December 2003
Military Heritage
A Sunlit Picture of Hell: Battle of the Somme
By O’Brien BrownEarly in the morning of July 1, 1916, a mist blanketed the lolling hills of the Somme region of northwestern France. Read more
Military Heritage
December 2003
Volume 5, No. 3
Cover: The Battle of Waterloo: Cuirassiers Charging Highlanders by Felix Phillippoteaux. Courtesy of AKG-Images.
December 2003
Military Heritage
Philip vs Edward at the Battle of Crécy
By Robert SuhrPhilip of Valois, for long have we made suit before you by embassies and all other ways which we knew to be reasonable, to the end that you should be willing to have restored unto us our right, our heritage of France, which you have long kept back and most wrongfully occupied.” Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage
The Battle of Leyte Gulf: Oldendorf’s Textbook “Crossing the T”
By Donald J. Roberts II & Lawrence C. SchneiderIn 1944, following the American victories in the South Pacific of operational commanders General Douglas MacArthur in western New Guinea and Admiral Chester Nimitz in the Marianas, American planners considered the next offensive against Japan’s empire. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage
Charge After Charge
By Jonathan NorthIn June 1815, Napoleon’s insatiable appetite for war took him to the rye fields around Mont St. Jean and the little village of Waterloo. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage
Rogers’ Rangers and the Battle of LaBarbue Creek
By John ManciniIn the fall of 1755, England and France were again at war for control of North America. The French believed that New France extended from Canada to Louisiana. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Editorial
To Find The Fallen And The Missing
For even so far back as the Iliad, soldiers have felt honor-bound not to abandon the bodies of their comrades on the field of battle. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Communique
Armenians at Antioch
Dear Editor:
In your August 2003 issue John Murphy in an article titled “Deus le Veult!” discussed one of the most fascinating military operations in the history of the Crusades—the conquest of Antioch. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Weapons
The Gatling Gun: A Civil War Innovation
By A.B. FeuerRichard Gatling was born in Hertford County, NC, on December 12, 1818. His father was a prosperous farmer and inventor, and the son was destined to inherit the “invention bug.” Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Bartolomeo Colleoni’s Art of War
By Jonathan NorthBartolomeo Colleoni was a Renaissance success story. A simple mercenary, he rose from obscurity to the most important position on the Italian peninsula: commander-in-chief of the armies of Venice. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Byzantine Spies in the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars
By Arnold BlumbergByzantium, the successor state to ancient Rome, lasted over a thousand years. But it all could have been different because its first major enemy—Persia—was a fierce and determined competitor bent on the Empire’s demise. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Militaria
Philadelphia Military Artifacts
By Eric NiderostPhiladelphia is an historic city, rich in monuments dating from America’s colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods. As every schoolchild knows, the Declaration of Independence was approved in Philadephia, and the city served as the nation’s capital from 1790 to 1800. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Books
The Archaeologist Was a Spy
By Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)Sylvanus G. Morley (1883-1948) was considered the most influential and successful archaeologist of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Read more
December 2003
Military Heritage, Games
The Battle Above the Clouds
By Eric T. BakerAvalanche Press has two new games out. The first is Dave Powell’s War of the States: Chickamauga & Chattanooga, the second in the War of the States series. Read more
