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In this issue

DEFEAT AND OCCUPATION
With France under attack, the Allies withdraw from Norway, which endures years of occupation.

RISE OF THE HOME GUARD
From battle-seasoned veterans to determined guerrillas: the real ‘Dad’s Army’ was no joke..

PLOTTING THE STRIKE NORTH

Ahead of his push west, Hitler launched a pre-emptive assault on neutral Scandinavia to secure iron ore supplies and Nazi control of the North Sea

PLOTTING THE STRIKE NORTH

3 mins

SCANDINAVIA UNDER ATTACK

Hitler’s forces smash through Denmark and Norway ina grim foretaste of the terrible fate awaiting the rest of Western Europe

SCANDINAVIA UNDER ATTACK

3 mins

ALLIED FIGHTBACK

Britain and France race to Norway’s aid as the two nations suffer their first defeats and score their earliest victories of the war

ALLIED FIGHTBACK

3 mins

DEFEAT & OCCUPATION

Nazi victory in the north ushered in five years of occupation characterised by collaboration and brutal retribution

DEFEAT & OCCUPATION

4 mins

HOME GUARD

Beginning as veteran volunteers in Britain's 'Darkest Hour', the nation's defence forces grew to take on a range of dangerous and secretive roles

HOME GUARD

10+ mins

Heroes of the Medal of Honor LUCIAN ADAMS

Armed with a Browning Automatic Rifle and hand grenades, this lone sergeant silenced three enemy machine gun emplacements in the mountains of northeastern France

Heroes of the Medal of Honor LUCIAN ADAMS

6 mins

TALI-IHANTALAI

Outnumbered and outgunned, the Finns’ spirited defence of a natural choke point turned back the Red Army during the largest battle in the region's history

TALI-IHANTALAI

10+ mins

BRITS BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN

At the beginning of the Cold War, a peculiar military mission began its work officially, and unofficially, gathering intelligence inside Soviet-occupied East Germany

BRITS BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN

10+ mins

The FIRST BATTLE

At the end of the 7th century, a battle you've probably never heard of took place between two emerging nations, soon to be historic rivals. The fighting settled a border that still endures over 1,300 years later

The FIRST BATTLE

7 mins

RUSSIAN ROULETTE Q&A WITH ANNA REID

As WWI reached its bloody crescendo, a foolhardy intervention was launched into Russia's civil war -a move that descended into sinister complicity and defeat

RUSSIAN ROULETTE Q&A WITH ANNA REID

10+ mins

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History of War Magazine Description:

PublisherFuture

CategoryCulture

LanguageEnglish

FrequencyMonthly

Discover the politics, mechanics, strategies and machines of war.

From the conquering legions of Ancient Rome to the thunderous tank battles of World War II and beyond, History of War takes you deeper inside the minds of history’s fighting men, further under the bonnets of some of the world’s most devastating war machines, and higher above the battlefield to see the broad sweep of conflict as it happened.

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