November 2018 Archives

Military Heritage

Gavin’s Sky Soldiers

By Joshua Shepherd

By mid-afternoon on September 20, 1944, the deceptively placid waters of Holland’s Waal River were wreathed in dense clouds of smoke. Read more

Military Heritage

Battle of Perryville: Death in the Kentucky Hills

By Mike Phifer

Confederate Brig. Gen. George Maney maintained tight control of the three regiments in his first line as he pressed his attack against a key position on the extreme left flank of the Union Army on the afternoon of October 8, 1862. Read more

Sir John Stuart’s British army presses its attack against the French at Maida in a painting by Franco-British painter Philip James de Loutherbourg. London sent Stuart from Sicily to check the French aggression in Calabria.

Military Heritage

French Collapse at Maida

By Simon Rees

The soldiers of the French 1st Light Infantry surged forward toward the double line of the British Light Battalion. Read more

Military Heritage

War of Sieges

By Eric Niderost

In the summer of 1216 a large French army appeared just outside the gates of Dover Castle, a magnificent fortress on the southeast coast of England. Read more

Military Heritage

“Italy Is Ours”

By David A. Norris

Deep in a brick-lined tunnel, grenadiers of the army of Louis XIV hacked at a sturdy wooden door. Read more

Military Heritage, Editorial

King John the Tyrant

The tension between the king and his barons always seemed to be ready to explode into civil war during the reign of the three Angevin kings of England. Read more

Military Heritage, Intelligence

Conspiracy: The Death of Stephen Decatur

By Mark Carlson

To die for personal honor is a long-vanished custom of the pre-industrial age. But 200 years ago it still held great meaning for men, particularly in politics and the military. Read more

Military Heritage, Weapons

The M50A1 Ontos Anti-tank Vehicle

By William F. Floyd, Jr.

On January 30, 1968, eight battalions of North Vietnamese Army infantry infiltrated the city of Hue in South Vietnam. Read more

Military Heritage, Soldiers

Ancient Greek General Epaminondas

By Tim Miller

Astounding news swept through Greece in the summer of 371 bc. In Boeotia, a crossroads for armies that was usually littered with the dead of its own citizens, the invading Spartans had been beaten, and one of their two kings had been slain in battle. Read more