Max Brandt emerged from World War One covered in honours. Justly so, for he had shot down the famous French air ace, Rene Dumont. But two men knew he was not the victor of that dogfight. Brandt himself, and the British pilot who had really downed the Frenchman. Story: CG Walker Art: Carmona Cover: Ian […]
In the First World War, over one thousand London buses were used to ferry soldiers from Blighty to the front line in France. It was a long, dangerous journey, one that would take trainee bus driver Sam Porter far away from the depot in Hackney. Now in the driving seat, in a big, bright […]
We call then the Royal Engineers but they began as the Royal Sappers and Miners. And one of their original jobs was to dig ‘saps’ – dark, dangerous tunnels which stretched far under enemy lines. Pack a picked spot with explosives and bang went a target in a spectacular explosion. They were still practising this […]
In September 1914, young men in their thousands flocked to army recruitment offices all over Britain, ready to do their bit. Among those answering the call to arms was a builder from Newcastle named Billy Osgood. But when he arrived in France, the conditions were tougher than anything he had ever encountered and the fighting […]
By 1918, the end of the Great War was in sight, but even as it ground towards its bloody conclusion, the US Marine Corps were shipped in, charging while others retreated, straight to the front line. Facing German machine guns, barbed wire, mortar shells and mustard gas, the Americans were fearless in battle, earning them […]
Writer and anarchist, Dominik Zatopek, had lofty ambitions for a free nation for Czechs and Slovaks. But in 1914, under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Czechs were unwillingly forced to fight in the First World War as part of the Triple Alliance. But when Dominik is captured by the enemy, he is given […]
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