They told Harry ‘Kiwi’Dean to bomb the Nazi prison without hurting any prisoners —to let Paul Thierry, resistance leader, and his men escape. And he did. But there were too many Germans, tanks, and guns kicking around for Kiwi’s liking. So he went one better. Only an ace like Kiwi would have ever tried it. […]
Not every man in the German Army was a fanatic. Not everyone relished in war and the bloodthirsty invasion of Soviet Russia —a country that had been their ally —turning brothers in arms against each other. But one man did. He prized it. He was loved by his men and feared by everyone else. He […]
What did it take to fly the mighty Beaufighter on dangerous raids over the jungle? For starters, it took a whole lot of skill and courage.But Pilot Officer Sid Carter reckoned this wasn’t enough. He was a man who needed luck —lots and lots of luck —or he would never come out of the war […]
Three high‑ranking SS officers meet in a remote mansion house near the Swiss border. With them is a cache of looted jewellery, paintings and antiques, forged papers and plans to flee the falling Reich to South America. But, as they talk in secret, they are disturbed by a knock at the door. A member of […]
Ask anybody who helped defend Hong Kong against the great tidal wave of Japanese soldiers near the end of December 1941, and they’ll tell you all about “Hong Kong Hooky”. A Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander whose ship was sunk by the Japanese, Hooky was put in charge of a bunch of military scruffs released from […]
The rag-tag band of mavericks are back again but this time, Ramsey and his raiders have stormed a castle capturing all the Jerries inside! But things are never easy for Ramsey’s Raiders, as soon they become the ones under siege —by the SS, no less! And as if being trapped in a castle full of […]
Take one midget submarine less than fifty feet long, only thirty-nine tons in weight and with a crew of just four. To this add a cowardly captain and dangerous mission —to sink an enemy battle-cruiser anchored in a heavily defended river —and you have the recipe for an adventure! Story: Crowther Art: Nebot Cover: […]
December 7th, 1941, is a day that lives on in history. On that fateful day, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service struck the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, in a surprise attack that left the entire planet reeling. Among the chaos, no-one could have predicted that an RAF pilot would be […]
Time and again the Hurricane pilots had seen that same Zero on the tail of a crippled fighter, shooting up a crash-landed pilot, striking at the defenseless, and striking without mercy. They’d seen it —but that was all. Even the Japanese airfield couldn’t be found, and such was the skill of the Japanese ace that […]
What would you do with a handful of contraband diamonds? Pilot Peter Lawrie and Dutch army officer Bart van Hanegen asked themselves that question —and it didn’t take long to answer it. With Holland being overrun by the Germans, they chose to keep the gems for themselves and try to reach the coast ahead of […]
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