October 2000
Military Heritage
Major General Braddock’s March on Fort Duquesne
By Colonel John P. Sinnott AUS (Ret.)Seldom was the hand of fate so clearly exposed in the affairs of men as it did during the French and Indian War when Maj. Read more
Military Heritage
October 2000
Volume 2, No. 2
COVER: Don Troiani painted Confederate cavalry leader J.E.B. Stuart in action. Stuart clashed with Federals in October, 1863.
October 2000
Military Heritage
Zenobia’s Bloody War of Independence
By Glenn BarnettThe pages of history tend to dwell on the men who created empires. No matter how ephemeral may be the famed exploits of an Alexander, Caesar or Napoleon, historians have written volumes on their behalf. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage
When the Gods Die: the Battle of Otumba
By Brian GeeslinIn the morning hours of July 8, 1520 Hernando Cortés, with the remnants of his army of Spanish adventurers and Indian allies, neared the crest of mountains overlooking the plain of Otumba (the Spanish corruption of the Nahuatl name of Otompan), an Indian city dominating the valley along Cortés’s line of march. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage
Movie Stars at War
By Richard L. HayesIn the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Americans volunteered for the U.S. armed services in unprecedented numbers. After their service, some would go on to become Hollywood and television stars, like Johnny Carson, ensign on the battleship USS Pennsylvania, patrol craft officer Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis of the submarine Dragonette. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage
Richard the Lionheart’s Victory on the Road to Jerusalem
By Eric NiderostIt was the middle of June 1191, and the Third Crusade was bogged down before the walls of Acre, the largest city and chief port of the former Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage
Lee’s October ’63 Move on Meade
By Robert SuhrIn early October 1863, three months after the setback at Gettysburg, three months after Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was rebuked by his esteemed superior Robert E. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage
Flanks vs. Frontal Attacks: Meade and Lee’s Tactics
by Robert SuhrAll day on July 4, 1863 the Union and Confederate armies stared at each other during the Battle of Gettysburg. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Editorial
Cornelius Ryan
Anyone interested in reading military history sooner or later comes around to Cornelius Ryan, known to his friends as Connie. He wrote stunning books on World War II: The Last Battle, about the struggle for Berlin; A Bridge Too Far, about the ill-fated race to cross the Rhine bridge at Arnhem in 1944; and, of course, the book with which his fame will always be linked, The Longest Day. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Weapons
Curtiss Flying Jennies Pursue Pancho Villa Across Northern Mexico
by M. L. WebsterAt four-thirty on the morning of March 19, 1916, the sound of gunfire echoed through the streets of Columbus, New Mexico, a border settlement of adobe houses, a bank, a post office and a few stores surrounded by cactus, mesquite and rattlesnakes. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Sargon the Great and the World’s First Professional Army
by Brian GeeslinIn about 2340 BC, the king of the ancient city of Kish, Ur-Zababa, was ousted from his throne by one of his courtiers who went by the name of Sargon, who would later be known as King Sargon the Great. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Intelligence
The Largest Plot to Kill Hitler? – Operation Valkyrie
by Blaine TaylorFor Nazi Party Führer (Leader) and German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler, July 20th, 1944 dawned as a routine working day at his principal wartime military headquarters, the Wolfsschanze (Fort Wolf) in the East Prussian forest of Rastenburg, some three hundred air miles from Berlin, in what is today Poland. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Militaria
Imperial Russian Army Uniforms
By Kevin MahoneyThe Russian Army of World War I is comparatively unknown in the West when compared with the other major combatants of that conflict. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Books
Good reading on an officer of the Revolution, Admiral Nelson, Tankers in Iraq and more.
By Major Dominic J. CaracciloJohn Laurens’ identity, indeed his very being, was tied directly to his status as an officer during the American Revolution. Read more
October 2000
Military Heritage, Simulation Gaming
Commanding WWII tanks and Japanese feudal armies.
By Eric T. BakerSteel Panthers was a great DOS game. It was WW II tank combat at its best in the same format as all the wonderful Avalon Hill games people used to play before they had computers. Read more
