WAR, EMPIRE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW WORLD

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

While leading a Montagnard Mobile Strike Force in Kon Tum Province, Vietnam, this warrant officer drew enemy fire to rescue a comrade, then oversaw the withdrawal of the wounded

“ Light-hearted banditry”, “ruthless pirating”, a “phantom army” – it’s fair to say that the Special Air Service (SAS) didn’t always attract the most complimentary headlines. In the white heat of the

18-year-old soldier Craig Wood was on patrol in ...

ARAPILES, SALAMANCA, SPAIN 22 JULY 1812