June 2009
Military Heritage
Stand-up Fight at Peachtree Creek
By Arnold BlumbergDuring the early afternoon of July 9, 1864, the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment of Maj. Gen. John M. Read more
Military Heritage
June 2009
Volume 10, No. 6
COVER: Manfred von Richthofen’s Band of Brothers pose for a photograph during “Bloody April” 1917. Photo courtesy of O’Brien Browne
June 2009
Military Heritage
Indian Victory in Bangladesh
By William StroockAfter the British left India in 1947, abandoning the jewel in their centuries-long empire, the subcontinent was partitioned into two states, India and Pakistan. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage
No Quarter at Drogheda
By Al HemingwayOn the morning of September 2, 1649, peering over the immense 20-foot-high wall that surrounded the Irish city of Drogheda, English Royalist general Sir Arthur Aston did not like what he saw. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage
Faces of World War I
By David DeJongeNovember 11, 2008, marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Some 4,734,991 American soldiers served in the conflict, and 116,516 Americans lost their lives during the nation’s two-year participation in the war—a casualty rate far surpassing the deaths incurred in the combined wars of Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage
The Red Baron’s Band of Brothers
By O’Brien BrowneLike a swarm of ungainly dragonflies, a squadron of six British RE8 observation aircraft droned over the trenches of northern France on the afternoon April 13, 1917. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage
Edward Longshanks & William Wallace at Falkirk
By John WalkerAfter the disastrous Battle of Dunbar in April 1296, the Scottish revolt against England stalled for more than a year until a rebel force led by Andrew de Moray and William Wallace rekindled the flames of rebellion with a stunning victory over the English at Stirling Bridge. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage, Editorial
The “Gallant” John Bell Hood
By Roy Morris Jr.When Confederate general John Bell Hood assumed command of the embattled Army of Tennessee at Atlanta in mid-July 1864, he was already grievously wounded in both body and spirit. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage, Weapons
German Antiaircraft Defenses
By Allyn VannoyDuring the Allied air campaign against the Third Reich in World War II, well over a million tons of bombs were dropped on German territory, killing nearly 300,000 civilians and wounding another 780,000. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Welsh Adventurer Henry Lloyd
By Adrian LoweFew men in the 18th century lived a life as varied and unpredictable as that of Henry Lloyd. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Joseph Stalin’s Paranoid Purge
By John W. Osborn, Jr.Officer corps expect to suffer heavy losses in war. The entire 1914 class of France’s St. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage, Militaria
Private Military Collector Jacques Littlefield
By Albert MrozWhat may be the world’s largest collection of tanks and half-tracks, as well as other treaded vehicles and related artifacts, is not in the hands of any government branch or army office. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage, Books
The Disastrous Battle of Carrhae
By Al HemingwayNo man in Rome was richer or more influential than Marcus Licinius Crassus, a member of the powerful First Triumvirate that included Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. Read more
June 2009
Military Heritage
Two New Games For Civil War Buffs
By Eric T. BakerMosby’s Confederacy from Tilted Mill Entertainment for the PC and available on both Steam and Gamers Gate is a combined tactical and strategic level game about the mechanics of partisan warfare in the Civil War. Read more
