Volume 6, No. 2
General M.D. Skobelev (1843-82) during the Russian-Turkish War, 1883. Courtesy of The Bridgeman Art Library.
October 2004
Military Heritage
By the late 1870s, Turkey, the so-called “Sick Man of Europe,” was in terminal decline. While Sultan Abdul Hamid sequestered himself in his palatial compound through paranoid fear of an assassination, the Ottoman Empire was tearing itself apart. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage
“But so long as the Carthaginians held unchallenged control of the sea, the issue of the war still hung in the balance. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage
For many, the fascination of military history lies in the “What if …” What if Hitler had not ordered the Luftwaffe to shift from bombing RAF airfields to bombing London in 1940? Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage
Following the forced evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk in June 1940, British leaders viewed a dim future. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage
On the morning of July 8, 1758, the largest field army yet gathered by the British Empire in North America stood a mile from a French stone fort in the forests of what was then the colony of New York. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage
On September 7, 1862, Colonel Walter Taylor of General Robert E. Lee’s staff wrote to his sister: “The Yankee papers of the 6th exhibit a gloomy picture for our enemy. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage, Editorial
The casual reader of World War II history will come across the assertion that the Allies in Europe were reading the German codes. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage, Communique
Dear Editors,
I am a subscriber of your magazine Military Heritage. Recently, I have noticed that the tremendous, extraordinary battles and strategies of WWII have at best received minimal coverage. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage
Orderly rows of Sumerian soldiers stretched across the grassy plain, their conical bronze helmets hard and bright under the sizzling sun. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage, Soldiers
In the harbor of Tripoli, the 38-gun frigate USS Philadelphia, pride of the Mediterranean Squadron, lay at anchor. Read more
October 2004
Military Heritage, Intelligence
By 1944, many top generals in Adolf Hitler’s army understood the war was lost and that they had better make arrangements to ensure their safety. Read more
