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Operation Firebrand

Issue Number: 5780

The capture of an important hostage can change the course of any battle. So imagine the delight of the ragged bunch of Italian partisans who laid hands on Leutnant Franz von Siegel, son of the dreaded Generalmajor von Siegel, Commanding Officer of the most feared and hated Nazi regiment — the “Firebrand Division”. And the […]

Escape to Freedom

Issue Number: 5778

Sergeant Stan Boden and Private Ernie Briggs were caught behind the advancing German armies in France during 1940. Stan reckoned that if they could fight their way through to Dunkirk they would manage to escape to England. But not Ernie —all he wanted to do was surrender!   Story: McDevitt Art: Philpott Cover: Ian Kennedy

No Pasaran

Issue Number: 5777

This is the story of the heroic Spanish volunteers who fought for the Allies in World War Two. After fighting for their homeland against Franco’s fascist Nationalists, the defeated Republicans, including young anarchist Juan Lopez, fled to North Africa where they eventually joined the Free French Forces. Together with the French, the Spaniards were valiant […]

The Night the Tow Rope Broke

Issue Number: 5776

The night the tow rope broke was the worst in Lieutenant Mike Hasting’s life. For when his glider crash-landed off target in Sicily, he was captured by a Sicilian brigand called Il Castello who dragged him off to a cave on the side of Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe. And there, Il Castello […]

Some Kind of Hero

Issue Number: 5774

In a desperate race against time, Arnold Ragley dragged the unconscious driver from the burning truck and began stumbling to safety with him. Why the hurry? Because he knew that the truck was filled with high explosive! It was a heroic action… which was strange, because Arnold Ragley had never been a hero and never […]

Renegade Raiders: The Windmill

Issue Number: 5773

The Renegade Raiders return in more paratrooper action after D-Day! Sergeant Joe Shatner and his group of mavericks have more than just Nazis to contend with, as his brown-nosing lieutenant has it out for them! That is until a surprising radio call has the Renegade Raiders hightailing it to a windmill in enemy territory on […]

Sniper!

Issue Number: 5772

It must have been the strangest duel in the Second World War – a rifle matched against a giant V2 rocket, the Nazis’ most fearful terror weapon. But the man carefully sighting along that rifle barrel was dead-shot Captain Gordon Baxter. He wasn’t likely to miss, even when he knew he’d probably be blown to […]

The Shape-shifter Returns

Issue Number: 5771

After a terrible case of mistaken identity, Private Ron Cope is catapulted into the future to stand trial for crimes he didn’t commit! Stuck in 3023, the hapless Brit has to prove not only that he can’t shape-shift but that he is from 1940! But his problems don’t end there because when he gets back […]