“Iron Hand” – Meet Götz von Berlichingen, the Middle Ages’ Toughest Knight
“In an astonishing 47-year military career, Götz did battle in a series of bloody civil wars throughout Central Europe and fought campaigns against the French and the Ottomans.” FEW OUTSIDE OF Germany have probably ever heard of Götz…
The Heroes of Graignes – How Residents of a Small Normandy Town Saved the Lives of More Than 100 U.S. Paratroopers
“It began when 12-year-old Marthe encountered a ‘tall’ paratrooper without a helmet or weapons who asked for shelter. Marthe went to the nearby home of her grandfather, seeking advice. The old man cautioned the girl….
Desert Mirage — Meet the Illusionists Who Hid an Entire Allied Army from Rommel
“You must conceal 150,000 men with a thousand guns and a thousand tanks, on a plain as flat and as hard as a billiard table, and the Germans must not know anything about it, although…
War and the Age of Nationalism — How 19th-Century Conflicts Gave Rise to the Modern National Identity
“War strengthened a national sense of belonging.” By Niels Eichhorn “IT IS NOT the joy over the defeated enemy, but the joy of overcoming weakness and discord which the past centuries bear sad witness to…
Fabius Maximus Rullianus — Meet Rome’s First Military Superstar
“Today, when we think of victorious Romans, we almost invariably think of later personalities, such as Scipio, Caesar, Aurelian, and Constantine. But there is no denying that Fabius Maximus Rullianus was exceptionally good at war.”…
‘Hammerin’’ Hank Elrod — The Unlikely Story of America’s First Flying Hero of World War Two
“The aviator who nearly washed out of Marine flight school single-handedly attacked a formation of 22 Japanese airplanes.” By William L. Ramsey THINGS NEVER came easy for Henry Talmage Elrod. From 1922 to 1926 —…
