HMS Samson was Lieutenant Commander Roland Bream’s destroyer —small, fast and deadly, the pride of her crew and a credit to the Royal Navy. But when she crossed the path of a Japanese Yamato‑class battleship she had to turn tail and flee, not through cowardice but through sheer self‑preservation. For her Japanese opponent was one […]
Flying Officer Joe Blake and his mates were feeling pretty confident when war came to Malaya in 1941. But, when their first-ever dogfight against mighty Mitsubishi A6M Zeros in their outclassed Brewster Buffalos came, the rookie Australian pilots paid a heavy price indeed. Joe, now the only survivor of his squadron, was tasked with training […]
Bob Knowles wanted action so he joined the RAF and became a pilot. But instead of getting into the thick of the fighting, he was packed off to Australia to train other pilots instead. It didn’t seem like it would be his kind of war at all, but Australia is a long way off and […]
September 1st, 1939. As the German army blitzkrieged its way across Poland, they didn’t have it all their way. The Polish were steadfast in their defence of their homeland, desperately trying to hold back the tide. But the Nazis would rue the day one man, Corporal Tomasz Zielinski, got on board an armoured train named […]
“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 […]
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