December 2000
Military Heritage
Charles the Bold
By Jonathan NorthOn Monday, February 19, 1476 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (much of what is now eastern France), joined his army beneath the gray ramparts of Grandson. Read more
Military Heritage
December 2000
Volume 2, No. 3
COVER: Jacomin Murat, one of Napoleon Bona- part’s great cavalry lead- ers, fought France’s ene- mies in North Africa and the Middle East. (AKG)
December 2000
Military Heritage
Dueling Aces in Sevastopol
By Christer Bergström and Andrey MikhailovIn June 1942, the Black Sea port of Sevastopol on the Crimea was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of World War II. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage
Rosebud Creek
By Eric NiderostAround 8 o’clock on the morning of June 17, 1876, Brig. Gen. George Crook ordered his troops to halt along the banks of Rosebud Creek. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage
Napoleon’s Egyptian Adventure
By Jeremy E. GreenBy the year 1798, the First Coalition was collapsing. Only Britain remained as France’s implacable foe. With the advent of relative peace, the governing body of France, the Directory, ever in need of cash, now sought new means of employment for the army and its general, Napoleon Bonaparte. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage
Big Black River
By Kirk FreemanBig battles make the history books. But for the soldiers, it was often the smaller, fiercer fights they remembered most keenly later in their lives. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage
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
December 2000
Military Heritage, Soldiers
The Memoirs of Herbert Carlton
By A.B. FeuerEditor’s note: Noted military writer Bud Feuer especially enjoys discovering first-person accounts and diaries. He found the following in “a junk shop” written in pencil on brown wrapping paper. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage, Weapons
The USS Constitution
By John D. GreshamToday restored to museum quality and lovingly cared for by a U.S. Navy crew, the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” is the living symbol of America’s first generation of warships, built in response to external threats that a young United States would have preferred to ignore. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Cold War Intelligence
By John D. GreshamEveryone who has ever read a spy novel knows the basic plot line. A scientist has developed a formula, or intelligence operative has obtained secret plans or a roll or film. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage, Militaria
The Iron Cross
By Stephen Thomas PreviteraIn most people’s mind the Iron Cross is inescapably linked to the Third Reich. Indeed, Adolf Hitler was responsible for adding a “marching swastika” front and center, to the decoration’s black core in 1939. Read more
December 2000
Military Heritage, Books
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
