War Heroes #18

Sergeant Tiflin and his 2nd Platoon have taken the village of Ste. Mathilde at a brutal cost, but the SS troops they're after have retreated into the concrete fortifications of the old Maginot Line—and once those underground passages are sealed, the enemy will escape justice. With the help of a French guide who knows the tunnels from his days working on the emplacements, Tiflin must lead his men back into the West Wall before it's too late, all while dodging mines, machine guns, and the interference of his newly arrived Captain Elnar.

A squad leader in occupied Pyongyang learns from a local that American and ROK prisoners are scheduled for execution—and decides a small team can't wait for orders when lives hang in the balance. With the help of an old man who knows the city's hidden tunnels, the soldiers infiltrate the enemy compound in a desperate bid to free the captives before it's too late. What starts as a rescue mission becomes something far bigger when they discover they've stumbled onto a North Korean divisional headquarters.

A soldier named Loomis survives a helicopter crash near the village of Chung Re and is rescued by the village headman, who reveals that the Viet Cong use the village as a waystation while the locals secretly oppose them. When Loomis spots a V.C. force preparing an ambush on a nearby road, he and the headman work together to warn approaching American trucks and turn the tables on the enemy. The grateful villagers witness the Americans' strength firsthand and look to Loomis to help them prepare their defenses against future threats.

In March 1918, the German High Command launched a massive offensive against the British-held Somme sector, committing three armies totaling some 62 divisions in a brutal push across No Man's Land. Though the Kaiser's forces achieved tactical victories—breaking through Allied lines, taking ground at Cantigny, and grinding through the Marne—each triumph came at a staggering cost in men and material. This story examines how Germany's pyrrhic wins, which consumed hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable troops, ultimately sealed the nation's fate in the Great War.