February 2010
Military Heritage
Canadian Capture of Vimy Ridge
By Jerome BaldwinBy the fall of 1916, Canadian soldiers fighting in the trenches on the Western Front had already distinguished themselves in battle. Read more
Military Heritage
February 2010
Volume 11, No. 4
Von Schuppen’s painting of Prince Eugene of Savoy is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Photo courtesy of akg-images
February 2010
Military Heritage
The Athenian Soldier Versus the Spartan Hoplite
By Fred Eugene RayThe wars fought by Sparta and Athens in the fifth century bc pitted one city-state with ancient Greece’s greatest army against one boasting her most powerful fleet. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage
Turning Back the Turks
By Louis CiotolaPeering out over the horizon, Austrian commander Prince Eugene of Savoy could see an army of Turks, the dreaded masters of southeastern Europe for the past three centuries, crossing the Tisza River near the town of Zenta on their way to pillage Transylvania. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage
Mexican-American Clash at San Pasqual
By Eric NiderostAround noon on September 25, 1846, Brig. Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny mounted his bay horse and raised a hand in salute. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage
Vinegar Joe and the Burma Road
By William StroockWhen the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Joseph Stilwell was already a highly regarded officer. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Editorial
Walt Whitman: The One-Man Sanitary Commission
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the great American poet Walt Whitman was a man on the skids, personally and professionally. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Soldiers
The Creation of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
By Lawrence WeberIn the spring of 1861, a group of influential northern men and women, led by Unitarian minister Henry Whitney Bellows and social reformer Dorothea Dix, met in New York City to discuss the formation of a sanitary commission, modeled after the British Sanitary Commission established during the Crimean War, to provide relief to sick and wounded soldiers in the Union Army. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Weapons
Beasts of War
By Chuck LyonsNot all World War II heroes were men or women. Some were four-legged, hoofed, or winged. They included horses and mules, elephants, and dogs as well as more exotic animals such as bats, camels, reindeer, and pigeons. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Intelligence
The Deadly Defector from the USSR
By Todd Avery Raffensperger“I’ve come to you from Moscow. The Central Committee of the Communist Party has ordered your liquidation.” Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Militaria
Historical Autographs
By William McPeakCollecting handwritten documents and letters on military subjects is as long-standing as military history itself. By general definition, when a letter is written and signed by a person, it is considered a holograph (or autograph letter), but a document is something written by an official or servant and then signed by an important person. Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Books
The Story of America’s Most Reviled President
By Al HemingwayWhen visitors gaze upon the immense marble statute of a seated Abraham Lincoln looking out upon the reflecting pool at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Read more
February 2010
Military Heritage, Games
Rewriting History the Wolfenstein Way
By Joseph LusterCreative minds have been coming up with ways to mess with the events of World War II for some time, well before Quentin Tarantino took us through a reality warp and rearranged Hitler’s face with Inglourious Basterds. Read more
