March 2019
Military Heritage
Grant’s Ordeal at the Battle of Shiloh
By Eric NiderostIt was raining heavily, a deluge of almost Biblical proportions that hammered down on the exhausted men of the Union’s Army of the Tennessee. Read more
Military Heritage
March 2019
Volume 20, No. 5
Cover: American soldiers move through rough terrain searching for NVA troops during a patrol in Vietnam in 1966.
Photo: Alamy
March 2019
Military Heritage
Bloody Clash at the Battle of Ia Drang
By Christopher MiskimonSpecialist 4 George McDonald leaped out of a UH-1 helicopter on November 14, 1965, into a hellish firefight. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage
Roman Army Pluck at the Battle of Pydna
By Tim MillerWhat began as a polite truce between armies that allowed each to draw water from the same river turned into the battle that would give Greece to Rome. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage
The Battle of Varna: “Let Us Fight with Bravery”
By Alexander ZakrzewskiDuring the mid-14th century, a new theater of the crusades erupted, this time on the doorstep of Christian Europe. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage
Clawed by the Austrian Eagle at the Battle of Custoza
By Robert HeegeIt was June 24, 1866, late in the afternoon of a northern Italian summer, and Venice, the jewel of the Adriatic, was bleeding again. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage, Editorial
Weighing the Odds of Crusader Success
The christian crusaders that marched south into Ottoman Rumelia in 1444 bet heavily that the combined power of Poland, Hungary, and Wallachia would prove sufficient to break the iron grip the Ottoman Porte had on the southern Balkans. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage, Weapons
Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley
By William F. Floyd, Jr.At the start of the American Civil War in April 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that he planned to blockade the Confederacy by stationing warships in waters off its shores. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Matthias Corvinus
By William E. WelshEncased in mail and armor, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Hungary’s Black Army stood rigidly at attention on a warm summer day in late August 1487 at Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Italian War Criminal Rodolfo Graziani
By Blaine TaylorThe town of Affile in Italy’s Lazio region erected a mausoleum to Italian Army Marshal Rodolfo Graziani in August 2012. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage, Books
Review: F-86 vs. MiG-15
By Christopher MiskimonThe F-86 Sabre was the iconic American fighter of the Korean War era. The struggle was the first war that pitted jet fighter aircraft against each other. Read more
March 2019
Military Heritage, Games
War Game Devs Run Into Unique Problems With Afghanistan ‘11
By Joseph Luster World of Warships: LegendsAt the time of this writing we’re fresh into the new year, so naturally that means it’s time to turn our attention toward a new port of one of Wargaming’s biggest titles. Read more
