The original rogue heroes

Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign

It was during a drunken conversation in Berlin that the young Harry Patterson first stumbled upon the story which would one day inspire him to write one of the truly great, popular thrillers of the 20

There were 13 men: unlucky for someone. They were dressed to kill – but so was everyone else. In what was essentially an army camp, crammed with armed men, the assailants blended right in. Moving casu

Musicians, aristocrats, war heroes and even Members of Parliament conspired to turn Britain over to the Nazis. But for the bravery of British intelligence agents, they may have succeeded

One night in 1953, three mysterious men sporting black suits reportedly arrived uninvited at the home of Albert K Bender in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The menacing trio, who reportedly identified themse

We’re going to start our coverage of the Army, at the time of the War of the Three Kingdoms, or as it is colloquially known The English Civil War (1643-1651). (It wasn’t only English units involved an