It was a duel, fought high in the hills in Italy. A duel between a Mauser carbine and a Lee Enfield 303. Both riflemen were experts, but it was the Lee Enfield that won. Why? Because it was being fired by Peter Trelawney, who never missed. Peter was a quiet young chap who didn’t look […]
By April 1941, the Nazis had invaded Greece and were pushing the Allies out. Greek, British and Anzac soldiers all fought back bravely, but they were no match. Evacuation was inevitable, however for one Tasmanian, no man was getting left behind! Sergeant Billy Waugh may not have wanted to be a chauffeur to a General, […]
Newly transferred to a desert reconnaissance group, Jim Collingwood was determined to prove he was good enough to serve with the experienced men around him. And on his first patrol he did just that, saving the others from an enemy ambush that could have wiped them all out. But what no-one else in the unit […]
Nobody, but nobody, likes a Military Policeman. And when one has been charged with murdering a soldier in a brawl, there’s plenty of witnesses who’ll say they saw it all — whether they did or not! That’s what happened to Sergeant Slasher Gibson, that’s why he was locked up in a military prison with the […]
It takes all kinds of men to win a war — the daring devil‑may‑care types and the quieter, steadier types who make up the solid backbone of any successful army. Captain Mike Palmer was one of the steady types. He didn’t waste lives in needless heroics but he always got the job done. And when […]
Polish Sergeant Jakub Leszczuk is one of the last men defending Lwow in 1939, but as the Russian tanks roll in, his unit rescues a small puppy called Rebus from a collapsed building. It isn’t long before Rebus becomes far more than a lucky mascot for the escaping soldiers! As they retrain for the parachute […]
Eyes glazed by the desert sun, half-demented by thirst, the German Captain thought his last hours had come. Lost in the desert without transport, there was no hope for him or his men. Then… was it a mirage? No it was real — the robed figure striding over the dunes, face hidden in the shadow […]
Newly-qualified Flight Sergeant Owen Lewis was delivered to his new base inside the very plane he was about to serve in. The Lancaster was a beauty, and the crew welcomed Lewis with open arms — all except their bomb aimer, Burston, who had a chip on his shoulder bigger than the bombs he dropped over […]
Tom Barton was desperate to get into action, but the Army wouldn’t let him fight. They wanted him to do an office job, not get mixed up with the Nazis. Well, Tom wasn’t having that. Somehow, he would get into the thick of it. So he took another man’s place! But Tom wasn’t to know […]
“Prize rules” — the set of maritime laws which require a ship’s crew to send a boarding party to inspect any suspicious merchant vessels. If the merchant ship was found to be carrying cargo bound for the enemy, then the submarine was permitted to sink the vessel — after the merchant crew had been put […]
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