Out of the murky depths they came, wreaking havoc in Gibraltar harbour, daring to defy the British defences, bringing death and destruction to the British Fleet. In silence they appeared… then vanished. They rode on torpedoes, faceless phantoms of the deep. Who were they? All the British knew was that the situation was desperate and […]
Commanded by Lieutenant Terry Horton, the sleek motor torpedo boat sped into the attack, guns blazing and torpedoes ready to launch at the German convoy ahead. But he didn’t just have the enemy to contend with, for in this crack flotilla there was another skipper who was doing his best to blacken Terry’s name —and […]
You needed lots of courage to fly over enemy territory in a small, unarmed aircraft, and even more to actually land on such dangerous ground. Yet that’s what the pilots of these Westland Lysanders did as they went about their vital task of ferrying secret agents into and out of occupied France. And for one […]
A German plane firing at a German plane! Why? A case of mistaken identity? Not on your life. The guys in that Dornier flying boat knew what they were doing when they fired at that Junkers 88 — because they were British! Story: R A Montague Art: Gordon C Livingstone Cover: Tregenza
On Monday, April 30th, 1945, Adolf Hitler the Nazi tyrant and warlord died in his concrete shelter deep under Berlin. At least, most people believed that. But one man who didn’t was Commando Sergeant Joe Dawson. For Joe and his men claim they kidnapped Hitler in Poland and started to smuggle him across Europe towards […]
Bert Brown had always been a hard case, ever since he was a kid. He didn’t trust anyone, and no-one trusted him. He would never do anyone a favour and he expected nothing from other people. But this story is about what happened after the day a total stranger risked his life to save Bert […]
Who believes in magic? Does anyone nowadays? In olden days the air was thick with tales of strange wonders… magic swords, magic horses, magic armour. This story is about modern warfare, but it is also about a giant axe handed down from those far-off times. Perhaps when you have read it you will know that […]
Jeff Parker was hailed a hero by the recruits in his new platoon. They’d heard that he’d been injured on D-Day, so they reckoned he knew all about fighting. The truth was that he’d never even reached the beaches —he’d hurt himself on the way. But hero they called him and hero he was going […]
Before he became a Commando, Joe Doran had been a thief, a very clever and successful thief. Now inaction in Nazi‑occupied Norway, he had got his hands on a gold statuette encrusted with jewels, something that would bring him an enormous amount of money. Could he resist the temptation to keep it? Story: Bernard […]
Out of the Dakota and into the dark night jumped Peter Warren, a lieutenant of the Royal Navy. A sharp crack and his parachute opened, gently lowering him towards the barren wastes of the South‑West African desert. The night was cool but Peter knew that when the sun rose, the desert sand would bake and […]
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