Volume 19, No. 5
Cover: A New York Militia soldier from the 14th Brooklyn Regiment advances against Confederates. See story page 48. Painting: Don Troiani, Bridgeman Art Library.
March 2018
Military Heritage
A stark dichotomy was evident among the Americans defending Breed’s Hill on June 17, 1775. One type of provincial soldier stood ready to give his life in defense of liberty that day. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage
On the last day of May 1862, heavy gunfire rumbled and thundered in the distance beyond the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage
The 68 men of the Corps of Guides at the British Residency in Kabul all perished on September 3, 1879, but they died a magnificent death. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage
After five hours of continuous slaughter, an eerie calm descended on the blood-soaked plain near the Roman city of Adrianople. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage
In the late evening of March 29, 1432, Murad II, sultan of the Ottoman Turks, awaited the imminent birth of his child to one of his harem wives. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage, Editorial
The Ottoman army’s bombards played a key role in its successful conquest of Constantinople during the epic siege of 1453. In the 15th century the great powers of medieval Europe paid talented gunsmiths to build massive bombards to batter walls and shorten the length of sieges. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage, Weapons
An armada of German Heinkel He-111 bombers droned through the Ukrainian night sky on September 21, 1944, en route to Poltava Airfield in the Ukraine for a mission against American bombers parked at the base. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage, Intelligence
The Herald, like other major New York newspapers, was packed with classified ads on November 1, 1863. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage, Profiles
Jan Zizka belongs to the elite group of leaders who never lost a battle. He was born on or around 1360 in the village of Trocnov in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage, Books
Young Winston Churchill expected to enter battle on September 1, 1898, but instead he watched as British gunboats bombarded Dervish forts. Read more
March 2018
Military Heritage, Games
Sometimes you just can’t get the full experience of a game from the original smartphone version, and that goes doubly so for most titles with war as the subject matter. Read more
