SORRY - SOLD OUT
In volume 17 (issues 65-68) a major feature is devoted to the outbreak of the Second World War in Poland where the opening shots fired in Danzig on September 1, 1939 led to a declaration of war from Britain and France three days later. Pounded from close range by a German battleship, the Polish defenders on Westerplatte managed to hold out for seven days before surrendering, and the day by day account ends wth Hitler's triumphant visit after the battle. The first shots on the Western Front in the ill-fated Sarre offensive by French forces and the opening of the German Blitzkrieg in the West in May 1940 are other aspects of the first months of the war covered in this volume. The Shetland Isles are the subject for an in-depth account of this most important northern outpost of the British Isles where defences from both World Wars still remain to be seen. We also visit the remains of Island Farm prisoner-of-war camp in South Wales from which the largest escape of German POWs took place in March 1945. The story of RAF bomb disposal — both during and since the war — is described and illustrated, including the most recent operations carried out in the United Kingdom. In Germany we retrace the route taken by Hitler and his cohorts in 1923 in the so-called Munich 'putsch'. Although the attempt to seize power failed, the march, its martyrs and its memory later became enshrined in Nazi folklore and was celebrated with an annual parade by the 'Old Guard'. Further afield, investigations cover El Alamein, Malta, Darwin and the Indonesian Spice Islands where we discover what war relics can still be seen. Additional features cover the recovery of military remains, on land and sea.
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