Sublime

Of all of Germany’s senior commanders, including Rommel and von Rundstedt, few were more eager to attack than Kesselring, and none had his ability to combine air and ground operations.

Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, at sixty-eight, was not only the oldest, but the most senior commander in the Wehrmacht.e Known as the “Black Knight” (Schwarzer Ritter), he had led the invasion of Poland in 1939, the breakthrough in the Ardennes in 1940, and the capture of Kiev in 1941.

John Boyd was probably the greatest fighter pilot to ever live. He revolutionized his field more than anyone before or since. A manual he wrote, Aerial Attack Study, incorporated as much math into the science of fighting maneuvers as engineers used in building the planes.

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Schutztruppe

“The kamikaze pilot that was able to fly 50 missions was involved—but never committed.”

Mais de la fonction qu'il avait acceptée, il se devait de prendre tout de suite l'âme et le ton. Sa timidité, le scrupule de son âge, la gêne qu'il éprouvait à donner des ordres à des pilotes beaucoup plus âgés que lui, et qui, pour la plupart, avaient fait la guerre, il les refoula. Des sentiments de cette nature ne pouvaient plus se montrer au

Un jour, chargés de délivrer un groupe français encerclé, ses cavaliers hésitaient devant la ligne ennemie d’où partait un feu décimant. Le capitaine Colet jeta son képi par-dessus les retranchements et les Tcherkesses se ruèrent au galop pour ne pas le laisser prendre. Des gestes pareils, on m’en a cité à foison, mais ils ne suffisent point pour

The ‘Old Fritz’ had earned his affectionate nickname in a series of successive military victories (including against France in 1757), often leading his men into battle in person, putting himself in such danger that several horses were shot from under him.