Volume 17, No. 2
Cover: Sergeant William Powell served with the British 1st (Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards, photographed in 1856. He wears the Crimean War medal with four clasps, indicat- ing that he served in and was at the Battles of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and Sevasttopol.
Photo: National Army Museum, London / Bridgeman Images
September 2015
Military Heritage
The Ottoman Empire of Sultan Abd al-Majid I was in decline. Less than 200 years before, it had reached its high water mark in 1683 when Ottoman armies surrounded the walls of Vienna, only to be beaten back by the forces of Jan Sobieski, King of Poland, and Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, who were bankrolled by Pope Innocent XI and the Holy League. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage
Lieutenant Colonel William Washington of the Continental 3rd Light Dragoons stood in his stirrups and looked out over the open drover’s field stretching before him. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage
The narrow barge drifted slowly along the Thames River on a muggy summer day in July 1258. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage
In 491 bc, heralds sent by Persian Emperor Darius I traveled throughout Greece with a message for each of the city-states of the Greek peninsula. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage
Captain Odd Isaachsen Willoch knew what had to be done. The 55-year-old career Norwegian officer, commander of an aging coastal defense ship, was looking down the five-inch gun barrels and 21-inch torpedo tubes of the Wilhelm Heidkamp, a state-of-the-art German destroyer. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage, Editorial
The German invasion of Denmark and Norway, known as Operation Weseruebung, heralded a new stage in warfare in which cooperation of air, land, and sea forces was essential for successful offensive operations. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage, Weapons
In the late afternoon of September 1, 1939, the 18th Uhlan Regiment of the Pomorska Cavalry Brigade was holding its position along Poland’s heavily forested northwest frontier when orders arrived to attack the flank of the advancing German 20th Motorized Infantry Division. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage, Soldiers
I can assure you that he has a military mind indeed and in adding experience to the theory he already has, he will become a person of distinction,” Maj. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage, Militaria
The oldest steel warship afloat has survived wars, economic downturns, and even the harsh passage of time, but there was one battle that the USS Olympia (C-6), flagship of the American Asiatic Fleet during the Spanish-American War of 1898, almost was unable to win. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage, Books
The battle of sailor’s creek was a debacle for the confederacy and the death knell of the Army of Northern Virginia. Read more
September 2015
Military Heritage, Games
Fans of classic-style strategy games will be delighted to know that Slitherine Ltd. has another gem on their hands; if they’re not waist-deep into playing it already, that is. Read more
