polish border.





ISSUE No. 80 (Code A080)

THE DEATH OF ROMMEL - Karel Margry follows the events which led to the famed German Field-Marshal committing suicide in September 1944. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues. War Film - Stalingrad - The making of the controversial Russian movie in 1991-2. Wreck Recovery - Typhoon crash at Boulon, Normandy - Denis Sweeting covers the recovery and burial of Pilot Officer Don Mason.





ISSUE No. 81 (Code A081)

TRAGINO - Karel Margry describes Britains first Paratroop Raid on an Italian aqueduct in February 1941. Preservation - Western Approaches Headquarters -The preservation of this wartime headquarters in Exchange Buildings, Liverpool. United Kingdom - Spigot Mortar at St Albans - Fred Nash discovers a relic of Britains invasion defences. United Kingdom (2) - First Base Post Office Martin and Fran Collins visit the site of APO 640 in Sutton Coldfield. Wreck Recovery - Missing, Presumed Killed - Dilip Sarkar's investigation into the death of Sergeant Eldon Caldwell from the Spitfire Operational Training Unit at Aston Down in January 1943. It Happened Here - Sugamo Prison, Tokyo - John Ginn visits the prison used by the American military for the incarceration and execution of the main Japanese war criminals.





ISSUE No. 82 (Code A082)

IWO JIMA - 'See No Iwo', Iwo Jima Today - Former US Marine, Don Marshall, gives a graphic description of the fighting on the Japanese held island in which he participated in February 1945. It Happened Here - Reflying the Dams Raid - Mike McCormac re-flys the operation for an internationl flying competition.





ISSUE No. 83 (Code A083)

AUSTRALIA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER - Ross J. Bastiaan covers the exhumation from France and reburial in Canberra in November 1993. It Happened Here - The Massacre at Kalavryta - John Cleave visits the Greek village destroyed in December 1943. Readers' Investigations - The Tragedy of HMS Dasher - The sinking of the American built Escort Carrier off the coast of Scotland in March 1943 as told by John G. Hall. Wreck Recovery - U-534 - The mystery boat. - Jan Heitmann describes the career of the U-534 from commissioning in December 1942 to its sinking in May 1945 through to its subsequent raising in August 1993. France - Panzer attack in Lorraine - Jean Paul Pallud visits the scenes of the battle in September 1944. Preservation - Panther at Parroy - The recovery of a Panther Ausf. G from the bottom of a French lake.





ISSUE No. 84 (Code A084)

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS FOR D-DAY - Norfolk House, Grosvenor Square, SHAEF Main HQ 'Widewing', Telegraph Cottage, SHAEF HQ train Bayonet, SHAEF Advanced CP 'Sharpener', SHAEF Forward HQ 'Shipmate', SHAEF Advanced CP 'Shellburst', SHAEF Forward HQ, Jullouville, SHAEF Main HQ, Versailles, SHAEF Advanced CP, Gueux, SHAEF Forward HQ, Reims, SHAEF Post-war HQ, Frankfurt. It Happened Here - Shingle Street - James Hayward examines the truth behind an incident on the Suffolk coast.





ISSUE No. 85 (Code A085)

FROM THE EDITOR. Crime in WWII - Normandy Executions - Capital Punishment carried out on the field of battle. Commemoration - The Australian Military Plaques Project - Dr Ross J. Bastiaan describes his work in commemorating notable Australian battles around the world. Wreck Recovery - The Search for Blue Peter - Ralph J. Davidson tells the story of the Spitfire presented to the nation by the people of Newmarket which came to grief on a Scottish mountain in May 1942. Preservation - Historic preservation in the Marshall Islands - Dirk H. R. Spennemann presents a resume of the work being carried out. 50 Years Ago - The Battle for Merksem - Achiel Rely traces this key battle to secure Antwerp Docks in September 1944.





ISSUE No. 86 (Code A086)

OPERATION 'WELLHIT' - Ian Galbraith describes the capture of Boulogne in September 1944. Preservation - Eighth Wall Art Conservation Society - The achievements of a group of volunteers to preserve the works of wartime artists. 50 Years Ago - The Market Garden Corridor Tour - Karel Margry follows the route of the 50th anniversary commemorative tour along 'Hell's Highway'. War Film - Carve Her Name with Pride - The story of Violette Szabo, an agent for the Special Operations Executive as told by Trevor Popple.





ISSUE No. 87 (Code A087)

THE GREAT ESCAPE. - Jan Heitmann visits Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan from where 76 prisoners escaped in March 1944, of whom 50 were later executed. War Film - The Wooden Horse/The Great Escape - Trevor Popple describes the making of the movies. It Happened Here - The Great Escape Plus 50 - Jan Bartelski joins the tour to revisit Sagan in March 1994. United Kingdom - The High Wycombe Air HQ - 'Southdown', Strike Command, Wycombe Abbey, 'Pinetree', The Exodus, Exodus Plus, High Wycombe Air Station. 50 Years Ago - The Death of Admiral Ramsay - W. J. R. Gardner explains the circumstances of the death of the Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force in January 1945.





ISSUE No. 88 (Code A088)

EAST-WEST LINK-UP - The US-Soviet Link-up at Torgau and the British-Soviet Link-up at Wismar told and illustrated by Karel Margry.








ISSUE No. 89 (Code A089)

BERGEN-BELSEN - Karel Margry describes in detail the establishment and workings of the notorious concentration camp in northern Germany, including its liberation by British forces in April 1945 and the subsequent trial and execution of the SS guards. Wreck Recovery - The Return of the Lady Be Good - In issue 25 we described the last flight of this B-24 Liberator; now Dr Fadel Ali Mohamed tells of the recovery of the wreckage from the Libyan desert. It Happened Here - A Charioteer is No Longer Missing - The story of Major Tom Hall's investigation leading to the discovery of the remains of Sub-Lieutenant Gregor Riggs and Sergeant Colin Cameron. Preservation - Manod Quarry and the National Gallery Paintings - Reg Chambers Jones visits the Welsh quarry where Britains art treasures were stored for safe-keeping during the Second World War. Pacific - The Invasion of Saipan - D. Colt Denfeld visits the Marianas and Saipan, liberated in June 1944. Personality - Lee Marvin: Hell in the Pacific - Michael Munn's biography of the tough American actor who fought on Saipan.





ISSUE No. 90 (Code A090)

THE BATTLE FOR LEROS - Dr Peter Schenk describes and illustrates the battle for this Greek island. Preservation - The First Allied Shots - David Green explains the unusual role Fort Nepean played in both World Wars. It Happened Here - Slaughter in Cefalonia - Sergio Andreanelli describes the horrific massacre of 4,500 officers and men of the Italian Army. United Kingdom - Sennybridge Training Area - The mid-Wales Second World War training area visited by Mark Khan. Crime in WWII - Military Executions - Professor J. Robert Lilly examines the circumstances surrounding the execution of Private David Cobb at Shepton Mallet in 1943.





ISSUE No. 91 (Code A091)

THE HAMMELBURG RAID - Karel Margry describes the raid and follows the route taken by the task force of the US 4th Armored Division led by Captain Abraham J. Baum to fight its way through 50 miles of enemy-held territory to reach the Allied officers' POW camp where General George S. Patton's son-in-law was being held. The Eastern Front - Smolensk - Karel Margry visits the City on the upper Dnieper river, 200 miles from Moscow. Crime in WWII - Mutiny in the Cocos Islands - The story of three members of the Ceylon Defence Force who were the only members of the British Armed Forces to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.





ISSUE No. 92 (Code A092)

THE MASSACRE AT KATYN - One of the worst atrocities of the Second World War was the killing of thousands of Polish officers in the Autumn of 1941. Karel Margry describes the controversy which lasted for 50 years until the USSR admitted in 1990 that it had been responisble. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues





ISSUE No. 93 (Code A093)

THE MERKERS AND BUCHENWALD TREASURE TROVES - Carolsue Holland and Thomas Rothbart tell the story of the discovery by the US Third Army of $250 million of assets hidden by the Nazis in the German state of Thuringia. Readers' Investigations - Australian Beaufort Crash - David Green tells the story of the last flight of Beaufort A9-228 which crashed in the state of Victoria in Australia in June 1945. United Kingdom - The Royal Gunpowder Factory Explosions 1940 - Bryn Elliott investigates the three explosions at the gunpowder factory at Waltham Abbey in west Essex. It Happened Here - The 99th Division 'Missing in Action' Search Team - William C. C. Cavanagh visits the Losheimergraben battlefield where the remains of several soldiers have been discovered.





ISSUE No. 94 (Code A094)

THE DOSTLER CASE - General Anton Dostler was the first German general officer tried for war crimes; the first German general to be executed after the Second World War, and the first ever by an American firing squad, as told by Karel Margry. Pacific - Nauru - David Green pictures the military remains on this remote Pacific island. Readers' Investigation - The Second World War's Best Kept Secret Revealed - The successful conclusion of Roger Morgan's 14-year search to establish the identity of 'The Man Who Never Was'. Wreck Recovery - Belgian Spitfire Pilot Honoured - Michael Davis describes the last flight of Pilot Officer Jean Noizet on August 2, 1943. It Happened Here The Desert Rats at Ghent - Jean-Paul Marchal covers the battle by the 7th Armoured Divison during their advance through Belgium. United Kingdom - Mystery Crash in London's East End - Investigation into the crash of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 on 'Black Saturday' - September 7, 1940.





ISSUE No. 95 (Code A095)

SALERNO - Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, the Commanding General, US Fifth Army, led the force which invaded southern Italy on September 1943. We use his own account to tell the story of the battle which is illustrated by comparison photographs taken by Karel Margry. Preservation - The Trondenes Battery at Harstad. Major T. G. W. Potts visits one of the most impressive legacies of the German occupation of Norway. Preservation (2) The Gneisenau Fires Again - Dr Peter Schenk visits Stevensfort in Denmark to find a pair of gun turrets from the Gneisenau still fully operational.





ISSUE No. 96 (Code A096)

THE DEATH OF ORDE WINGATE - Dennis Hawley describes the end of one of Britain's outstanding 'irregular' soldiers as the result of an air crash while flying in an American B-25 over north-east India. Readers' Investigations - The Quebec Conferences - Roger Burrows visits Canada and the site of its Quebec Conferences in August 1943 and September 1944. United Kingdom - Memorial to the London Blitz - The campaign by Marianne Fredericks and Meryl Thomas of Civilians Remembered for a memorial in the East End at Wapping. Pacific - The Guns of Viti Levu - David Green visits and photographs the artillery remaining in situ on this Fijian island. United States - Medals of Honor Awarded - 50 Years After - President Bill Clinton decorates seven black soldiers in January 1997 for deeds carried out during the Second World War. Wreck Investigation - Arnhem VC Investigation - Karel Margry tells the story of Flight Lieutenant David Lord and how he won his posthumous Victoria Cross at Arnhem.





ISSUE No. 97 (Code A097)

THE BATTLE OF THE ALPS - Jean Paul Pallud tells the story of the highest battle fought in Europe during the Second World War. It Happened Here - Dambusters' Bombs Recovery - The Royal Engineers recover Dr Barnes Wallis's bouncing bombs dropped in practice on the north Kent coast. Preservation - Wizernes open to the public - The V2 bunker which we last saw in issue No. 6 is now opened as a museum. United Kingdom - HMS Collingwood - Paul Mayo describes the history of the Naval Training Establishment responisble for Weapon Engineering and Warfare at Fareham in Hampshire. Wreck Recovery - The Spitfire at Maldegem - Frank Raeman investigates the mystery of a Spitfire lost in eastern Flanders, Belgium.





ISSUE No. 98 (Code A098)

THE BATTLE FOR NEW GEORGIA - Professor Ronnie Day of the East Tennessee State University describes the battle for this island in the Solomons in 1943. Wreck Recovery - The Forgotten Crash - Brenda Price describes the dedicated effort to have a memorial installed at the crash site of Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory whose death was described in After the Battle No. 39. North Africa - Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert - David List joins an expedition across the western desert to this oasis formerly occupied by an Italo-German force in July 1942. It Happened Here - The capture of Kurt Meyer - Jean Paul Pallud investigates the capture of the commander of 12. SS-Panzer-Division at Spontin.





ISSUE No. 99 (Code A099)

SOVIET VICTORY IN THE ARCTIC - Major James F. Gebhardt tells the story of the Soviet offensive on the Karelian Front in October 1944. Wreck Discovery - Dropping Russian Abwehr agents over Kola - Investigation into German crashes in Lapland. Preservation - German War Graves in the East - Karel Margry describes the work of the German War Graves Association in recovering German war dead from the Eastern Front. Wreck Recovery - Secret of the Southend Sands - Recovery of a P-51 of the 479th Fighter Group which went missing on December 12, 1944. Readers' Investigation - The Battle of the Bulge Through the Lens - Philip M. Vorwald introduces and describes his work behind the publication of his new book. It Happened Here - The IJzendijke Explosion - Karel Margry investigates one of the largest accidental explosions of the whole North-West European campaign.





ISSUE No.100 (Code A100)

SPECIAL 100th EDITION. Our 100th edition of 72 pages covers the Editor's 'stories behind the stories' as well as readers' follow ups to the last 100 issues. NOT TO BE MISSED.








ISSUE No.101 (Code A101)

NORDHAUSEN - The largest complex of underground factories in the world was constructed in the Kohnstein mountains. Karel Margry investigates its role in the manufacture of V1s and V2s and what now remains including the associated concentration camp 'Dora Mittelbau'. It Happened Here - The sinking of the Blücher - Major T. G. W. Potts tells the story of the German operation in Oslo Fjord on thenight of Apirl 8, 1940. United Kingdom - Royal Gunpowder Factory Sequel - Following on from issue 93, Bryn Elliott tells the story of our efforts to mark the graves of those killed in the explosions in 1940. From Your New Editor - Karel Margry introduces himself.





ISSUE No. 102 (Code A102)

ANNE FRANK - David Barnouw tells the story of probably the most famous victim of the Nazi genocide on the Jews. Burma 1945: The Road To Rangoon - Elliott Smock visits Burma and the historic Fort Dufferin. Wreck Discovery. - the Discovery of KN563 - The discovery of wreckage in north-western Burma of a Canadian C-47 of No. 435 (RCAF) Transport Squadron. Personality. - Lieutenant Henry Fonda, USN - The biography of the Hollywood star who served with US Air Combat Intelligence.





ISSUE No. 103 (Code A103)

SPEILBERG'S D-DAY - The background to the making of Saving Private Ryan including the locations in Britain and Ireland. - It Happened Here - The Battle of St Sauveur-le-Vicomte - The battle for the village captured by the US 82nd Airborne Division which bears a close similarity to the 'Ramelle' of Saving Private Ryan. Pacific: Shaggy Ridge - Phillip Bradley returns to New Guinea to walk in the footsteps of his father who fought there in 1943.





ISSUE No. 104 (Code A104)

THE BATTLE FOR COLOGNE - Karel Margry tells the story of the battle for this great and historic city on the Rhine . Readers Investigation - Guards VC: Blitzkrieg 1940 - Dilip Sarkar visits the scene of the battle on May 21, 1940 by the Grenadier Guards for which Lance Corporal Harry Nicholls was awarded the Victoria Cross. It Happened Here - Sonia's Dubok - John Howland investigates the possible dead-letter drop where some of Britains greatest secrets were passed to the Soviets. Wreck Recovery - Teesside Dornier: January 1942 - Bill Norman tells the story of the Dornier 217E-4 which was discovered at South Bank, Cleveland in November 1997.





ISSUE No. 105 (Code A105)

THE FRENCH RESISTANCE - By Jean Paul Pallud - Petain and Vichy - De Gaulle - Resistance Started - The Communists join in - 1942: Development - The Occupation of the Zone Libre - The 'STO' and the Maquis - 1943: Unification - De Gaulle or Giraud? - Glières - 'And we'll come from the shadow' - Brittany - Paris - Southern France - An Assessment.





ISSUE No. 106 (Code A106)

DULAG LUFT - Charles Rollings tells the story of the German Aircrew Interrogation Centre at Oberursel. Wreck Recovery - Recovery of an SOE Hudson - Karel Margry describes the recovery of the wreckage of a Hudson of the Special Operations Executive from beneath the IJsselmeer inland sea in the Netherlands. War Film - Appointment in London - Trevor Popple tells the story of the making of the film which features RAF Upwood in Huntingdonshire. Pacific - Return to the Darter - D. C. Sangerhausen tells the story of the American submarine USS Darter (SS-227). It Happened Here - The Secret Village - Tony Le Tissier visits the former secret headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.





ISSUE No. 107 (Code A107)

FROM THE EDITOR - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues A Veteran Remembers - The Battle of Broekhuizen - John Gaunt re-visits the scene of the battle in October/November 1944 in the small village on the west bank of the river Maas in south-eastern Holland. It Happened Here - Isaac Bridge, Normandy - Karel Margry tells the story of 'Pont Isaac' - the bridge built acros the Seulles river in June 1944 by the 183rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Readers' Investigation - The Battle for Wetteren Bridge - Jean Paul Marchal describes the battle for the possession of a bridge across the Schelde river in Belgium in September 1944. Preservation - The German Skagerrak Batteries - Batterie Vara at Kristiansand - the only place in the world where a German 38cm gun can be seen in its original position - as told by Thole Jan Wieringa.





ISSUE No. 108 (Code A108)

GUADALCANAL - Karel Margry tells the story of the savage land, air and naval clashes in the six-month campaign for the possession of the island in the South Pacific which was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. Pacific - Recovery of missing Makin Raiders - On August 17, 1942, US Marines of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion landed on the Japanese-held island of Butaritari. This is the story of the search for those who failed to return by Karel Margry. Wreck Discovery - Battle over Malta - Anthony Rogers investigates crashes on Malta during the 2½-years of aerial warfare over the island. Readers' Investigations - Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp - Nigel Smith tells the story of this concentration camp located in eastern France.





ISSUE No. 109 (Code A109)

THE VAAGSO COMMANDO RAID - The account of the Commando raid on the islands of Vaagso and Maaloy on the coast of Norway in December 1941 as told by Hilary St George Sanders. The Canadian Unknown Soldier - The story of the initiative of the Royal Canadian Legion to have an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in the 1914-18 war exhumed from a grave in France for reburial in Ottowa. It Happened Here - Trieste - Jeffrey Plowman, Riccardo Cignini and Daniele Guglielmi investigate the capture of Trieste at the norther extremity of the Adriatic by the 2nd New Zealand Division in May 1945. Pacific - Bora Bora - Raymond E. Charlton visits this small island in French Polenesia which became an important supply base between the US and Australia.





ISSUE No. 110 (Code A110)

THE RIVIERA LANDINGS - Operation 'Dragoon' - D-Day in the south of France in August 1944 is described in detail by Jean Paul Pallud, including the drive to the north. Audie Murphy's Distinguished Service Cross - Audie's close friend, David 'Spec' McClure, describes the action at Ramatuelle in August 1944 which led to the most decorated American soldier being awarded the DSC.





ISSUE No. 111 (Code A111)

THE GARDELEGEN MASSACRE - Karel Margry describes one of the most horrendous of all Nazi atrocities which took place in this small German town in April 1945 which led to the death of over 1000 prisoners. Germany - Destroying the Hamburg U-Boat Pens - Dr Jan Heitmann describes the attempts to destroy the various U-Boat pens in Hamburg at the end of the war. Malta - The Tragedy of the Marie Georgette - Alex Randon tells the story of this brave little motor schooner. United Kingdom - Firemen Remembered - Stephanie Maltman brings a spotlight to memorialise fire crews who lost their lives in London during The Blitz.





ISSUE No. 112 (Code A112)

KHARKOV - Karel Margry visits the Ukraine to tell the story of the battles for this major city which changed hands four times during the war - the first battle (October 1941), the second battle (January-February 1943), the third battle (March 1943) and the fourth battle (August 1943). Preservation - Battery Maxim Gorkii I - One of the strongest fortifications defending the Soviet Naval Base of Sevastopol on the Crimea described by Svein Wiiger Olsen. It Happened Here - Re-enacting Operation 'Anglo' - Dr Peter Schenk visits Rhodes where former members of the SAS and SBS commemorated the operation of September 1942.





ISSUE No. 113 (Code A113)

THE SHELL HOUSE RAID - The story of the low-level Mosquito raid on the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen in March 1945 is described by Douglas Hinton. War Film - The Date of Infamy on Screen - Lawrence Suid describes the films made about the Japanes attack on Pearl Harbor including the making of the latest film directed by Michael Bay and released in 2001. United Kingdom - Deerbolt Camp - Frank T. Smith recounts the history of the training camp at Barnard Castle used in both World Wars. Wreck Recovery - The Icelandic Battle - In 1999 Hordur Geirsson found the remains of Fairey Battle P2330 on an Icelandic Glacier. Squadron Leader Nick Barr tells the story of the recovery and subsequent burial of the crew. It Happened Here - Bravery in New Guinea - Phillip Bradley describes the exploits of Private Nathan Van Noy at Finschhafen and Sergeant Thomas Derrick at Sattelberg. Remembrance - Commemorating Saskatchewan's War Dead - Doug Chisholm's remarkable efforts to memorialise servicemen who lost their lives from this Canadian province.





ISSUE No. 114 (Code A114)

THE SECRET WEAPONS V3 AND V4 - Jean Paul Pallud's detailed investigation in France, Luxembourg, Germany and Poland into the construction and use of the Hochdruckpumpe V3 and the Rheinbote V4 rocket. Italy - The Battle for Cecina - The battle in June/July 1944 for this Italian coastal town as described by Robert Holt and Daniele Guglielmi. It Happened Here - Rubensdörffer and the Croydon Raid - Andy Saunders describes the attack on August 15, 1940 by Eprobungsgruppe 210 which led to the death of its Commanding Officer. Wreck Recovery - Digging in Latvia's Valley of Death - Chris McDermott explores an uncleared battlefield in the Courland Peninsula. United Kingdom - Cowardice in Battle - Lieutenant-Colonel Archie Browne, who served in both World Wars explains the impact of fear and its consequences on the servicemen. The story includes the establishment of the 'Shot at Dawn' commemoration at the National Memorial Aboretum at Arewas, Burton-on-Trent.





Issue No. 115 (Code A115)

THE BATTLE OF THE MONS POCKET - Jean Paul Pallud describes the 3rd Armored Division drive into Belgium at the beginning of September 1944 in an operation which resulted in huge German losses in men and material. UK National Inventory of War Memorials - On November 8, 2001 the Imperial War Museum announced the launch of its new database and archive listing 45,000 War Memorials in the United Kingdom.





ISSUE No. 116 (Code A116)

PLUTO: PIPELINE UNDER THE OCEAN - The story of the development by the Petroleum Warfare Department of revolutionary methods to deliver fuel supplies to the continent using underwater pipelines. United Kingdom - World War Two Defences in Essex - Fred Nash describes his work for Essex County Council in recording all the defences constructed along this vulenrable coastline, including those constructed further inland. Wreck Discovery - 'Deadlight' U-Boat Investigation - Innes McCartney describes his expedition to dive on surrendered German U-Boats sunk in the north Atlantic at the end of the war. Pacific - The Recapture of Guam/Guam Today - The battle for this Pacific island in July 1944 as described by D. Colt Denfeld.





ISSUE No. 117 (Code A117)

HITLER ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Jean Paul Pallud retraces Hitler's visits to France and Belgium in 1940 including the Führer's personal tour of his First World War battlefield. It Happened Here - The Carlton Hotel Crash - J. C. Maarschalkerweerd describes the crash of Halifax DG423 in the centre of Amsterdam in April 1943. Operation 'Market-Garden' - The Odyssey of Private Bachenheimer - Frank van Lunteren and Karel Margry investigate the wartime career of a Paratrooper of the 504th Parachute Infantry up to his death in t'Harde in Holland in October 1944. Preservation - Twinwood Farm Then and Now - The restoration of the historic control tower at the airfield from where Major Glenn Miller took off on his fatal last fight.





ISSUE No. 118 (Code A118)

THE COCKLESHELL HEROES RAID - Brigadier Tony Hunter-Choat and Major Mark Bentinck tell the story of the Royal Marine operation in December 1942 to attack German shipping in Bordeaux harbour using two-man canoes in Operation 'Frankton'. Wreck Recovery - The Trials of Flying Officer George Kosh - Killed when his Hawker Tempest JN765 crashed near the Sussex coast during an early morning sortie to attack approaching flying bombs on July 1, 1944, the investigation of this airman's crash site was the subject of a court case in 2002. United Kingdom - RAF Officers' Hospital, Torquay - The story of the bombing of this RAF rehabilitation hospital on Sunday, October 25, 1942. It Happened Here - Werl Allied Prison - Helmuth Euler describes the history of the prison in this small Westphalian town which served as an Allied prison in the British zone of occupation from 1945 to 1957.





ISSUE No. 119 (Code A119)

BREAK-OUT ACROSS THE SEINE - Jean Paul Pallud describes in detail the crossings of the River Seine and the construction of the engineers' bridges which led to a resounding Allied success in less than 100 days. It Happened Here - Friendly Fire Incident - Following on from the story of the last flight of Hudson FK803 in issue 26, Phil Mertons establishes that its loss, and that of T9445, was due to mis-identification by P-61As of the 422nd Night Fighter Suadron. From the Editor - readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 120 (Code A120)

SAS TRAGEDY AT SENNECEY-LE-GRAND - Jean-Pierre Garnier tells the story of the abortive SAS operation in August 1944. Holland - Highlanders in the Low Countries - Operation 'Colin' by the 51st (Highland) Division in Holland in October 1944. It Happened Here - Kriegsmarine Listening Post at Castle Ter Linden - A fascinating account of the German Navy Interception Station south-west of Bruges in Belgium. A Veteran Remembers - CTC Castle Toward - Lieutenant Colonel Peter Peyman remembers the days when he served at the Combined Training Centre in Scotland. Wreck Investigation - The Death of George Preddy - Roger Freeman tells the tragic story of the last flight of the Eighth Air Force ace shot down by American anti-aircraft fire on Christmas Day 1944.





ISSUE No. 121 (Code A121)

SOE AND THE SPINDLE CIRCUIT - Jean Paul Pallud tells the story of the Special Operations Executive agent Odette Sansom and depicts the locations of the operations of the Spindle Circuit in south-eastern France, illustrating the story through the 1950 film, Odette, made by Herbert Wilcox. Veterans Return - The Hammelburg Raid - 2003 - Oberstleutnant Peter Domes escorts a group of American veterans including the leader of Task Force Baum in a re-visit of the route travelled in 1945, as described in issue 91. It Happened Here - The Savernake Forest Explosions - Mike Christensen takes a look at the site where a series of explosions rocked the area used for storing US bombs. Wreck Recovery - Adrian Warburton RAF Photo Recce Ace and The Mystery of Adrian Warburton Solved - Robin J. Brooks describes the career of Wing Commander Adrian Warburton who vanished in April 1944 during a mission over Germany, while Hermann Laage and Norbert Rödel describe the discovery of his crash site west of Munich.





ISSUE No. 122 (Code A122)

NOVEMBER PUSH TO THE RHINE - In issue 110 Jean Paul Pallud told the story of the US 6th Army Group from its landings on the Riviera in August 1944 through its drive north along the Rhône Valley. In this feature Jean Paul continues the story in the advance to the Rhine. Wreck Recovery - Recovery of an Arnhem Stirling - The story of the discovery of the largest single piece of a Stirling aircraft surviving anywhere in the world. War Graves - Finding America's Missing - A description of the research by Ted Darcy and Ray Emory to put names to US servicemen buried as unknown in the Pacific which has resulted in the identification of Seaman Thomas Hembree and Fireman 2nd Class Payton L. Vanderpool. It Happened Here - The Tigers of Massa Lombarda - A clash in April 1945 between New Zealanders and German schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504 in Italy. Readers' Investigation - The V1 Site at Val-Ygot - Peter Gosling investigates a preserved Flying Bomb site in northern France. Preservation - The Canadians Return to Kent - In 1944 the Essex Scottish Regiment left behind a casting of their cap badge in concrete on the farm in Kent where they had been camped. Six decades later a contingent from Canada returns to ceremoniously recover the artefacts.





ISSUE No. 123 (Code A123)

THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD - The story of the longest ever siege endured by a modern city which lasted for nearly 900 days from August 1941 to January 1944. Preservation How Churchill and Wren Came to Missouri - Cyril Demarne describes Winston Churchill's visit to Fulton Missouri in March 1946, when he gave his 'Iron Curtain' speech, and how St Mary's church in Aldermanbury, in the City of London came to be dismantled and moved to Missouri. United Kingdom The Admiralty Citadel - Roger Morgan describes the construction of the massive blockhouse on Horse Guards Parade in London, including the resiting of the Royal Naval Division Memorial alongside it on the original plinth from which it was dismantled in 1940. It Happened Here The Death of General Andrews.- David Hanson's account of the flight to Iceland in May 1943 which ended in the death of the Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations.





ISSUE No. 124 (Code A124)

GERMAN AIR RAID SHELTERS - Michael Foedrowitz carries out a detailed investigation into the varied and unusual types of air raid shelter constructed in Germany using those in Hannover as an example. It Happened Here Capture of Mussolini's last residence - The Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda was the official residence of the Italian dictator from October 1943 to April 1945. Our story describes its capture by the US 10th Mountain Division. Wreck Recovery A relic from the Battle of Leros. - Dr Peter Schenck describes the recovery of a Ju 52 from a depth of over 120 ft in Alinda Bay by the Greek Air Force. Remembrance One of Ireland's Aviator Heroes.- Andy Saunders tells of the plight of 21-year-old Sergeant Pilot John McAdam of No. 41 Squadron as he took off in his Spitfire, No. P9512, from RAF Hornchurch, Essex on Saturday, October 12, 1940. From the Editor - Readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 125 (Code A125)

WHO DOWNED DOUGLAS BADER? - There has always been an air of mystery surrounding the events of August 9, 1941 when Wing Commander Douglas Bader failed to return from a sweep over France. Andy Saunders investigates the circumstances and comes up with an astounding revelation. Remembrance Australia's Ex-POW Memorial - Words and pictures by David Green describing the unveiling of the first memorial of its kind in the world. THE BATTLE OF THE COLMAR POCKET Jean Paul Pallud revisits the battlefield in south-eastern France.





ISSUE No. 126 (Code A126)

THE NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN This special issue featuring the campaign in Norway in 1940 shows Jean Paul Pallud at his best. His knack of ferreting out the obscure locations in uncaptioned wartime photographs has been demonstrated in many previous issues, but this time he has excelled himself. Sometimes knee-deep in snowdrifts, he was able to cover all the battle sites spread out over hundreds of miles - from Oslo in the south to Narvik in the far north. He had the pleasure to picture for us (see our cover) the half-submerged wreck of one of the German warships still lying in a fjord, certainly the largest wreck of WWII still lying in situ. The chapters in this special issue cover: Daring preventative plans - Norwegian lack of preparation - Weserübung Nord - Confusion on the Allied side - Landing! - Failure at Oslo - Allied reaction - Operation 'Rupert' - Operation 'Sickle' - Operation 'Maurice' - Narvik, the only Allied success - King Håkon leaves Norway.





ISSUE No. 127 (Code A127)

PANTELLERIA Marco Belogi and Elena Leoni describe how the Axis garrison on this small volcanic island in the central Mediterranean was captured following an intensive aerial bombardment in 1943. United Kingdom My Life with the Parachute Mine in the Blitz - In his own words, Sub-Lieutenant Edward Woolley describes how, after a day's training, he was thrust into action to counter the threat of German parachute mines in London, the provinces, and Coventry. It Happened Here The Narwa Battle in Estonia - Erik Rundkvist and Petter Kjellander describe their trip to explore the battlefield. Wreck Discovery Exploring the World War II Secrets of Hawaii - Joe Dovener makes an amazing discovery. A Veteran Returns Battle at Veghel Revisited - By Robert E. Perdue Jr., a former member of the 101st Airborne Division. Finland Soviet Air Attacks on Helsinki - A detailed description of the Russian blitz on the Finnish capital by Cris Whetton and Tuomo Virkkunen. Remembrance Victoria's Shrine of Remembrance - The history of this beautiful Australian memorial is described by David Mitchelhill-Green.





ISSUE No. 128 (Code A128)

THE FLENSBURG GOVERNMENT When Hitler committed suicide in Berlin, his will appointed Grossadmiral Dönitz as Head of State. The Dönitz government lasted for just 23 days — from May 1 to May 23 — in Flensburg on the Danish border. In this article we revisit the locations and describe the events associated with those final days of the German Reich in northern Germany. It Happened Here The Suicide of General Kinzel - General Kinzel was one of the four signatories to the surrender document signed on May 4 at Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters on Lüneburg Heath, yet within two months he was dead by his own hand. In this article Karel Margry follows in his footsteps. Readers Investigation In Search of My Father - David Smith recounts the fascinating story of the search for his long-lost American father. Remembrance The US National D-Day Memorial - America's memorial commemorating D-Day at Bedford in Virginia was unveiled on June 6, 2001, the brainchild of Bob Slaughter who had assaulted Omaha beach as a member of the 116th Infantry. War Film Der Untergang — The Downfall - Andrew Mollo tells the story of the making of the ground-breaking German film documenting the last days in the Führerbunker, detailing the locations used for the filming in Russia and Germany.





ISSUE No. 129 (Code A129)

THE BATTLE FOR FLORENCE Jeffrey Plowman describes how in mid-July 1944, the British Eighth Army in Italy launched its XIII Corps in a major drive on Florence, the Renaissance city on the Arno river in the Tuscany region, the objective being to gain the city and the river line. With the German divisions offering fierce resistance in the hills to the south of Florence, the drive evolved into a hard-fought campaign that lasted for three weeks. In the end the 6th South African Armoured Division entered Florence early on August 4, just a few hours before the 2nd New Zealand Division. It Happened Here The Kavieng Raid - On February 15, 1944, the US Fifth Air Force despatched a force of 156 light, medium and heavy bombers to the Japanese stronghold base of Kavieng on New Ireland in the south-west Pacific. Rodney Pearce, Don Fetterly and Gail Parker tell the story. Remembrance Yasukuni Jinja - Of the few remaining vestiges of wartime Japan, one of the most controversial is Yasukuni Jinja (shrine). A legacy of Japan's pre-war union of religion and state. The US National World War II Memorial - In May 2004, the United States inaugurated a National World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington to honour all those that served, fought and died during the Second World War. Realisation of the project took 17 years and was the result of a painful process wrought with controversy, both over the site selected and the final design of the memorial.





ISSUE No. 130 (Code A130)

THE BATTLE FOR LEIPZIG Leipzig, 85 miles south-west of Berlin, was one of the last big German cities to be captured by the American army in World War II. The battle for Leipzig lasted for two days — April 18-20, 1945 — and involved two American infantry divisions which captured the city after a concentric attack from three directions. Remembrance Spindle Commemorated - Jean Paul Pallud describes the commemoration of the clandestine Allied parachutists who jumped in the Alps during the Second World War. From the Editor - Readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 131 (Code A131)

FLOSSENBÜRG - Flossenbürg was one of the deadliest Nazi concentration camps. Between May 1938 and April 1945, over 100,000 persons passed through its gates, of which at least 30,000 perished through hard physical labour, illness and starvation, mistreatment and torture, wanton killing and deliberate executions. Karel Margry describes the camps terrible past. Readers' Investigation Just One Crew of Many - John Williams tells the story of a crew of RAF Bomber Command who were shot down and killed during the Second World War. Preservation The Tunnels of Dover Castle - The medieval Dover Castle on the white cliffs facing the Channel hides a labyrinth of tunnels, underground passages and vaults beneath its rock-solid facade. Roy Humphreys takes us through this remarkable fortification on the Kent coast. United Kingdom The Freckleton Air Disaster - Niall Cherry tells how at 10.30 a.m. on the morning of August 23, 1944 the worst aircraft crash disaster in the UK during the war occurred when an American B-24 Liberator bomber smashed into the village school of Freckleton in rural Lancashire during a thunderstorm, killing 61 people. Remembrance Arlington National Cemetery - It was during the American Civil War that the estate surrounding Arlington House, situated on a hilltop overlooking the Potomac river in Washington, was requisitioned by the Union Army for a military cemetery. Now containing over a quarter of a million graves, Arlington has become a shrine to the nation's heroes and a beautifully landscaped memorial to those Americans who have served their country with honour. James Edward Peters guides us through this unique piece of American history.





ISSUE No. 132 (Code A132)

KING HÅKON RETURNS - Jean Paul Pallud tells the story of the Norwegian King who withdrew to Great Britain on June 7, 1940 following the German invasion of his country, and takes us through to his return on June 7, 1945 . . . five years to the day of his departure. United States Patton's Desert Training Center - In March 1942 the US Army established the Desert Training Center (DTC) to prepare its troops for desert warfare against the German Afrikorps in North Africa. General George S. Patton was instrumental in the creation of the DTC and here it is expertly described by Francis Blake, Dwain Oliver and Lieutenant Colonel John Shaw Lynch. It Happened Here Villers-Bocage Revisited - In 1999 we published Villers-Bocage Through the Lens of the German War Photographer, Daniel Taylor's detailed account of the battle in this Normandy village on June 13, 1944, in which an armoured column of the British 7th Armoured Division suffered a shattering defeat against German panzers. In the years since then, Daniel has not only gained contact with new veterans of the battle and uncovered much additional information but also found new photographs pertaining to this battle. Italy Tucker's Panthers - Jeffrey Plowman and Perry Rowe tell how on April 15, 1945, the 2nd New Zealand Division launched an attack from its bridgehead across the Sillaro river near Sesto Imolese in northern Italy. In the course of that attack, Lance-Corporal John Tucker of the 27th Battalion knocked out two German Panther tanks but was cut down by Spandau fire while attacking a third - a courageous act that was witnessed with awe by his comrades and earned him a posthumous Mention in Despatches. Wreck Discovery The Search for Charybdis and Limbourne - On the night of October 22/23, 1943, a Royal Navy flotilla of one light cruiser and six destroyers chasing a German blockade-running merchant ship in the Channel under Operation 'Tunnel' was met by the German merchantman's escorting force of five E-Boats. In the ensuing encounter two of the British ships - the cruiser Charybdis and the destroyer Limbourne - were hit by torpedoes. Charybdis sank with the loss of over 500 of its crew and Limbourne was damaged in such a way that she had to be scuttled. For 50 years the two ships lay on the seabed unexplored, their exact location unknown. Then, in 1992 the wreck of Charybdis was found by a team of French deep-sea explorers by means of a remote-control diving vehicle. Later French divers explored the ship. However, the whereabouts of the Limbourne remained unknown. In 2001 a British diving team led by Keith Morris took up the challenge. After a first expedition to explore and survey the wreck of Charybdis in June 2001, they returned in June 2002 to search for Limbourne. On June 3 the team located a wreck which they thought could be the lost destroyer. Two days later one of the team's divers, Leigh Bishop, our author, discovered a part of the ship that positively identified the wreck. After 60 years, Limbourne had been found.





ISSUE No. 133 (Code A133)

THE AIR WAR FOR RABAUL - Captured by the Japanese in January 1942, Rabaul was turned into a strong naval and air force base, soon establishing itself as the keystone of Japanese presence in the south-west Pacific. By 1943 some 110,000 troops were based there. In this issue, Professor Ronnie Day tells the story of the relentless air battle to subdue the base. Wreck Recovery Aichi D3A 'Val' Recovery - In December 1943, a Japanese Aichi D3A 'Val' bomber was lost during air battles over Cape Markus in New Britain, the aircraft crash-landing into the water just off the coast, killing both of the crew. Lsot for nearly 60 years, but with rumours of its existence circulating since the 1980s, the wreck was not discovered until September 2001. Gail Parker and Rod Pearce explain how Mark Reichmand and his two sons, Jared and Micah first discovered the wreck near Arawee. War Film They Were Not Divided - Trevor Popple gives a fascinating insight into the making and showing of this 1949 film which is centred around the experiences of a British armoured squadron at war. It Happened Here Rückmarsch - To coincide with the publication of his new book, Jean Paul Pallud gives an insight with this story of the German retreat from France — see our books page for Rückmarsch - The German Retreat from France - Then and Now .





ISSUE No. 134 (Code A134)

KASSERINE - Jean Paul Pallud describes how Kasserine came as a terrible blow to the Americans, a setback that struck the American home front with shocked disbelief. In their first battle against the German Wehrmacht the US Army had suffered a humiliating rout. Unlucky Baptism of Fire Within days of the German assault on Holland on May 10, 1940, it became clear that the air defences on the continent were insufficient to counter the weight of the Luftwaffe. As a consequence, RAF fighter units based in southern England were deployed in support of squadrons of the British Air Forces in France (BAFF) and for most it would be their baptism of fire. Jan Jolie tells how tragically, for some young pilots their first experience of combat would also prove to be their last. MWO (Dutch VC) for the Polish Para Brigade On May 31, 2006, in an official ceremony in the courtyard of the Dutch Parliament building in The Hague, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands awarded the Militaire Willems Orde (Military Order of William) — the highest Dutch military decoration for bravery in war — to the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade for the role it played during the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. At the same time, the brigade's wartime commander, Major-General Stanislaw Sosabowski (1982-1967), was given a posthumous Bronzen Leeuw (Bronze Lion), Holland's second-highest gallantry award..





ISSUE No. 135 (Code A135)

THE CAPTURE OF BREMEN - The north-German port of Bremen was one of the last great cities to be taken by the British Army in the European campaign, being captured in the last week of April 1945. Karel Margry describes how the city fell to a two-fold attack by three infantry divisions, supported by tanks and special armour, and aided by a massive tactical bombardment by nearly 800 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command. Pickett/Hamilton Fort Recovery Robin J. Brooks tells how a prime example of Britain's wartime anti-invasion defences was dug up from RAF Manston (recently renamed Kent International Airport): a retractable pillbox for airfield defence which was known as the Picket/Hamilton Fort. The Secret Tunnels of South Heighton From June 1940 to August 1945 the Guinness Trust Holiday Home, a large mansion on Heighton Hill outside Newhaven in East Sussex, served as a Royal Navy headquarters establishment known as HMS Forward. Here, in 1941, a top-secret naval intelligence centre was set up to monitor all marine movements and hazards such as hostile aircraft off the Sussex Coast. Geoffrey Ellis describes how a large underground complex of tunnels was excavated in the chalk-rock hill on which the house stood to provide its staff with a safe and bomb-proof working area. The Tommy Roberts Story Gail Parker tells the story of Thomas 'Tommy' Harbaugh Roberts, born in Elkhart, Indiana, on May 6, 1916, who joined the USAAF and was posted to the South Pacific where he joined up with the 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion and his actions earned him the Silver Star, awarded posthumously to his father after the war.





ISSUE No. 136 (Code A136)

THE CAPTURE OF WILLIAM JOYCE - William Joyce became notorious during the war as propaganda broadcaster in English for the Nazi-German radio, and is generally judged one of the worst traitors in British history. After the Battle Editor, Karel Margry, tells the fascinating story of his capture by two British officers near Flensburg. The Surrender of Nauru and Ocean Island David Mitchelhill-Green takes us back to Nauru, and to its sister atoll Ocean Island, to recount the story of their surrender in September 1945. Relics of War along the Barents Road An ancient trade route along which people have journeyed since the beginning of time — on foot, by reindeer, sled, horse and wagon, and by motorised transport — the Barents Road connects four Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Crossing a vast territory along the Arctic Circle it also passes numerous Second World War battlegrounds, wreck sites and museums. Lars Gyllenhaal takes us for a stroll along this amazing route. Missing in Borneo George O. Sutherland tells us how in March 1985, timber hands working in the jungle of north-west Borneo reported finding a wartime aircraft wreck. It was to be the beginning of a search and recovery adventure that was to result in the identification of a Glenn Martin B-10 bomber of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force that had been shot down on December 28, 1941 and had been missing ever since. T-34 Beutepanzer recovered in Estonia The battlefields of Eastern Europe hide some quite amazing discoveries. In September 2000, the Estonian battlefield exploration group Otsing recovered a complete T-34 tank from a lake in the woods near the provincial capital of Jöhvi. The Editor explains that although it was already an astonishing story there was another twist to it. From the Editor - Readers' letters and follow-up stories on previous issues.





ISSUE No. 137 (Code A137)

THE KOKODA TRAIL - Between July and November 1942, Australian army units fought a hard and difficult jungle campaign against the Japanese along the Kokoda Trail — a narrow, mountainous, jungle-enveloped pathway across the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. Phillip Bradley takes us back along this trail. Kododa — The Movie Gail Parker looks at the movie which is a clear reflection of the growing interest in Australia for the savage campaign fought in the jungles of New Guinea. Milag Marlag POW Camps at Westertimke From 1941 to 1945, the small village of Westertimke in northern Germany was the location of a complex of prisoner of war camps known as Milag-Marlag. Karel Margry takes us through this fascinating site. The Fall of Rimini Jeffrey Plowman and Glenn Hodgson tell us how this resort became a key area for the Allies in September 1944 as it was the gateway to the Romagna, the plains of which they considered ideal tank country, if they could only get there before the autumn rains.





ISSUE No. 138 (Code A138)

THE BATTLE FOR SAINT-LÔ - As General Omar N. Bradley's US First Army made its way inland following the successful D-Day landings in Norma