Wars are won by strength of arms and superior planning, but bravery remains an essential ingredient. Collected here are 70 tales of espionage, sabotage, and heroics, including thrilling accounts of impossible rescues, ingenious secret networks, and high-stakes U.S. Ranger missions within enemy territory. Among the standouts are Lieutenant Colonel Montague R. Chidson, who saved Amsterdam's diamond cache from the Nazis; Mathilde Carré, the only female triple agent of WWII; and the Kachins, a Burmese mountain tribe who helped the Allies dislodge a Japanese stronghold.