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Bladensburg

Dear Editors:

I have always believed that historical writers like myself should be corrected when they make mistakes. In my case, I will do so here. Read more

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Spanish Foreign Legion

Dear Editors:

I enjoyed John W. Osborn, Jr.’s fine article “Bridegrooms of Death” in the February 2005 issue of Military Heritage. Read more

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The Military Antiques Xtravaganza

By Peter Suciu

Collectors of militaria can find virtually anything these days with a few mouse clicks on the computer, but the one thing the Internet has been unable to truly recreate is the experience of holding and seeing such items up close. Read more

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Mafia in World War II

Dear Editors:

Not long ago, I watched an episode of the documentary television series World at War about America invading Italy. Read more

A crestfallen nobleman bearing a blood-soaked flag delivers news of the Scottish defeat at Flodden to a group of elders. The English victory eliminated Scotland as a military threat for years afterward, and solidified Henry VIII’s hold on England.

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Turning the Flank at Flodden

By Robert Swain

Flanking movements were long known to English military commanders, but traditionally they were limited to maneuvers by one wing around an enemy’s line—not by the entire army itself, which would have been considered highly unorthodox and far too risky. Read more

Hannibal could probably have taken Rome itself immediately after the Battle of Cannae, so why didn't he?

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Hannibal, Rome and Cannae

by Keith Milton

It could be argued that Hannibal’s hesitation to go after Rome shortly after Cannae was because he lacked a siege train. Read more

The accomplishments of Hannibal were great, even in his own time, but the underestimation of the resiliency of his enemy proved to be his undoing.

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Hannibal of Carthage: Scourge of Rome

By Jonas L. Goldstein

The accomplishments of Hannibal from his departure from Spain, his crossing of the Alps, and his battles on the Italian peninsula, climaxing with his great victory at Cannae, were enough to permanently etch his name among the greatest military leaders of history. Read more

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General Skobelev

Dear Editors:

During a recent visit to Germany I read the October 2004 issue of Military Heritage—this magazine is unavailable in my home country of Bulgaria. Read more

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The Six Day War

Dear Editors,

I am a subscriber of your magazine Military Heritage. Recently, I have noticed that the tremendous, extraordinary battles and strategies of WWII have at best received minimal coverage. Read more

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Plevna Under Seige

By Victor Kamenir

By the late 1870s, Turkey, the so-called “Sick Man of Europe,” was in terminal decline. While Sultan Abdul Hamid sequestered himself in his palatial compound through paranoid fear of an assassination, the Ottoman Empire was tearing itself apart. Read more

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The Weight of a Sword

Dear Editor:

First, let me congratulate you on a great magazine; I love history, especially medieval history, and Military Heritage rarely fails to have much of interest. Read more

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Winfield Scott Hancock’s Presidential Run

Dear Editor,

Let me express my congratulations on your excellent article in your April 2004 issue, “Hancock the Superb.” History has unfortunately not been kind to Maj. Read more

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Guns at Bear Paw

Dear Editor:

In an excellent Military Heritage (December 2003) article about the Gatling gun, A.B. Feuer indicates that a Gatling gun was used at the Battle of the Bear Paw from September 30-October 5, 1877. Read more

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John Keegan has broadened and deepened the range of military history.

John Keegan was lecturing at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, recently and I had the good fortune to meet him. Read more

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Surigao Strait Witness

Dear Sir:

Your story in the December 2003 issue was of special interest to me as I was a witness to a part of the event. Read more

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Armenians at Antioch

Dear Editor:

In your August 2003 issue John Murphy in an article titled “Deus le Veult!” discussed one of the most fascinating military operations in the history of the Crusades—the conquest of Antioch. Read more

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To Find The Fallen And The Missing

For even so far back as the Iliad, soldiers have felt honor-bound not to abandon the bodies of their comrades on the field of battle. Read more

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Barbarian Horror

Dear Editor,

The article, “Warrior Queen’s Revenge” in your August 2003 edition contains a supposition by the author that I question. Read more

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Armor was once the fantastic second skin of a warrior.

It probably had to happen. Warriors completely covered themselves in iron plate. Thus enveloped in a metal coating, they were generally safe from arrows, sword slashes, and blows. Read more

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