Volume 9, No. 3
The First Crusade culminated in taking Jerusalem in 1099. In 1187, the Third Crusade was formed to retake Jerusalem from Saladin. Here Richard I is engaged in a fierce fight with Saladin in a painting by Philip Loutherbourg. ©New Walk Museum, Leicester City Museum Service, UK / Bridgeman Art Library
December 2007
Military Heritage
On October 27, 1937, the Zhabei district of Shanghai began to burn, an enormous conflagration that stretched for five miles and filled the northern horizon from end to end, almost as far as the eye could see. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage
The Battle of Dorylaeum, fought on July 1, 1097, marked the first full-scale military clash between the Christian armies of the West and the Muslim armies of the East. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Top Secret
Using parachutes to insert large forces behind enemy lines quickly fostered the idea of also using decoys to sow doubt and confusion. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage
From within the walled city of Nördlingen in the Upper Palatinate, a lone rocket arced slowly skyward on the night of September 3, 1634. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage
Smoke and ash drifted across the shattered ground. Dead faces peered up with lidless eyes from pools of stagnant water. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Editorial
John Pope’s second campaign as an army commander went considerably better than his first. Not that it did his reputation—or Abraham Lincoln’s, for that matter—any particular good. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Of all the generals who fought on the Patriot side during the American Revolution, none was more renowned than New York City native William Alexander, better known to his contemporaries as “Lord Stirling.” Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Weapons
From its inception, Zahal, the Israeli Army, has been forced to use ingenuity and improvisation to arm itself against its Arab enemies. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Militaria
For the brave soldiers of Easy Company, it must have seemed as though World War II would never end. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Books
By Al Hemingway
In 1819, the United States Congress passed legislation prohibiting the international slave trade and mandating that anyone apprehended while participating in the sordid business would be put to death. Read more
December 2007
Military Heritage, Games
Nintendo’s DS has never been a platform that wargamers buy specifically for wargames. It is a system that has a lot of good games, but it doesn’t have any “killer application” wargames that would force a military hobbyist to pick one up. Read more
