May 2017
Military Heritage
Masterstroke at Friedland
By Coley CowanFriedland was burning. The darkening sky of late afternoon on June 14, 1807, was deepened further by the ashes swirling in the narrow streets. Read more
Military Heritage
May 2017
Volume 18, No. 6
COVER: “Vive l’Empereur!” by Édouard Detaille shows the French 4th Hussar’s charge on the Russians at the the Battle of Friedland. Photo: Google Art Project.
May 2017
Military Heritage
Russian Bear’s Rampage
By Robert HeegeIt was late in the morning of November 30, 1853, and the Black Sea was living up to its name. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage
Battle of Hurtgen Forest: Hell in a Dark Wood
By Raymond E. BellAt the town of Schmidt in the Hürtgen Forest, it was hard to see through the thick mist and steady drizzle on the cold and damp morning of Saturday, November 4, 1944. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman’s Futile Assault
By John WalkerShortly after dawn on June 27, 1864, Union artillery crews sprang into action on 200 guns facing miles of the Confederate defenses along the Kennesaw Line near Marietta, Georgia. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage
Vanguard of Elephants on the Hydaspes River
By Gabrielle EspositoThe Macedonian soldiers stood transfixed on the flood plain as the Pauravan army advanced toward them. The ground shook with each step the great lumbering war elephants took as they advanced toward the wide-eyed Greeks. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Editorial
Forest of Horrors
The woods were close-planted fir trees, and the shell-bursts tore and smashed them, and the splinters from the tree bursts were like javelins in the half-light of the forest,” wrote war correspondent Ernest Hemingway of the experience of Lt. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Weapons
German light and heavy armored cars enabled scouts to gather vital intelligence for panzer units.
By William E. WelshFollowing World War I, Visionaries within the German Reichswehr formulated and refined concepts for mobile warfare built around tanks. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Governor-General Charles Gordon’s Death in Khartoum
By Joshua ShepherdFor British authorities in Egypt, the contents of the diary that had been smuggled out of Khartoum, Sudan, contained devastating intelligence. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Raid on St. Nazaire
By William F. Floyd, Jr.The British flotilla moved with determination into the Loire estuary after midnight on May 28, 1942. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Books
Book Review: Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
By Christopher MiskimonThe men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment began a hard march at 8:30 am on February 20, 1864. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Books
Book Reviews: Nine Literary Picks For May 2017
By Christopher Miskimon Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World(Adrian Goldsworthy, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2016, 513 pp., Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Games
Kalypso Returns With a Beloved Real-time Strategy Series
By Eric T. BakerKalypso is back with more from the Sudden Strike series, which means we get to return to the battlefields of World War II in an updated and more realistic manner than before. Read more
May 2017
Military Heritage, Games
Ubisoft Montreal Tries on Something New With for Honor
By Eric T. BakerWhen you first get your hands on Ubisoft Montreal’s For Honor, you might not know quite what to make of it. Read more
