Down through the night floated the British paratroopers, every man trained to razor-sharp efficiency. And on the ground waiting to do battle with these invaders were German paratroopers – the toughest soldiers in the Wehrmacht. The fighting would be grim when the two units clashed… but neither side imagined they’d soon be banding together to […]
On a freezing Christmas Eve in Germany, SS Major Metzger prevails upon an old woman for shelter while his prisoners shiver outside. In the firelight, he listens as she regales him with an eerie tale from her childhood. It is a tale of ancient folk customs and arrogant tyrants, of rattling chains in the dark […]
The German officer had been prepared to see a mirage or two in the desert, and he’d expected something along the lines of Arab tribesmen and palm trees. But now he was seeing a giant dinosaur lumbering straight towards him! He couldn’t believe his eyes, but the way the monster snapped its slavering jaws soon […]
Operation Market Garden, 1944. The brave men of 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade jumped out of their transports above Arnhem, ready for red-hot action. Thousands of parachutes opened and floated through the skies with men who only had one thing on their mind, “finally we can get back at the Nazis!” Among their number was […]
Count them. Ten men, each one tougher than the last, setting out on a mission more dangerous than anything they had ever tackled before. Yes, ten were setting out, but only one would be coming back… Story: Bernard Gregg Art: Wright Cover: Walker
The siege of Malta lasted from 1940 to 1942, making the small island the most bombed place on earth during World War Two. But its people were resilient and strong — they weren’t going to take it lying down! Maltese Private George Abela was an artillery gunner on Fort St Elmo and he might have […]
On the island of Sicily, there was a secret cave — the Cave of Hercules. Hidden for centuries, it was rumoured to contain treasure beyond price. And now one man, Horace Gee, had cracked the ancient clues and worked out just exactly where it must be. But there was one big snag — the cave […]
Scotland, 1940. Polish corporal, Tomasz Zielinski, has never been one to suffer bullies lightly. Now though, his hot‑headedness has landed him in a glasshouse. When a mysterious message arrives in his cell, an opportunity for freedom arises. Little does Tomasz know, his superiors have much bigger plans for him. His skills as a soldier are […]
When you find two men, one unconscious, handcuffed together and in the middle of the desert, you want to know what’s going on. And when one says he’s a Military Police Sergeant taking a suspected spy to stand trial, it sounds a fair enough answer. But when the other guy tells you that the Sergeant […]
Lord Peter Flint — otherwise known as Codename: Warlord – always relied on his cowardly persona to ensure no-one suspected him of being one of Britain’s top secret agents! So when a society journalist tried to write a character assassination hit piece on him, that was the least of Flint’s worries. His top priority was […]
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