Volume 20, No. 1
Cover: Members of the 3rd Armored Division ride their
Sherman tank into battle. The division participated in the Allied effort prevent the German Seventh Army from escaping through the Falaise Gap.
Photo: National Archives
July 2018
Military Heritage
The Union soldiers of Colonel Harrison Fairchild’s brigade prepared to attack uphill against a key Rebel position on the outskirts of Sharpsburg at 3 pm on September 17, 1862. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage
After a summer of starvation and siege had been imposed on the city’s people during the fall of Jerusalem, the great Second Temple was finally on fire. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, who was attired in civilian clothing in keeping with his role as an observer for U.S. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage
By Eric Niderost
King Frederick II of Prussia was busy writing dispatches, his face a study of grim determination as he scribbled out the words by the light of a guttering candle. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage
Smoke from hundreds of cannon muzzles fueled an ever thickening fog hovering over the Caribbean Sea south of the French-occupied colony of San Domingo on February 6, 1806. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Editorial
Prussian King Frederick II “The Great” inherited from his father an army ready for war. Frederick William I had entrusted the training of his infantry to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Soldiers
A major fight was in the offing when the first streaks of dawn appeared over Savannah, Georgia, on the morning of October 9, 1779. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Weapons
World War I was only a few days old when the German light cruiser SMS Emden, patrolling off the Korean Peninsula, spotted its first target. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Word spread like wildfire through Martinsburg in northeastern Virginia that the Yankees were on the move. On July 2, 1861 Maj. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Books
The Germans advanced against the U.S. Marines in Belleau Wood at 2 pm on June 4, 1918. Among the first Marines to see the coming assault were several snipers hidden atop a haystack at the Les Mares Farm. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Games
There are so many unique ways to convey the reality of war in video games, so we always have our eyes open for something fresh and exciting. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Games
For something on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam takes the historical environment of the Vietnam War and uses it as the setting for massive 64-player battles. Read more
July 2018
Military Heritage, Simulation Gaming
Turn based strategy games for the Xbox seem to be as rare as hens teeth. Daisenryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics is an import from Japan, and 30% of all the Xbox owners there purchased a copy. Read more
