Major “Barmy” Brooke had an uncanny knack of living up to his nickname. His strike force was a bit of a joke and to be transferred to it was a fate worse than death. Anyone actually volunteering was thought to be as crazy as its CO.But that’s just what Lieutenant Doug Bradley did. The young […]
No‑one had thought of it before. Frogmen, experts in underwater sabotage, were given training —as parachutists. Now they could fly in at the dead of night, release their ‘chutes as they hit the water, then go about their silent deeds of destruction. Story: Finley-Day Art: V Fuente Cover: Penalva
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 […]
Before the war, Burt Donovan had been a famous big-game hunter in Africa. Very few men could put a bullet smack in the centre of a moving target the way Burt did — every time. Then came the war and Burt found himself a tank commander with a different kind of prey to hunt. It […]
Central Italy, 1944. Corporal Arthur ‘Art’ Gunn limped into a British camp holding vital coded information. You see, Art was the sole survivor of a recent mission behind enemy lines but something was not right… for, while only one Corporal Art Gunn had embarked on the mission, two Arts had returned — each carrying a […]
“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” So the old saying goes. And man’s best friend is his dog, right? That’s what George Carter figured when he found Pooch —or rather when Pooch found George. So he decided to keep him. But the officer in charge of George’s section had other ideas… especially when […]
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 […]
The cobra raised its sinister head and fixed Lieutenant Bob Morton with a hypnotic stare. Sweat broke out on his brow and his mouth became dry. He knew he dare not move a single muscle. Once before this had happened to Bob —when he was only a boy. It had come back to him many […]
They were two men, a soldier and a pilot, who had risked their lives once to try to rescue a stranded airman from the merciless desert. Yet far from being awarded any medals they had found themselves being punished for disobeying orders. From then on they vowed never to stick their necks out again —but […]
Watch out —Ramsey’s Raiders are about! And this time they’ve got more than the Afrika Korps to contend with! When the Raiders stumbled upon a beleaguered British Artillery convoy, Jimmy Ramsey thought the best thing they could do was lend a hand —that was until he met the commanding officer! Can the Raiders get out […]
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