The story of Ellen and William Craft did not end with their deaths. In many ways, it had only just begun. Their escape, that impossible…
By the end of the fighting around Hill 112, Willie Fay had claimed eight British tanks destroyed with several more damaged under his command. In…
But there was a problem that made the plan seem utterly impossible. Ellen was a woman. William was a man. A light-skinned woman and a…
Ellen shook his hand briefly, the contact feeling surreal and sickening at once. The man stood, gathered his coat and bag, and moved toward the…
He turned back to the clerk. Put him down as William Johnson of Georgia, traveling for medical treatment. I’ll sign as witness if you need…
William sat on the floor back against the wall, too conditioned by a lifetime of rules to sit on furniture meant for white people even…
Ellen and William sat in the small room as darkness fell over Baltimore, neither of them quite believing they had made it this far. One…
This approach has made Cas’s memoir simultaneously valuable and controversial. Military historians prize it for its technical detail. Others point out that such detachment allows…
Sources disagree on exact numbers with Stodder claiming 22 in his immediate reports. The Soviet formation broke. Survivors withdrawing from the killing zone. German infantry…
Stretched, disorganized, and convinced they were already victorious. Later in the war, Straitz led ad hoc battle groups in the Baltic region and Sisia, including…
