“The Cobras” they called them, this squadron of Airacobra fighters which struck day after day at the Nazis and always seemed to just vanish into the desert again.No wonder the Nazis could never find their secret base. It was deep behind German lines —the last place the enemy would look! Story: Brunt Ar: Arias […]
Major Jimmy Ivory was up against the clock. He was tasked with providing fuses, explosives, and everything else needed to cause havoc, to the French Resistance. The only problem was the detonators had a habit of going off at the wrong time or not at all, leading to missions failing time and time again —and […]
April 1982 —Argentine troops poured onto the Falkland Islands and Britain stood on the brink of war. For Garry Mullen of the elite Special Boat Squadron, it meant at last the chance to put the deadly skills acquired over years of training to the ultimate test! Story: Ian Clark Art: Carlos Pino Cover: Ian […]
April 1982 saw Britain enter a new conflict half the world away. But before the war would officially begin, tensions rose as three Royal Marines were sent on a recce mission far from their base at Port Stanley when Argentinian forces invaded the Falklands. Left with an impossible mission that could change the tide of […]
Who believes in magic? Does anyone nowadays? In olden days the air was thick with tales of strange wonders… magic swords, magic horses, magic armour. This story is about modern warfare, but it is also about a giant axe handed down from those far-off times. Perhaps when you have read it you will know that […]
Known as Operation Folklore, the Air Ministry knew they had to box clever if they wanted to beat the invading Argentinians out of the Falkland Islands. Flying a Canberra under Chilean colours, they would recon the enemy without arousing suspicion. But when the pair operating the aircraft is a reckless, young RAF pilot and the […]
Jeff Parker was hailed a hero by the recruits in his new platoon. They’d heard that he’d been injured on D-Day, so they reckoned he knew all about fighting. The truth was that he’d never even reached the beaches —he’d hurt himself on the way. But hero they called him and hero he was going […]
What good is a claustrophobic miner? That was exactly what Charlie Newlands was after the accident. He worked to support his family, but he couldn’t bear to be in the damp pit one second longer than he had to. Luckily, in 1914, there were plenty of men needed so Charlie enlisted, hoping never again to […]
On and on, over the endless desert wastes went the thirteen desperate Nazis and their two prisoners, Lieutenant Steve Roland and Brigadier Alan Warren. Normally, a German patrol with two captive British officers would have made for their HQ at top speed. But not these Germans! Neither Steve nor Warren had the slightest idea […]
“War can bring out the very best in people. But it can also bring out the worst. Once the genie’s out of the bottle, some men can never push it back in.” Sergeant Tom Smit did his duty in the Vietnam War, and died for it. Now, his replacement is drunk on his own bloodthirst, […]
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