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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, known to the British as the Desert Fox, was one of the most famous generals of World War II. He was a brilliant tactician who, with meager resources, turned the war in North Africa in favor of the Axis after the Italians had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the … Read more

In mid-January 1981, a three-page handwritten document was delivered by a back channel to the West German Federal Chancellery in Bonn. Its title immediately caused concern in the halls of power. It read "Political Testament," and it was signed by the deceased last Grand Admiral of Germany and Reich President, Karl Dönitz. The contents were … Read more

On the night of March 15, 1956, the Cotton Club was packed with the most powerful people in New York. Celebrities, politicians, businessmen, and mobsters shared the same room. The music was loud, the drinks were flowing, and the air was thick with cigarette smoke and the smell of money. Bumpy Johnson sat in his … Read more

Am 23. Oktober 1943 stand Oberleutnant zur See Hartmann am Rheinufer, acht Kilometer südlich von Koblenz, und starrte auf ein Wrack. Eine Messerschmitt Bf 109 G6 lag halb im Schlamm, die Tragflächen zerfetzt, das Cockpit aufgerissen. Der Pilot war bereits tot und abtransportiert worden. Doch der Motor lebte noch. Es war ein Daimler-Benz DB605, ein … Read more

Most people familiar with World War II know that Adolf Hitler and many of the top Nazis were World War I veterans. Hitler spent four years in the trenches of the Western Front and was decorated three times for gallantry, including the Prussian Iron Cross First Class. Hermann Göring was a famous World War I … Read more

A 22-year-old Black corporal from the Savannah river docks climbed into the turret of his Sherman tank on a wind-scoured limestone ridge in northeastern France in November 1944 and fired a single round that no officer on that hill had ordered him to fire, correcting a staff major’s calculations in front of a command group … Read more