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The Sinking of
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MARCH 2017
ISSUE 119
UK
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From the
Editor...
W
ITH MANY
elements of the war otherwise going very badly for Britain and her Empire during the early days of 1942, the
favourable outcome of the commando raid on St Nazaire, and the successful ramming of HMS
Campbletown
into the gates of
the dry dock there, gave a considerable boost to morale at a low point of the war. Churchill, of course, had suffered the high
point of America’s entry into the war following the attack on Pearl Harbor and, almost immediately, the low point of the sinking of HMS
Repulse
and HMS
Prince of Wales
as well as the effective loss of the Empire through Japanese aggression in the Far East.
Given the success of Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, and against the background of all else that was then going on in the war, there
is little wonder that the operation became known as ‘The greatest raid of all.’ It was certainly a most appropriate sobriquet. Not only
that, but the raid also resulted in 89 decorations for gallantry, including five VCs awarded to Lt Cdr Beattie, Lt Col Newman and Cdr
Ryder, with posthumous awards to Sergeant Durrant (featured in this issue) and Able Seaman Savage. Four DSOs were awarded to Major
William Copland, Captain Donald Roy, Lt T Boyd and Lt T D L Platt. Other decorations awarded were four CGMs, five DCMs, 17 DSCs,
11 MCs, 24 DSMs and 15 MMs. Four men were awarded the Croix de Guerre by France and another 51 were Mentioned in Despatches.
Heroes all, we salute the ‘Charioteers’ and pay tribute, too, to the often overlooked air-element of this remarkable raid.
Andy Saunders
(Editor)
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FEATURES
22 Decisive Defeat Under the Rising Sun
In our cover story, Professor Eric Grove analyses the battle which
saw the sinking of HMS
Prince of Wales
and HMS
Repulse
as the
British Empire began to fall to the seemingly unstoppable might of
the Empire of The Rising Sun.
Simon Parry and Mark Postlethwaite examine a famous Battle of
Britain episode, asking who shot down Hptm Walter Rubensdöffer
as he led his elite group of aviators when they attacked
Croydon Aerodrome in mistake for nearby RAF Kenley.
44 Superhuman Bravery
Steve Snelling highlights a tale of extreme valour as an
experienced commando battles to defy the odds in the
‘Greatest Raid of All’ at St Nazaire, seventy-five years ago this
month.
36 The Croydon Raid
56 Reputations- General Sir Richard
O’Connor; Part 2
In the second and final part of this Reputations feature, John
Ash continues his analysis of General O’Connor, exploring
why Britain’s premier corps commander could not replicate in
Normandy his earlier outstanding desert escapades.
Contents
ISSUE 119
MARCH 2017
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Decisive Defeat Under the Rising Sun
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36
The Croydon Raid
78 Winged Chariot
Editor’s Choice
In the second of our features on the St Nazaire raid, Peter Lush
details the RAF contribution to the ambitious raid and explains
why what is sometimes seen as the service’s perceived failure
should actually be seen as a great success.
John Howell puts forward his case to debunk what he calls the
infamous ‘Gallipoli current myth’ and sets out his views as to what
really happened during the bloody landings at Anzac Cove.
96 “No Currents to Trouble Him”
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signed books!
See page 84
for more details.
68 Lawrence of Arabia’s Bullet
Mark Khan analyses three landmark battlefield archaeological
finds, including the supposed discovery of a bullet fired by
Lawrence of Arabia, and shows how the conclusions originally
asserted are not all they seem.
REGULARS
6 News
News, restorations, discoveries and events from around the World.
32 Image of War
In the first of two Images of War this month, a rare moment of
celebration after British soldiers capture a German trench during
the Second Battle of the Somme.
Your letters, input and feedback.
34 Fieldpost
86 Great War Gallantry
Our continuing series looking at some of the awards posted in the
London Gazette, this time from March 1917, as Lord Ashcroft also
presents his ‘Hero of the Month’.
In our second Image of War we present a stunning full-colour
line-up of RAF Canberra nuclear-capable bombers photographed
during the Cold War.
A German withdrawal, Tsarist Russia in chaos, American politicians
gearing for war and the fall of Baghdad; in our look at the key
events of March 1917 we mark a month which changed the
course of the war.
In this the first of our regular monthly new series looking at
collecting militaria-related items, Peter Arnold examines the highly
popular theme of collecting material relating to the epic 1969 war
film ‘Battle of Britain’.
Our editorial team scout out and review some of the latest
military book titles, with a superb volume covering German air
losses over the Irish Republic being voted our Book of the Month.
92 Image of War
94 First World War Diary
102 Militaria Monthly
COVER STORY
107 Recon Report
Battlecruiser HMS
Repulse
downs a
Japanese G4M as she sustains a fatal
torpedo hit off Malaya on 10 December
1941.
Repulse
successfully dodged
up to 19 torpedoes, and her AA suite
accounted for two G4M bombers
downed and 13 G3Ms/G4Ms damaged.
However, her luck ran out, and a
succession of rapid hits caused her to
sink with the loss of 513 of her crew.
(ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW HAY)
110 War Artists
❅
In Phil Jarman’s continuing popular series he focusses this month
on the remarkable war artist Dame Laura Knight and showcases
some stunning examples of her versatile talent.
This month, a commemorative printed tissue paper handkerchief
produced to commemorate the death of Lord Kitchener and the
men on HMS
Hampshire.
Few of these delicate souvenirs survive.
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114 First World War in Object
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