August 2000 Archives

Flying wingtip-to-wingtip, a formation of RAF Hawker Hurricanes from No. 111 Squadron glides above the English countryside. While the Spitfire is more famous today, the Hurricane was the first monoplane fighter to exceed 300 miles per hour and accounted for many “kills" against the Luftwaffe.

Military Heritage, Editorial

The Battle for Britain… and much more.

Writers and soldiers. The two don’t go together.

Soldiers are men of action. They are out in the elements. They command men. Read more

The painting First Victory, by James Dietz, depicts then-Lt. Col. Paul Freeman, commander of the 23rd Regimental Combat Team, in the 1951 Battle of Chipyong-ni, sometimes called “the Gettysburg of the Korean War.”

Military Heritage, Soldiers

Freeman Hall at the Battle of Chipyong-ni

By John E. Spindler

On a cool November day in 2018, the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division dedicated Freeman Hall, its new headquarters building in Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. Read more

Military Heritage, Uniform

Imperial Landsknecht Halberdier 1486-1600

By Giuseppe Rava

The Landsknecht were German mercenaries originally recruited by Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor from 1486-1519. Influenced by the success of Swiss pikemen, Landsknecht mercenaries were formed into a Landsknecht army, defeating the Hungarians during the Austro-Hungarian War of 1490. Read more

This painting by Willy Stöwer depicts the sinking of the Linda Blanche, one of three ships sunk in the Irish Sea on January 30, 1915, by U-21—commanded by Otto Hersing, the first man to sink a warship with a self-propelled torpedo. These raids on commercial shipping threatened to throttle the British war effort.

Military Heritage, Weapons

Q-Ships

By Mark Carlson

During the Great War, the German navy’s most effective and deadly warship was the U-boat, the key to cutting Great Britain’s lifelines from the rest of the world and forcing the island nation to its knees. Read more

Military Heritage, Valor

Commander Quentin Walsh Earns the Navy Cross

By Kevin Seabrooke

The gray, churning waters of the English Channel slammed against the steel ramp of the landing craft on June 10, 1944. Read more

Military Heritage, Books

9 Military History Book Reviews for Summer 2026

By Kevin Seabrooke Full Story

The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America’s Innovation Machine (Josh Dean, Dutton, New York, NY, 496 pp., Read more

Military Heritage, SImulation Gaming

Wartales: Fires in the Capital

By Joseph Luster

If you want to experience medieval times without booking dinner and a show, look no further than Wartales. Read more

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Tropico 7

By Joseph Luster

It’s time once again to step back into the shoes of El Presidente, securing your glorious rule by developing and expanding your island in Tropico 7. Read more

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Death in the Wheat Field

By Kevin O’Beirne

The warm spring breeze blew the still-new green of the trees about Falmouth, Virginia, as the last of three rousing cheers echoed into the sky. Read more

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The Civil War’s Most Dedicated Witness

By Kevin Seabrooke

The smoke from the heavy artillery had barely begun to clear over the rocky, shattered landscape of Devil’s Den when the camera shutter snapped. Read more

This Italian illustration depicts Zeppelin LZ 6 (Z.III) and other aircraft bombing the Royal Navy Fleet as it waits for the seaplanes to return from their (unsuccessful) raid on the Zeppelin hangars near Cuxhaven, Germany, on Christmas Day 1914. One of the earliest air-to-ship encounters, the attack was unsuccessful as all bombs missed their targets. The LZ 6 was hit by some 600 machine-gun rounds, but managed to return to base.

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Christmas Day Air Raid on the Zeppelins at Cuxhaven

By Mark Carlson

A quarter of a century before the epic Battle of Britain during World War II, England’s capital city was threatened from the air for the first time. Read more

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The Battle of Isandlwana: Zulu Wars with the British

By Eric Niderost

Commandant Robert Lonsdale of the Natal Native Contingent was feeling very unwell, nursing a bad case of sunstroke that left his head pounding and his senses reeling. Read more

GIs fire a water-cooled M1917 Browning machine gun from the window of a house during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. The 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, delayed the Germans for a critical 36 hours at Hosingen, Luxembourg.

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Furious Delaying Action at Hosingen

By Leo Barron

A voice crackled over the radio. “Hosingen is falling slowly. They are out of ammo and the tanks cannot hold them. Read more

Don Troiani’s painting, Jackson’s Flank Attack, depicts the assault on Gen. Andrew Jackson’s right flank on the Levee Redoubt by British Light Infantry companies, including the 7th (Royal Fusiliers), 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, and 43rd Light Infantry. The redoubt was defended by a company of the 7th U.S. Infantry and a detachment of the 44th U.S. Infantry, manning two guns.

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The Battle of New Orleans

By Blaine Taylor

After Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, abdicated in April 1814, the British could at last turn their attention from the coalition wars to North America, where they had been at war with the Americans since 1812. Read more

This colored pencil drawing, Hitting Home, by Herbert C. Hahn, c. 1951, depicts the May 1, 1951, mission in which eight Navy AD-4 Skyraiders from the USS Princeton scored six hits with Mk. 13 aerial torpedoes on the Chinese-held Hwachon Dam in South Korea.

Military Heritage

Dambusters in Korea

By John E. Spindler

High-level bombing raids, a dive-bombing raid, and a ground assault had all previously failed to destroy the sluice gates of the Hwachon Dam some 50 miles northeast of the South Korean capital of Seoul. Read more

August 2000

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