Tag Archives: Mark Eastbrook

The First Casualty

Issue Number: 5701

“THE FIRST CASUALTY WHEN WAR COMES, IS TRUTH.” When a young Englishman came asking about his dead father’s last days on the Western Front, the only person who could answer his questions was Havildar Jared Singh of the 19th Lancers. But what Singh had to say may not be welcome, and what the Englishman thought […]

See Naples — or Die!

Issue Number: 5649

As soon the armistice was announced, Sergeant Gennaro Ricci wasted no time returning to Naples to see his family.But the city he left was not the city he came back to. The bombed‑out ruins of Naples had been overrun by German invaders who imposed curfews and shot anyone trying to resist. Plus, his sister had […]

The Last War Chief

Issue Number: 5599

Leading a war party into battle. Sneaking into an enemy camp and stealing a horse. Taking away an enemy’s weapon. Touching an enemy without being harmed.   These are the four coups that Paul Yellowtail of the Crow Nation must complete in his fight against Germans in the Rhineland if he is to become…The Last […]

The Sins of the Fathers

Issue Number: 5591

Once, the Batavi were a peaceful Germanic tribe friendly to ancient Rome, but their alliance was broken as the Romans betrayed and enslaved them. One man, Militius, would not allow that though. He tricked his captors, killing his legate, Castricius and pushing the Romans to surrender. What no-one could have predicted, though, was that what […]

Target of Vengeance

Issue Number: 5567

It started in the desert, tracking down the so-called ‘Sahara Sniper’, where LRDG Sergeant Jeff Nicholson lost his best friend in the worst way imaginable. Now, as the Allies make their way through the Italian mountains, medics are being picked off faster than a sniper’s bullet! Can Jeff and a green American crack-shot corporal finally […]

Renegade Raiders

Issue Number: 5557

As D-Day approaches, Sergeant Joe Shatner and Second Lieutenant Rick Levitt head the demolition section of a US Airborne company —a rough, tough bunch of renegades with a flair for fighting and no respect for the rules. But Normandy is a long way from training and the comfort of an English pub! Faced with a […]

The Last of the Wattles

Issue Number: 5549

When war was declared in Europe in August 1914, thousands of miles away, an Australian rules football team called the Hollyvale Wattles was playing for the greatest prize of the year.Little did they know it would be the last match they’d ever play together as the next day all eighteen team members enlisted for The […]