Tag Archives: WW2

Rats in the Rubble

Issue Number: 5327

Berlin, 1945. The capital of Hitler’s Reich is on fire. Children are armed and take to the streets ready to destroy the communist vermin that infests the city. A Red Army squad, led by Sergeant Nikolai Kulikov, is tasked with exterminating German snipers holed up in an abandoned orphanage. But, Nikolai will soon find he […]

Tank Wife

Issue Number: 5311

“My husband was killed defending the Motherland. I decided I wanted to personally take revenge on the fascist dogs for his death. I won’t stop until every German in Russia has tasted every ounce of my anger… sometimes I’m so angry I can’t even breathe.” The driver of a T-34 tank named ‘Wife’ was no […]

Face of Courage

Issue Number: 5310

Courage and plenty of it — that’s what a soldier needs in wartime. But in the North African desert during the Second World War, it wasn’t only regular troops who were caught up in the fighting. There were many civilians and tribesmen there too. And one such tribe, with the help of some British soldiers […]

Unknown Enemy

Issue Number: 5306

Stranded in dangerous territory with no transport and only a corporal to help him protect a very important British colonel, Lieutenant Tom Gifford knew he had a tough job on his hands. But then a half-track packed with American troops hoved into view and it seemed their troubles were all over. Which was exactly what […]

Outcast!

Issue Number: 5294

For every man who fought there, the Eastern Front was a living nightmare, a place of fear and horror where the cruel winters could kill just as effectively as an enemy bullet. For Hans Mayer, it was a chilling change from his time in the French Foreign Legion, fighting under a hot sun against ill-armed […]

Shot at Dawn

Issue Number: 5286

Dawn… the time for shooting deserters and traitors… the time when justice is dealt out with a bullet. Nobody knows how many men have died in this way throughout all the world’s wars, but now another soldier was about to face this penalty at the hands of an executioner who had covered thousands of miles […]