Operation Crusader was the first action Sergeant Jake Watson had seen since the shambles of the Battle of France. Nothing could have prepared him for it. Under the baking desert sun, there was nowhere to hide from the deadly Stuka dive-bombers as they rained death from above, or the enemy Panzers which seemed to sniff out British blood on the sands. Worse to come was the rather unfriendly reception from a troop of South Africans he was sent to reinforce. No, Watson would rather take his chances with the Afrika Korps.

Story: Ferg Handley

Art: Klacik & Muller

Cover: Mark Harris