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The Air Transport Command: From Lend Lease To The Hump
By Sam McGowanWorld War II was responsible for numerous technological advances, not the least of which was the establishment of the largest airline in history. Read more
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USS Franklin and Father O’Callahan
By Michael D. HullOn March 3, 1945, the 27,100-ton aircraft carrier USS Franklin churned out of Pearl Harbor and headed westward for the war zone. Read more
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Cavalry Clash at the Hook
By Joshua ShepherdEarly on the morning of October 3, 1781, a detachment of French hussars trotted down a sandy road in Gloucester County, Virginia. Read more
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Retained English Longbowman, 1350-1425
The English longbow, originally adopted from the Welsh, was made from a single piece of Yew wood, and required skill to make and use. Read more
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World War II’s “Ghost Army” Awarded Congressional Gold Medals
By Kevin SeabrookeMore than 80 years after they conducted visual, sonic and radio deception against German forces during World War II, soldiers who served in the so-called “Ghost Army” received the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday, March 20, 2024. Read more
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Rommel in the Desert
By David H. LippmanLieutenant General Erwin Rommel, a rising star in Germany’s equally rising war effort, was tasked with saving Italy, Germany’s key ally, from a grave disaster in North Africa. Read more
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Confederate Major John Pelham’s flying battery made him a hero when he was only 23.
By Nat R. LouisDuring the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, in May 1862, General Joseph Hooker’s Union forces were in pursuit of the withdrawing Confederates. Read more
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John Brown’s Bloody Abolitionist Crusade
By Eric NiderostAgroup of insurgents, probably abolitionists fiercely dedicated to ending slavery, had seized the Federal Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry—that was the news Charles W. Read more
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Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya and the T-34 medium tank ‘Fighting Girlfriend.’
By Kevin SeabrookeMariya Oktyabrskaya was a Soviet Ukrainian tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. Read more
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The Siege of Carthage: Death of an Empire
By David A. NorrisAccording to legend, Carthage was founded by Dido, daughter of the king of the Phoenician city of Tyre. Read more
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Machine Guns In The Sky
By Mark CarlsonSince the early days of the Great War, when pilots and observers brought rifles and pistols into the skies to shoot at enemy observation planes, the world of air combat has been a rapidly changing arena of technology and innovation. Read more
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Operation Lorraine: French Launch Offensive to Regain Territory in Vietnam
By John E. SpindlerOn the evening of October 29, 1952, a group of French combat engineers worked feverishly to repair a ferry ramp on the Red River across from the village of Trung Ha in French Indochina. Read more
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Nine Military History Book Reviews for Spring 2024
By Christopher Miskimon Full ReviewsBattle for the Island Kingdom: England’s Destiny 1000–1066 (Don Holloway, Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2023, 432 pp., Read more
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The Battle of Loos: Mired in the Trenches
By Victor KamenirAjubilant British populace joyfully greeted the declaration of war on Germany on August 4, 1914. “I remember when war was declared, going outside Buckingham Palace and cheering with all the crowds as the king and queen came out on the balcony and being frightfully excited and thinking it was splendid that we were going into the war and all the rest of it,” recalled Londoner Angela Limerick. Read more
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World of Warships
By Joseph LusterWe’ve got a little something for everyone in this issue of Military Heritage, including more from Wargaming and a trip way back in time for some medieval warfare. Read more
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Broadsword: Warlord Edition
By Joseph LusterThose looking to go deeper back into history would do well to check out Broadsword: Warlord Edition, a turn-based strategy game developed by Hoplite Research and published by GS2 Games. Read more
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The German SS at Rzhev: Loyal to Their Deaths
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckEarly in December 1941, Operation Typhoon, the German drive on Moscow, withered in the face of tenacious Soviet resistance and one of the worst Russian winters in living memory. Read more
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Desperate Fight on the Plains
By Eric NiderostIn June 24, 1867, W.W. Wright’s survey expedition reached Fort Wallace, Kans., one of the string of military posts that guarded the Smoky Hill Trail to Denver and the beckoning goldfields of Colorado. Read more
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Daylight Bombing Gamble: The Schweinfurt–Regensburg Mission
By Richard RuleIn early 1942, the U.S. Eighth Air Force arrived in England firmly entrenched in the belief that continuous and accurate daylight precision bombing was the only way to decisively crush German industrial capacity. Read more
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“Bulldog Johnny” Walker
By Blaine TaylorIn September 1948, Lt. Gen. Walton Harris Walker, 58, took over command of the Eighth Army on occupation duty in Japan from his predecessor, Robert Eichelberger, a former West Point superintendent and devotee of Allied Supreme Commander General Douglas MacArthur. Read more
