He slammed his hand on the table and said to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and got away with it
Written by Nigel Mountford on Quora reproduced with permission. This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled patrician…
Was Scipio The Best General of the Roman Republic?
Almost every armchair historian and even most professionals have their own list of favorite or best generals. There are names that often appear, such as…
French General Gaulle ‘thanked’ British WWII hero Captain Lake by telling him to ‘go home’ –secret Government files disclosed
Photo story (Clockwise from left): (1) Captain Peter Lake during WWII (2) In April 1944, Captain Lake was parachuted into the French territory to train…