Not every man in the German Army was a fanatic. Not everyone relished in war and the bloodthirsty invasion of Soviet Russia —a country that had been their ally —turning brothers in arms against each other. But one man did. He prized it. He was loved by his men and feared by everyone else. He […]
What did it take to fly the mighty Beaufighter on dangerous raids over the jungle? For starters, it took a whole lot of skill and courage.But Pilot Officer Sid Carter reckoned this wasn’t enough. He was a man who needed luck —lots and lots of luck —or he would never come out of the war […]
Three high‑ranking SS officers meet in a remote mansion house near the Swiss border. With them is a cache of looted jewellery, paintings and antiques, forged papers and plans to flee the falling Reich to South America. But, as they talk in secret, they are disturbed by a knock at the door. A member of […]
Ask anybody who helped defend Hong Kong against the great tidal wave of Japanese soldiers near the end of December 1941, and they’ll tell you all about “Hong Kong Hooky”. A Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander whose ship was sunk by the Japanese, Hooky was put in charge of a bunch of military scruffs released from […]
The rag-tag band of mavericks are back again but this time, Ramsey and his raiders have stormed a castle capturing all the Jerries inside! But things are never easy for Ramsey’s Raiders, as soon they become the ones under siege —by the SS, no less! And as if being trapped in a castle full of […]
December 7th, 1941, is a day that lives on in history. On that fateful day, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service struck the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, in a surprise attack that left the entire planet reeling. Among the chaos, no-one could have predicted that an RAF pilot would be […]
Time and again the Hurricane pilots had seen that same Zero on the tail of a crippled fighter, shooting up a crash-landed pilot, striking at the defenseless, and striking without mercy. They’d seen it —but that was all. Even the Japanese airfield couldn’t be found, and such was the skill of the Japanese ace that […]
At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, 1813, Tom Hopper, Samuel Jones, and guerrilla leader Maria of Vitoria are part of Wellington’s army driving the French invaders back across Spain. When Marshal Soult counters the British advance at Sorauren, Hopper finds himself facing an old enemy — Captain Baptiste. A strategic confrontation becomes a private […]
What would you do with a handful of contraband diamonds? Pilot Peter Lawrie and Dutch army officer Bart van Hanegen asked themselves that question —and it didn’t take long to answer it. With Holland being overrun by the Germans, they chose to keep the gems for themselves and try to reach the coast ahead of […]
It is easy for an officer to prove their bravery in battle, less so for a private, and YegorDobryninwas not afraid of anything, even standing up to his corrupt superiors. But Yegor should have been afraid, for soon they decided that he should disappear, with a nefarious plan to send him to Siberia to be […]
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