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WELCOME TO ISSUE TEN

Welcome CONTRIBUTORS FRANCESWHITE

AsStaffWriteronoursister
title All About History, Frances
is perfectly placed to tackle
a whole range of historical
“The Falklands War is an periods. This issue she delves
intotheoriginsoftheVietnam
undertakingthatsimplyawes” War, revealing what you don’t
knowabouttherootsofthis
devastating conflict.
he story of a superpower at driving the Argentineans from
in deep crisis, a navy that the islands. JACKGRIFFITHS
Thad been sacrifi ced on That’s the story we uncover on History graduate Jack has
the altar of budget and a prime page 28 and I think it will leave you tackled the full spectrum of
minister facing unrest at home as appreciative as I by the sheer military machinery this issue,
and isolation abroad, few analysts close-run thing that was Britain’s from the tactics and siege
in 1982 would have put their impossible victory. equipment of the Roman
money on the British government legions (page 56), to the
awesome power of the Tiger I
mounting a campaign to return
tank (page 86) after his visit to
sovereignty to the Falkland Islands,
the Bovington Tank Museum!
let alone a successful one.
Amazingly they succeeded NICKSOLDINGER
in spite of limited resources,
Nickisaseasoned
vast distances and tactical journalistwithover20years’
impossibilities. Before the first
experience and a voracious
army-issue boots hit that wild appetite for history. After
heath, Britain’s military machine James Hoare delvingintothedarkrealms
hadadifferentbattletowin–a Editor in Chief oftheWaffenSSlastissue,
battle for policy, logistics and hehasreturnedtounpack
technology that would give the men EMAIL thelogisticalgeniusthat
on the ground a fighting chance frontline@imagine-publishing.co.uk won the Falklands War.
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