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
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage
On the chilly night of February 8, 1904, the Imperial Russian Navy’s Pacific Squadron lay peacefully at anchor just outside Port Arthur’s main harbor. Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage
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
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage
The United States had not yet entered World War II when Time magazine noted that the Army had created two new armored divisions. Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage
As the Civil War continued in the spring of 1864, a Shenandoah Valley resident lamented, “Our prospects look gloomy, very gloomy.” Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage
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, Editorial
“All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys,” author Herman Melville wrote. That was certainly true of the American Civil War, when some 70 percent of the troops on either side were 23 or younger, and the median age for a soldier was 18. Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage, Soldiers
After September 17, 1631, half of Germany feared that God was a Protestant. The other half was sure of it. Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage, Intelligence
No sooner had the last shot of World War II been fired than a new, different kind of conflict began. Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage, Weapons
On November 17, 1915, Major Smedley Butler and a small force of U.S. Marines approached the old French bastion of Fort Riviere in Haiti. Read more
Late Spring 2013
Military Heritage, Militaria
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
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
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
