Military Heritage

Late Spring 2013

Volume 14, No. 6

COVER: American tanks roll through a German town during the final days of World War II in Europe.
Photo: Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York

The Crusader vanguard composed of French and Burgundian knights penetrates the forward position of Bayezid’s army defended by skirmishers armed with bows.

Late Spring 2013

Military Heritage

Crusader Disaster At Nicopolis

By Louis Ciotola

In the late 14th century, a new and seemingly irresistible force was emerging in the East, the likes of which Europe had not seen for centuries. Read more

Bayonet-wielding troops in the British 31st Regiment of Foot overwhelm Sikh artillerists at Mukdi, the opening battle of the bloody First Sikh War between Great Britain and the Sikh empire.

Late Spring 2013

Military Heritage

The Battle of Sobraon: Indian Waterloo

By Mike Phifer

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of the Sikh empire in northern India, was dead. Under his intrepid leadership, starting in 1799, Afghan control over Punjab, or Five Rivers Land, was thrown off and the Sikh empire flourished over the next 40 years. Read more

Late Spring 2013

Military Heritage, Soldiers

Albrecht von Wallenstein

By Don Hollway

After September 17, 1631, half of Germany feared that God was a Protestant. The other half was sure of it. Read more

Wary Marines in a jeep watch the air war erupt above them in another diorama in the World War II Gallery.

Late Spring 2013

Military Heritage, Militaria

The National Museum of the Marine Corps

By Al Hemingway

Twenty miles outside Washington, D.C., at Quantico, Virginia, motorists traveling on Interstate 95 will come upon an unusual building that is clearly visible, day or night. Read more

Late Spring 2013

Military Heritage, Books

America’s First Prisoners of War in the Philippines

By Al Hemingway

On the morning of April 12, 1899, a U.S. Navy cutter from the USS Yorktown with a crew of 14 sailors and one officer cautiously made its way up the Baler River in the province of Aurora in the northeastern section of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Read more

Late Spring 2013

Military Heritage, Games

Spring Military Games

By Joseph Luster

Ever since its inception, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has enjoyed a tenuous grip on history. Lovingly rendered locales and a compelling narrative device are a couple of the chief reasons behind its lasting—and at this point steadily increasing—success, but until recently Ubisoft has only taken Assassin’s Creed’s wild historical fiction so far. Read more