July 2014
Military Heritage
Doughboys’ Bloody Baptism at the Battle of Cantigny
By William StroockAs the fateful day drew to a close, the exhausted soldiers of the German 25th and 82nd Reserve Divisions huddled in their trenches. Read more
Military Heritage
July 2014
Volume 16, No. 1
COVER: British soldiers go over the top at night near Mory, France, during World War I. When American forces joined the fighting, AEF commander General “Black Jack” Pershing strived for aggressive, open warfare.
Photo: akg-images
July 2014
Military Heritage
Soldiers of God
By John WalkerIn November 1177, Saladin launched his first significant military campaign against a crusader state. With 26,000 men, siege engines, a huge baggage train, and his own personal force of elite Mamluk bodyguards, Saladin marched his Ayyubid army across the Sinai Desert from Egypt into southern Palestine. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage
“Like A Picture Of Hell”
By Chuck LyonsThe two Union generals faced each other on the afternoon of May 1, 1863, at the large house by the Orange Turnpike that had been chosen as the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage
Manstein’s Victorious Panzers
By William E. WelshDeep snow blanketed the steppes surrounding the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov on February 6, 1943. The soldiers of Major Kurt Meyer’s reconnaissance battalion of SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler shivered from the cold. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage
Napoleon’s Dramatic Rescue
By Robert HeegeOn March 18, 1799, a strange thing happened in the Near East backwater that today is Israel. In the years that followed the birth of Jesus, the rise of Christianity, and the fall of Byzantium, things in the region had quieted down considerably since the Mohammedan conquests (apart from the Crusades). Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Editorial
Brother-Knights Held Vast Power
At the height of their power, the Levantine military-religious orders were a political and military force to be reckoned with not only in the Latin East where they were founded, but also in the Latin West where they had vast estates that funneled manpower and supplies east for the fight against the foes of Christendom. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Tacfarinas’ Berber Revolt Against Rome
By Ludwig Heinrich DyckTacfarinas, a former soldier of Rome’s Numidian cavalry, reined in his steed at the edge of the cliff with the ease of one born in the saddle. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Weapons
The German Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
By Robert L. WillettWhen the first shell hit in the dimly lit interior of the German ship, a subdued chorus came from the 29 ships’ officers held prisoner on board. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Intelligence
The Confederate Secret Service
By Peter KrossThe night of April 14, 1865, was one of celebration in Washington, D.C. Just a few days earlier, on April 9, Confederate General Robert E. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Militaria
The Ohio Valley Military Society’s Show of Shows
By Peter SuciuThe Ohio Valley Military Society’s Show of Shows (SOS) remains the biggest military collectibles event in North America. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Books
The Angolan Civil War
By Christopher MiskimonThe Cold War was fought on every continent and hemisphere in thousands of battles, large and small. Americans are mostly familiar with those the nation was directly involved in, such as Korea and Vietnam. Read more
July 2014
Military Heritage, Games
Summer 2014 Military Games
By Joseph LusterCompany of Heroes 2 made a decent splash when it arrived in June of last year, placing players on the Eastern Front of World War II. Read more
