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Greek War Machines
Dear Editor:
I really enjoyed Mike Markowitz’s article on the development of war machines of the Ancient Greeks (Weapons, February 2001). Read more
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Guadalcanal
The 1942-43 struggle for Guadalcanal Island has, to my mind, an odd place in American memory. Americans are familiar with it, know it as a victory, but do not accord it the same honor as the Battle of Midway, or of Tarawa or Iwo Jima. Read more
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The ground battles of World War II
By Eric T. BakerClose Combat: Invasion Normandy is the fifth of SSI’s award-winning Close Combat games. Setup is done in a turn-based mode as the players put their forces in place. Read more
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Robert Knox Sneden’s ‘Eye of the Storm’
By Lieutenant Colonel Dominic J. CaracciloAccording to its publisher, the “Eye of the Storm is one of the most important Civil War documents to be published since Ulysses S. Read more
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Red Buttons Errata
Dear Editor,
Love your magazine and never miss an issue, especially articles about paratrooper exploits. I must, however, correct a Communique (letter) in your February 2001 issue where a C.F. Read more
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A War Worth Remembering.
In 480-479 bc, the combined city-states of Greece repelled a gigantic invasion by the massive Persian Empire, bent on bringing the Greeks to heel. Read more
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Drawn to the Axis
By Blaine TaylorAccording to the 1960 memoirs of Henriette Hoffmann von Schirach, Adolf Hitler called Father Josef Tiso, a monsignor in the Roman Catholic Church and premier of Fascist Slovakia, “The little parson.” Read more
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The Best Military History Books of 2000
By Major Dominic J. CaracciloThis millennium year was replete, as most years are, with terrific works of military history. Following are my choices as the year’s best. Read more
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Keeping a World Perspective
Dear Editor,
I read with considerable interest John P. Sinnot’s article in the October 2000 issue of Military Heritage concerning the French and Indian War, here especially about General Braddock’s march on Fort Duquesne. Read more
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Genghis Khan and The Mongol Campaigns
Starting with practically nothing (at one point he and his family were reduced to digging up roots to have something to eat), Genghis Khan became the conqueror of the largest land empire known to history. Read more
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Panzer General III and Battle Cry
By Eric T. BakerThe Panzer General Series from Strategic Simulations Incorporated is one of the most successful wargame franchises of all time. Read more
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Presidio Press’ ‘Vinegar Joe’s War: Stilwell’s Campaign’s for Burma’
By Major Dominic CaracciloHistorians often claim that the Allies, and most particularly the Americans, won World War II, as Nathan Prefer writes in his introduction of Vinegar Joe’s War: Stilwell’s Campaign’s for Burma, (Presidio Press, Inc., Read more
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The Vicksburg Campaign
When the sun set on the Confederacy, the stars began to rise and shine, none more brightly for Northerners than that of Lincoln, and for Southerners than those of Robert E. Read more
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Commanding WWII tanks and Japanese feudal armies.
By Eric T. BakerSteel Panthers was a great DOS game. It was WW II tank combat at its best in the same format as all the wonderful Avalon Hill games people used to play before they had computers. Read more
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Good reading on an officer of the Revolution, Admiral Nelson, Tankers in Iraq and more.
By Major Dominic J. CaracciloJohn Laurens’ identity, indeed his very being, was tied directly to his status as an officer during the American Revolution. Read more
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255th Infantry Regiment
Dear Editors,
I enclose a copy of pages 60 and 61 of your May 2005 issue, which may contain an error. Read more
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Hell in the Pacific
By Mason B. WebbAsk anyone today to name the three toughest, most important battles of World War II and chances are good that the name “Iwo Jima” will be at, or somewhere near, the top of the list. Read more
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Infamous Camp Beechwood
By Christopher MiskimonOn July 15, 1937, a convoy of trucks slowly drove up the Ettersberg, a wooded hill a few miles north of the German city of Weimar. Read more
