To stay alive in war you’ve got to have an edge over your opponent, something that can swing the odds in your favour. It might be the element of surprise, or a hidden weapon, but it’s always something that puts you one jump ahead and keeps you alive. When he was taken prisoner, Lieutenant Neil […]
When the German war machine rolled into France, it was the first taste of action for many British troops. Most fought bravely, but some wanted to turn and run, scared by the onslaught of bullets and bombs. Such a man was Second Lieutenant Hugh Standerline. He had two fears — the fear of battle and […]
It was a duel, fought high in the hills in Italy. A duel between a Mauser carbine and a Lee Enfield 303. Both riflemen were experts, but it was the Lee Enfield that won. Why? Because it was being fired by Peter Trelawney, who never missed. Peter was a quiet young chap who didn’t look […]
It was a crazy sight — an old Frenchman defying an enemy tank, his shotgun against its cannon and machine guns. Yet his courage did not earn him scorn but the respect and admiration of the German tank commander. Another Frenchman was also a brave fighter, but his courage did not come from any inner […]
War had washed over the French village of Rethcourt like tides. The locals had learned to live with them and to look forward to the peace which followed in their wake. But for three Frenchmen in particular, peace seemed destined never to come. Their secret war raged on as they fought with the memory of […]
You’re either brave or you’re not — that’s what most people think. But for generations a golden goblet had been handed down from father to son in the Vaubois family, and with it went the legend that whomever drank from the vessel would suddenly discover a courage he never knew he had. Now, in the […]
Six ordinary playing cards and six ordinary pilots. Each man was sent one card — and from that moment he was as good as dead! What was the terrifying power of darkness that cut this Hurricane squadron to pieces during those few weeks of the Battle of Britain? Story: CG Walker Art: Gordon C […]
Major Kurt Krantz was a Luftwaffe ace, one of Germany’s top fighter pilots. The leader of the famous “Black Eagles” squadron had no equal — except for one man. That man was Harry “Handlebar” Hanley of the RAF, the only pilot to ever hold his own against Krantz. Then one day Harry found himself alone […]
In the savage air battles over Burma, no Japanese pilot was more feared than Commander Nako Kagama. So strong was his belief that he was the tiger of the sun that he had a snarling, leaping tiger painted on his aircraft — his own personal symbol of success. Yet it was to be such a […]
Courage and plenty of it — that’s what a soldier needs in wartime. But in the North African desert during the Second World War, it wasn’t only regular troops who were caught up in the fighting. There were many civilians and tribesmen there too. And one such tribe, with the help of some British soldiers […]
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