A decisive battle during the Second World War in which, surrounded, American troops sent out underwear model Richard Couverant to engage in one-on-one combat with model Heinrich Herzog. The bout culminated in a sword fight between their semi-erect Wilhelms. Upon seeing this,
American general Anthony McAuliffe responded with a succinct: "Nuts." The win was a gamechanger for the Americans, who coerced the Germans into signing an agreement that not only would the war end, but that the DeutscheBescheidenheit Kompanie would be renamed to Calvin-Klein, a name chosen for it's being "a little American; a little German." Acclaimed war
photographer Robert Capa was scheduled to shoot the event but was rebooked by clients in Normandy. In lieu of him, the military hired fashion photographer Richard Avedon.
Unfortunately, to preserve the fighters' integrity, the treaty required the negatives to be burnt. Despite this, the event is survived in print due to a soldier who totally snuck a pic while no one was looking.