STORIES
Real combat stories across the ages — from 480 BC to 1951. 30 STORIES
The Limping Lady — Virginia Hall
One Leg, Zero Fear — Most Dangerous Allied Spy
1941–1945 • SOE / OSS / CIA
The Hot Gates — 300 Spartans at Thermopylae
King Leonidas — 7,000 Greeks vs. 100,000+ Persians
480 BC • Last Stand • ~20,000 Persian KIA
Masada — 960 Against Rome
Eleazar ben Ya’ir — Sicarii vs. Legio X Fretensis
73 AD • 960 Chose Death • 7 Survivors
The Mud & the Arrows — Agincourt, 1415
King Henry V — 5,000 Longbowmen vs 15,000 Knights
Oct 25, 1415 • St. Crispin's Day — 6,000 French KIA
One Life to Lose — Nathan Hale
America's First Spy — The Only Volunteer
Sep 22, 1776 • Age 21 • Executed by British
The White Death — Simo Häyhä
505 Kills in 100 Days — Iron Sights, No Scope
1939–1940 • Deadliest Sniper in History
The Last Roman — Constantinople, 1453
Emperor Constantine XI — 7,000 vs 80,000 — The 27-ft Cannon
May 29, 1453 • 53-Day Siege • End of the Roman Empire
The Sword Saint — Miyamoto Musashi
61 Duels • Zero Defeats • The Book of Five Rings
1584–1645 • First Kill at Age 13 • Killed Kojiro with an Oar
Remember the Alamo — 1836
Travis • Bowie • Crockett — 200 vs 1,800
Feb 23 – Mar 6, 1836 • 13-Day Siege • No Quarter
The Wall of Fire — Rorke's Drift
150 vs 4,000 — 11 Victoria Crosses
Jan 22–23, 1879 • 12 Hours Through the Night
Into the Valley — Charge of the Light Brigade
Lord Cardigan — 670 British Light Cavalry
Oct 25, 1854 • Balaclava • 20 Minutes • 110 Killed
The Crossing — Washington's Gamble at Trenton
Gen. George Washington — Continental Army
Dec 25-26, 1776 • 0 KIA, 900 Hessians captured
The Swamp Fox — Francis Marion
BGen Francis Marion — South Carolina Militia
1780–1782 • South Carolina — Father of American Rangers
Mad Jack Churchill — Broadsword & Bagpipes
Lt. Col. John Churchill — No. 3 Commando
1940–1945 • Last Bow & Arrow Kill • Escaped Sachsenhausen Twice
The One-Eyed Ghost — Léo Major
1 Canadian Scottish Regiment — Lost Eye on D-Day, Refused Evacuation
1944–1951 • Liberated Zwolle Alone • Two DCMs