The Civil War comes alive in all its passion and fury–only now the Brits are fighting . . . alongside the ConfederacyOutraged when the U.S. Navy seizes three Confederates aboard an English sailing ship, Britain retaliates by entering the fray in support of the Rebels–and suddenly it’s a whole new...
The year is 1901. Germany’s navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired...
It was a truly impressive display as they moved out through the heavy foliage in reasonably precise lines. Unit flags flew while drums pounded, and bugles blared, all designed to bolster the bravery of the attackers and intimidate the defenders. Ryder had to admit that it worked, but only to a po...
Tanner and Hill ducked while their driver swerved the jeep and tried to keep from crashing. Someone was screaming in pain. At least it isn’t me, Tanner thought. Hill and Tanner got the men out of their jeeps. The machine guns mounted on them opened fire and began to chew up the trees. Individual ...
The building in which they were meeting was in the devastated German city of Kustrin and had been badly damaged. Light streamed through the shattered roof and dust was everywhere. He ignored it.“Proceed,” directed Stalin.Zhukov took a pointer and walked to the map. “We have developed a plan for t...
He looked like a cartoon character that could have been peeled off the ground like a coat of paint. Being run over by a tank will do that. The pounding rain made matters worse.“What the hell happened?” Whiteside asked. The half dozen wet infantrymen in ponchos from the 116th Division looked stunn...
“What’s the matter, beloved Lieutenant, were you sleeping?” “Yes, damn it. Las Vegas may never sleep, but I do. I’m losing my shirt and my wife is doing even worse. Tomorrow I’ll have a hangover and I haven’t even been laid lately. What do you want now? Has it stopped snowing so I can come home?”...
Through hard work and a sleepless night, however, he felt he had begun to get a handle on the basics. Ike rubbed his eyes and took a sip of coffee. He winced. It had gotten cold and he couldn’t stand cold coffee. Luke got him another one. “Luke, tell me some things I don’t know.” Luke grinned. Th...
For the first time in his life, he was sending Americans out to be killed. His experiences in World War II were far from similar. While he'd been in combat, the orders were somebody else's, not his. He just obeyed them, didn't initiate them. His role in the Bay of Pigs didn't count. He was f...
One of them, a sergeant, pointed at Leduc. “I asked you what you were doing up here?”Leduc smiled thinly, “Just trying to avoid work while minding the store for my friend, Sergeant. Is there something you wish to buy?”The sergeant looked around and then out the window. He took in the view of his ...
Built by Consolidated, the flying boat initially looked as if it would never leave the surface, but her powerful Pratt and Whitney engines soon lifted her off the bay’s protected and gentle waters. Dane was along for what he hoped was a long but pleasant ride. The idea had been Merchant’s. Dane w...
Marshall was his usual expressionless self as he sat across from President Roosevelt. For his part, the president was, as always, uncomfortable in the presence of his senior army commander. Marshall was a man who intimidated almost everyone. “Mr. President, I would like you to reconsider ...
Paul Morrell thought. Their ordeal at the front was over, at least for a while. The entire regiment had been rotated out of line for rest and refit and sent to a camp near the undistinguished town of Miyakonojo, about fifty miles inland, while some other poor slobs took over the thankless task of...