[music] [music] Many sources suggest that Hitler wanted to prolong the war because he believed that the Allies would fall out, specifically the Americans and the Soviets, and that open conflict between the two was likely. This was certainly his thinking in April 1945 as the Third Reich faced oblivion. A rump Nazi state might…
The date is December 23rd, 1944, Bastogne, Belgium. It is before dawn and it is brutally cold, kind of cold that gets inside a parachute harness and makes your hands forget how to grip a static line. 11,000 American soldiers are surrounded inside this Belgian town. They have been cut off for a week. No…
Major Werner Pluskat had been staring at the English Channel for 4 years, not because he wanted to, because it was his job. As commander of the first battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment, he was positioned at Widerstandsnest 62, a concrete observation bunker sunk into the bluffs overlooking what the Allies would code name…
The date, November 12th, 1942. 4 days after Operation Torch, North Africa. Somewhere along the road between Tibessa and the Tunisian border, a messmmit BF109G2 descends toward 300 meters. In the cockpit, a Luftvafa veteran, two years of combat, France, Malta, the Western Desert. He’s made this run dozens of times. He knows the procedure….
November 1942, the skies above Algeria and Tunisia. For 18 months, Luftwafa fighter pilots had perfected the art of convoy killing over the western desert. A Messer Schmidt BF 10009 would drop below 300 meters, line up on a column of British trucks crawling along some dusty road and open fire. Maybe a Bren gun…
They Made Her Wait 30 Years | Western Historical Drama March 15, 1959. Duro, Mexico. The unforgiven film set. What was supposed to be a routine western production has become a nightmare. The budget has exploded from $3 million to $5.5 million. The original director has been fired. The original screenwriter has been replaced. Richard…
Elizabeth Taylor Won Oscar For Film She Called ‘Piece Of Shit.’ Hated It, Won Anyway. April 9th, 1961. Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Academy Awards night. Elizabeth Taylor’s name is called as best actress winner for Butterfield 8. She rises from her seat, walks to the stage, accepts the golden statue with grace and gratitude. I…
Paramount Locked Audrey Hepburn In 7-Year Contract. The Studio System That Owned Her Life. September 12th, 1953. Paramount Pictures legal department. 24year-old Audrey Hepburn sits across from a conference table lined with studio executives and lawyers. In front of her lies a contract, 47 pages of dense legal language that will determine the next 7…
The date is June 21st, 1942. Washington DC, the White House. Winston Churchill is sitting across from Franklin Roosevelt in the map room. They are in the middle of a strategic conference. Military aids are moving around them. Charts cover the tables. The room smells of cigarette smoke and power. An aid enters quietly. He…
This Star’s Wedding Day Was Never Her Own May 6th, 1950. Bair Country Club, Los Angeles. Elizabeth Taylor walks down the aisle in a stunning white gown designed by Helen Rose. She’s 18 years old. Radiant in love. She’s marrying Conrad Nikki Hilton Jr., heir to the Hilton Hotel fortune. 600 guests, flashbulbs, society reporters,…
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