Dave Gardner wanted to be a soldier. He had always dreamed of carrying on the military tradition of his family by going into battle. However, when you’re small and thin, and you can’t see very well, it isn’t so easy. But even so, Dave was going to get his chance! Story: Garbutt Art: Blasco […]
Reckon you could stop a regiment of enemy tanks with your bare hands? No, probably not. Ray Peterson and Trevor Stanton didn’t think they had much of a chance either. But with the lives of thousands of their comrades at stake they weren’t going to give up trying. Story: Garbutt Art: Ibanez Cover: Robertson
Before the Second World War, few westerners had ever heard of the Japanese sport of karate, with its own rules, its own customs. But one young Englishman, Martin Hawkins, studied it when he lived and worked in Japan. So skilled was he that it wasn’t long before he was a black belt champion. The war […]
What does a fighting Irishman do when his luck deserts him just when he needs it most? If his name is Private Mick O’Connor, he just grits his teeth and fights on harder than ever! Story: Feldwick Art: AC Kennedy Cover: Penalva
It was the summer of 1940, and the whole of France was thrown into utter confusion as the invading German troops advanced relentlessly, leaving a trail of chaos and destruction behind them. Trapped amidst all this turmoil were two British schoolboys — John and Will Browning. Fending for themselves in a foreign country, they were […]
Metal seared against metal, Tiger tanks burning bright in the glow of the inferno they spread over Europe. One soldier would face them, taking on the fiery demons. He needed help though, healed by a witch in the woods and given three tasks to complete. But could he trust this woman whose house stood raised […]
Bacuit Bay, Palawan Island, Philippines, 1944. Imelda Hernandez, nicknamed “The Viper” is a schoolteacher turned guerrilla-commander intent on annihilating the Japanese invasion with her bolo knife and lightning-fast strikes. When deserters of her guerrilla group are captured by the Japanese, Imelda must decide whether to continue on her warpath toward the Japanese soldiers who killed […]
In the smoking ruins of his latest mission, SAS Major Elliot Slater finds an invitation to an exclusive party with a familiar host. Calling in favours from his SOE colleagues Hywel Williams and Pip Moresby, Slater’s new recruit, Lady Margaret Green, ensures they make the guest list. But with a secret coup, errant SS, and […]
Frank Regan was British through and through, so when war broke out, he immediately wanted to join up. The snag was, he was in a South American ranch many thousands of miles away. But he needn’t have worried. Before he could go to war, war came to him —complete with a U-boat full of enemy […]
In the brutality of the Second World War, people were herded, contained, not knowing what would happen to them, if the next bullet fired would be for them. But that did not mean that they went quietly, like cattle. They fought back against the fascists, determined to make sure the story of their struggle survived […]
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