VICHY FRANCE

Welcome

The Battle of Quatre Bras was pivotal to

CONTRIBUTORS

ANDREW FIELD, MBE A former British Army officer

ATLANTIC ALLIES

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OPERATION BYRD

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THE HOME FRONT

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“A HATEFUL DECISION”

Winston Churchill’s order to sink a French naval fleet off Algeria in July 1940 killed 1,300 French sailors and bitterly turned Vichy France against her former British ally

LEADERS & COMMANDERS

Both the leaders and opponents of Vichy shaped the future of France after World War II

HER0 & TRAITOR MARSHAL HENRI PHILIPPE PÉTAIN

Marshal Philippe Pétain became a national hero during the Great War, but chose to collaborate with the Nazis during World War II, forming the figurehead of the Vichy regime

OPERATION TORCH

Landing in November 1942, the Western Allies opened a second front, fighting Vichy forces in North Africa

ROAD WATERLOO TO QUATRE BRAS

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Field MBE (Retd.) reveals how this overlooked 1815 clash, in which the famed Marshal Ney took on the Duke of Wellington, had a huge impact on the outcome of Napoleon’s final battle on 18 June

THE FALL OF SPARTA

Once the dominant power in Ancient Greece, this legendary city state met its end at the hands of its powerful Mediterranean neighbour

NASHVILLE

A veteran Confederate army desperately tries to change the course of the war in its final months

BERNARD FREYBERG

In the closing days of the Battle of the Somme, this Lieutenant Colonel gallantly led his men to take the heavily defended village of Beaucourt, despite being wounded multiple times

SUBMARINES AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

In a conflict where several technologies were used for the first time on the battlefield and elsewhere, these hazardous inventions formed some of the earliest attempts to take war beneath the waves

JAGDPANZER 38

Over 2,800 ‘Hetzers’ were produced between March 1944 and May 1945, and they became among the most successful tank hunters of the war

PATHFINDERS: BOMBING REVOLUTIONARIES

Bestselling author Will Iredale reveals how RAF Bomber Command combined courage and innovative technology to greatly increase its bombing accuracy over occupied Europe

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Discover the history of Caribbean soldiers at the National Army Museum, Scotland’s role during the Cold War and Norwich’s mighty castle

AUGUST 1941

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

REVIEWS

Our pick of the latest military history books and films

WWII TANK DOLL

Little Audrey was the lucky mascot of a British Cromwell tank commander who took her on campaign from Normandy to Berlin