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Get set for another thrilling pocket-format compilation of action-packed Commando comic-strip Second World War stories, printed in the same format as the originals. An auto-biography which understates the events yet also provides such vivid descriptions that the book at times seemed like a fantasy! True Brit showcases the best fighting action – and at a size 25% bigger then the originals for maximum impact! This was also published in another edition by Seven-Oaks which featured the same 12 stories but with different cover-art and a different title:- Commando: The Best 12 Aussie and Kiwi War Stories Ever.In his teens and early twenties during the events he recounts (and when he wrote about them), his youthful enthusiasm for adventure and danger come through. Jungle Patrol, Grudge Fight, Into the Jungle, Jungle Sniper, The Black Pagoda, Jungle Express, Halt-Or Die! Who wouldn’t want to read a story with aircraft like that twisting and turning through the pages, machine guns or cannon flaming? And during the operations in Burma in 1943-45, commandos served with the Chindits and in the amphibious landings in the Arakan.

Commando: The Inside Story of Britain’s Royal Marines

Stories like “Ace Without Honour”, “Island of Heroes” and “Brigand Squadron” as well as “Blind Courage”, “Fly Fast-Shoot Fast” or “Spitfire Spirit” bring the atmosphere of the battle spinning into the 21st century. Created during the Second World War, the SAS operated behind enemy lines in North Africa and Europe. No collection of Commando war stories, the very best in action and adventure, although born and bred in Britain, would be complete without plenty of issues resounding to phrases like ‘cobber’, ‘drongo’ or ‘pom’. The accounts of combat are excellently told as is the descriptions of life on horseback taking the fight to Britain's massed troops with artillery support and a wealth of supplies and materials. Issue No 2445- Iron Cross Yank featured a German ex-Luftwaffe pilot who is allowed to join the US air-force and fight in the Korean War.

Calum Laird took over as editor of Commando in 1981, and although now retired, he still contributes stories. However from there on, it is all different material, covering conflicts within recent memory (Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan), covering off RM involvement, focussed on the story of one particular individual, and each story in turn set against a particular commando activity (raiding, diving, etc. Containing The Dirty Dozen, True Brit, All Guns Blazing and the very first issue of Commando – Walk or Die!