Dear Sir, Congratulations on Graeme Andrews’ excellent and timely article on the “forgotten” cruiser, HMAS Adelaide. The front cover shows one of the 6″ Mark XII guns, not gun mounting ...
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Letters: Canal Zone clasp 1951/2
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Japanese Proclamation of Unconditional Surrender
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Rationale for the Battle of Trafalgar
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