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The Blue Max was the highest award the old German Empire gave for bravery. Although thirteen million German soldiers served during World War I, less than 700 Pour le Mérite were awarded. Ernst Junger was the last to be awarded that medal during WWI.
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George Peppard's character is a recipient of the award, in the 1966 movie, The Blue Max. However, his character (Bruno Stachel) was not cut from the same cloth as Ernst Junger, and the movie ends badly for him!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Max SGT Bryon Sergent SPC David S.
George Peppard's character is a recipient of the award, in the 1966 movie, The Blue Max. However, his character (Bruno Stachel) was not cut from the same cloth as Ernst Junger, and the movie ends badly for him!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Max SGT Bryon Sergent SPC David S.
The Blue Max is a 1966 British war film in DeLuxe Color and filmed in CinemaScope, about a German fighter pilot on the Western Front during World War I. It was directed by John Guillermin, stars George Peppard, James Mason and Ursula Andress, and features Karl Michael Vogler and Jeremy Kemp. The screenplay was written by David Pursall, Jack Seddon, and Gerald Hanley, based on the novel of the same name by Jack D. Hunter as adapted by Ben...
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This guy gives meaning to Sun Tzu quote about knowing your enemy.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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