The reality of war is portrayed in a new light as the sensibility of contemporary war novels such as Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket is brought to historical novels set during wars in the middle ages. Each chapter starts with a line from one of the great chroniclers of chivalry.
Soldiers in the Middle East have retold supernatural stories, passed on like folklore in which they witnessed unexplained phenomena that left them chilled despite being equipped with the most advanced technology in the world.
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle of the entire Civil War and the bloodiest battle in American history due to the use of muskets and confusion over tactics.
The true experiences of soldiers on the ground during war are often too awful to be used as a propaganda tool or as entertainment, leading to a sanitized and disneyfied representation in media that does not reflect reality.
The hosts discuss Operation Mincemeat which was one of the most successful military deception plans in history. Comparable to the Trojan Horse, Operation Mincemeat utilized a creatively ingenious plan of fooling the Nazis into believing that the Allies were planning to invade Greece instead of Sicily.