Army Attack #40

Cpl. Al Vardon serves as chauffeur and right-hand man to Major-General Mike Guntle, a combat leader who earns his troops' devotion by fighting alongside them rather than commanding from a desk—a choice that repeatedly puts his aide in harm's way. When a German fighter pilot targets their jeep, Vardon must think fast to keep the division's critical offensive alive and prevent the enemy from learning a devastating secret. This 1965 war tale captures the bond between a soldier and the general he serves, and the unexpected burden that loyalty can place on a man in the heat of battle.

A young soldier named Linden must endure relentless bullying from Sergeant Chicoski, a neighborhood tough who's followed him from the National Guard into combat in Italy and France during World War II. As Linden proves himself under fire and eventually earns a battlefield commission, the dynamic between the two men shifts in ways neither could have anticipated, forcing them to confront what it truly means to be a hero.

A soldier who's been bluffing his way through combat—claiming battle experience he doesn't have—finally faces the real thing when his squad moves to take a Communist strongpoint. When a mortar blast leaves him seemingly wounded and unable to fight, he discovers that sometimes playing a role is the only way to find the courage you need. In this 1965 war tale, a phoney gets a chance to become something more.

In the lead-up to Operation Overlord, British and American intelligence orchestrated an elaborate deception campaign, feeding the German high command false intelligence designed to shift their defenses away from the true invasion point. When the real landings began at Normandy on June 6, 1944, the Germans remained convinced—thanks to planted documents, false reports, and even a turncoat agent on their own payroll—that Calais was the actual objective, causing them to squander forces and resources in the wrong direction. The deceivers had won their gamble, and every German soldier misdirected was an Allied life spared.