November 2nd, 1942. In his command vehicle somewhere in the Egyptian desert, Field Marshal Irvin Raml read the message from Hitler three times,…
January 31st, 1943. In a basement beneath the ruins of Stalingrad’s Univag department store, Field Marshall Friedrich Powus sat at a table staring…
The map room in the Reich Chancellory. Late June 1944, Hines Gderion, newly appointed chief of the general staff, stood before the Eastern…
December 22nd, 1944. General Hinrich Fon Lutvitz stood in his command post south of Bastonia, studying the map with satisfaction. The American paratroopers…
In World War II, German soldiers took pride in their weapons. A gun was supposed to look powerful before it ever fired. Then…
At 1437 hours on August 13th, 1944, Flight Lieutenant Jeffrey Brown banked his typhoon hard over the Normandy countryside and saw what every…
At Wizro 16 hours on 6th June 1944, Staff Sergeant Jim Walwark saw barbed wire. His horseer glider carrying 28 men and 7,000…
At 0230 hours on July 27th, 1942, Major David Sterling watched runway lights flicker on across Sidihan airfield. 18 jeeps, 58 men, 72…
In the glamorous world of the Los Angeles Lakers, image is usually everything. The “Showtime” legacy is built on star power, Hollywood narratives,…
In the city of angels, where stars are born and legends are immortalized, a seismic shift has occurred that no amount of PR…