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In March 1945, at Third Army headquarters in Eastern France, a German general had been in American custody for six days and had given his captors nothing. Not his unit's positions. Not his supply routes. Not the names of the officers commanding the forces ahead. Six interrogations, six different interrogators, and he had answered everything … Read more

In April 1945, at a POW processing center outside Frankfurt, Private Danny Kowalski was checking papers when he noticed the dog. It was a German Shepherd, big and well-fed, still wearing a leather collar. An SS officer in the processing line held it on a short lead. Standard procedure was to take the animal. Kowalski … Read more

On December 19, 1944, a gray winter light leaked through the shattered windows of a converted French army barracks in Verdun. Inside, the air was thick with cigarette smoke, the bitter smell of coffee, and something heavier: fear. Around a long wooden table sat the most powerful generals in the Allied command. Map folders lay … Read more

On December 19, 1944, a gray winter light leaked through the shattered windows of a converted French army barracks in Verdun. Inside, the air was thick with cigarette smoke, the bitter smell of coffee, and something heavier: fear. Around a long wooden table sat the most powerful generals in the Allied command. Map folders lay … Read more

Bernard Montgomery defeated Rommel in the open desert. His soldiers admired him deeply. In Britain, he was the most celebrated general of the war. The American generals who had to fight alongside him told a very different story. To them, he was arrogant, cautious to the point of sacrificing lives, and incapable of the tact … Read more

Bernard Montgomery defeated Rommel in the open desert. His soldiers admired him deeply. In Britain, he was the most celebrated general of the war. But the American generals who had to fight alongside him told a very different story. To them, he was arrogant, cautious to the point of sacrificing lives, and incapable of the … Read more