August 2002
Military Heritage
Fighting the Tiger
By Eric NiderostOn August 16, 1866 a mysterious ship appeared off the western Korean coast and began to steam up the Taedong River. Read more
Military Heritage
August 2002
Volume 4, No. 1
Cover: Wellington’s March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo by Ernest Crofts. Courtesy of The Bridgeman Art Library.
August 2002
Military Heritage
The Gallic Wars: To Northern Gaul
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckThe gray skies of winter still shrouded the town of Vesontio on the Dubis River. To the south, when not obscured by mist and rain, rose the Jura Mountains, and beyond that the lofty peaks of the Alps and the nearest Roman Province, Gallia Cisalpina. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage
Roles of Women in World War 1: The Russian Battalion of Death
By Don DuffyBy spring 1917, Russia had borne the heaviest burden of World War I. Russian reports counted more than six million men killed, wounded, or interned as prisoners of war. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage
Retreat to Victory
By Arnold BlumbergThe French plan for opening the campaign of 1815 was vintage Napoleon: take the initiative by attacking the Allied forces closest to France, separate them by assuming the central position, then beat them one at a time. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage
The Desperate Battle of Allatoona Pass
By William B. AllmonOn September 2, 1864, after a hundred-day campaign from southern Tennessee through northwestern Georgia, Sherman’s armies entered Atlanta after its evacuation by Confederate forces. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage
Victory Delayed: The Battle for Air Supremacy in World War II
By Eric HammelThe popular conception of the struggle in the air over northern Europe during World War II is of squadrons of sleek fighters racing over the German heartland to protect contrailed streams of lumbering bombers stretching beyond sight. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Editorial
The War Of Twists And Turns.
War is a terrible thing to study, but under the assumption that fresh ones are in the offing, such study is at least instructive and at best useful. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Communique
Kula Gulf
Dear Editor,
The otherwise excellent article, “Destroyer Matchup at Kula Gulf,” is marred by the conclusion that this was a “clear American victory.” Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Weapons
Chariot Tactics in the Near Eastern Bronze Age
By Steven WeingartnerChariot warfare in the Near Eastern Bronze Age was generally a grim business, but it did have its lighter moments. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Hamilton Fish III and the “Harlem Hell Fighters”
By Blaine TaylorIn July 1918, 30-year-old U.S. Army Captain Hamilton Fish, Jr., was in war-torn France with the 15th New York National Guard Regiment—also known as the (U.S.) Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Operation Overlord’s Colonel Alexis von Roenne
During the early part of 1944, an event took place that would change the outcome of World War II. It seemed insignificant at the time, but would have a profound influence upon Operation Overlord, code name for the invasion of German-occupied France, as well as the resulting Battle of Normandy and the breakout that followed.; Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Militaria
The West Point Museum contains a cornucopia of martial treasures.
By Blaine TaylorThe boots and riding crop of the Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Corps, General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing, are there, as well as the cap and jacket of his successor in a second world war, General Dwight D. Read more
August 2002
Military Heritage, Books
John Blacker’s ‘Have You Forgotten Yet?’
Undeniably “war is hell,” but surely no war was more hellish for the common soldier thanWorld War I. The United States’ participation in the conflict, although of vital strategic benefit to our allies, was relatively brief, limited in scope, and overwhelmingly successful. Read more
