After forming the Forlorn Hope at the Siege of Badajoz, Sam Jones and Tom Hopper of the 45th Regiment of Foot have worked their way up in Wellington’s army. But, despite initial wins, the British have been pushed west into Portugal. Determined to liberate Spain and destroy Napoleon’s empire once and for all, Wellington will […]
Six ordinary playing cards and six ordinary pilots. Each man was sent one card — and from that moment he was as good as dead! What was the terrifying power of darkness that cut this Hurricane squadron to pieces during those few weeks of the Battle of Britain? Story: CG Walker Art: Gordon C […]
All manner of men took to the perilous skies in 1940, determined to defend the British Isles from Goering’s fearsome aircraft armada. Different nationalities; British, Polish, Czech, French, and even Irish pilots, like Michael O’Connor, banded together and lunged headfirst at the mass of Luftwaffe bombers and fighters — Axis pilots who were equally determined […]
Major Kurt Krantz was a Luftwaffe ace, one of Germany’s top fighter pilots. The leader of the famous “Black Eagles” squadron had no equal — except for one man. That man was Harry “Handlebar” Hanley of the RAF, the only pilot to ever hold his own against Krantz. Then one day Harry found himself alone […]
Bristol Blenheim pilot Nick Macklin was a fine flyer, so good that when tensions ramped up and the Nazis turned their sights on the invasion of Britain, he got the transfer of his dreams to fly Hurricanes. But the relentless fighting left his squadron sleepless, strung out and falling apart at the seams. Only the […]
Why were two German soldiers and a British commando skiing together down a valley in the Austrian Alps? The answer lay buried in the heart of one of those mountains — a king’s ransom in jewellery, known as the Kellenburg Collection. It had already caused the deaths of two men, and it was going to […]
“Enterprises must be prepared, with specially‑trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts…” Eighty years ago, after the disaster at Dunkirk, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the formation of a special raiding unit with a brand‑new breed of soldier. These brave and highly‑trained men would come to […]
Have you ever dreamed that you’re falling, falling, whirling round and round, never going to stop? Terrifying isn’t it? That’s how Nick Kirby felt every time he went in a plane. You see, Nick suffered from vertigo — an uncontrollable fear of heights. Oh, there’s another thing about Nick. He joined the RAF as a […]
U-1215’s Kommandant Josef Jewinski knew there was a traitor in his crew — a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Diving deeper into the Atlantic, the water and paranoia threatened to crush Josef. He had heard the word “mutiny” whispered by men sworn to his command. Now there is blood on his hands, but can he find the […]
Born with two left feet — that was most people’s opinion on Private Rick Jackson, a young soldier who seemed to be the worst in the army. He was clumsy, he couldn’t even put his equipment on without causing a commotion, and to cap it all off he couldn’t fire his rifle straight! But Rick […]
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