Stranded in dangerous territory with no transport and only a corporal to help him protect a very important British colonel, Lieutenant Tom Gifford knew he had a tough job on his hands. But then a half-track packed with American troops hoved into view and it seemed their troubles were all over. Which was exactly what […]
Weighing over a thousand tonnes, measuring one‑hundred and fifteen feet long, and thirty-six feet high with the kind of artillery armament that would shame a battleship, the Landkreuzer P.1000 Ratte was a warship built for land. It was the Nazis’ latest super weapon, and in the aftermath of D-Day it would decimate the Allies. That […]
Attacked from below, from the surface, from the air — the corvette Nimbus had a rough time on the winter convoy in the North Atlantic. Ned Black was just a young sub-lieutenant on that little ship. He didn’t know he was going to finish up commander of a vitally important tanker — and a hero […]
Stanislaw Kowalski pulsed with anger. He was kicked out of his country, sent running to France before entering the British Army. But the furious Pole was burning to get into the fight and kick the Nazis right in their crooked teeth. Not even joining the fearsome Commandos could quench his thirst for vengeance. Stan’s war […]
The island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea has its fair share of ancient legends. The most famous and terrifying of these is about the Minotaur, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. By the time of the Second World War such a story was laughed at — […]
Young Durwin has been given the highest honour a young man can receive — to become Housecarl for his Earl, Harold Godwinson. But with the death of King Edward and the right of succession disputed, can Durwin continue to swear fealty to a man who goes back on his word? In a game of kings, […]
Take a look at these warriors below. Quite a bunch aren’t they? Shirkers, deadbeats, men too old and boys too young to fight. Those were the types Lieutenant Dave Manning was ordered to take back to the base areas, away from the fighting line. But Dave had other ideas about what he’d do with these […]
The friendship between a butler, Anthony Sladen, and his master, Lord Jeffery Mortimer, had stood the test of time and the length of two wars, but a deep resentment had festered because of it. Mortimer’s son, Sebastian, despised Sladen. But Sladen had made a promise, one he would rather die than break. Story: Dominic […]
The German troops rushed into view just as the Fairey Battle was taking off. Immediately they fired at the aircraft, desperate to prevent its escape. With bullets flying all around him, this would be the supreme test of the pilot’s nerve… but the man behind the controls was a self-confessed coward who had run from […]
The last place Private Bill Tasker expected to find himself on his new deployment was at sea — surely that was for the Navy boys? Yet there he was on the top‑secret Blackland Sands sea fort, defending the Thames Estuary from V1 bombs and E-boats. But now it’s thick with fog, he’s lost his pals […]
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