
On the morning of August 16th, 1944, SS Ober Groupenfurer Paul Houseer held a piece of paper that defied the laws of physics. He stood…

11,000 ft above Luzon, a single P-51D Mustang bore down on 13 Japanese aircraft. The Packard Merlin screamed at full military power. Air speed climbed…

14 German fighters closing fast, a formation of bombers, bleeding fuel and fire, and one pilot who ignored every rule in the manual and told…

July 25th, 1944. 0850 hours. General Litnant Fritz Berline crouched in the rubble of what had been his forward command post. The bombing had been…

November 12th, 1944, a.m. The Toms fjord, northern Norway. Capitan Ser Robert Vber stood on the bridge of the battleship Tits, watching the horizon. The…

July 11th, 1943. Field Marshall Kessler was absolutely certain he had the Americans exactly where he wanted them. He had their infantry trapped on the…

Luzon, Philippines. January 11, 1945. The F6D Mustang is a paradox wrapped in aluminum. To the casual observer, it looks exactly like the legendary P-51D…

July 7th, 1944. Standard Furer Curt Panser Meyer stood on the stone tower of the Arden Abbey overlooking the hedge north of Kong. At 33,…

a January 17th, 1940. a.m. Above the frozen coastline of the North Sea, the air at 20,000 ft bit like broken glass. Frost crept across…

August 17th, 1943, 0930 hours. Reckland test center 90 km north of Berlin. Oberloitand Hans Yakim Yabs stood on the tarmac staring at the ugliest…





