Spring 2020

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

Peach Orchard Bloodbath: Day 2 of the Battle of Gettysburg

By Mike Phifer

On July 2, the day of the Battle of Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard conflict, Army of the Potomac commander Maj. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

First Battle of the Naktong Bulge

A battalion of the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) crossed the Naktong River under cover of night on August 5, 1950. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

Prussian Blunder at Hochkirch

Cannons roared and muskets crackled in the darkness below the hill of Rodewitz, but King Frederick the Great of Prussia was in no hurry to move. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

Hitler’s Waffen-SS and the Last Battle in Berlin

In the predawn hours of April 24, 1945, SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg received orders from Army Group Vistula defending Berlin to immediately lead the remnants of the 57th Battalion of the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne from its staging area at the SS training camp at Neustrelitz to the German capital. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

The Great Viking Siege of Paris

Well before the great Viking siege of Paris, more than 300 islands dotted the length of the Seine River, reduced over the centuries by human impact and natural changes to slightly more than 100. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

Last Chance for Victory at Gujrat

As 18 elephant-drawn heavy guns of the British East India Company’s Bengal Artillery opened fire, Major John Fordyce’s troop of the Bengal Horse Artillery rushed their 9-pounders ahead of the infantry. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage

How Winston Churchill Prolonged the Defense of Antwerp in World War I

Joseph Mary Nagle Jefferies, a correspondent for Britain’s Daily Mail, was assigned to cover the opening phases of World War I in Belgium in October 1914. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Editorial

Rans Wright’s “Mad Georgians” at Gettysburg

On the extreme left of the Confederate attack on July 2 against the Union Forces defending Cemetery Ridge, there came a moment when Union commander George Meade’s personal safety was in danger. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Soldiers

Colonel William O. Darby and the U.S. Army Rangers

On the morning of Friday, February 18, 1944, fresh groups of German panzergrenadiers backed by tanks swept south from their defensive positions at Anzio and overran American forward positions at Aprilia, eight miles north of the landing beaches. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Weapons

The Essential Role of Navy PBR Boats in the Vietnam War

The U.S. Navy deployed a variety of small boats to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, but perhaps the best known of these is the river patrol boat. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Uniform

Uniform: Knight Templar 1240

The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, also known as the Order of the Temple, was the first religious military order of the Latin Church. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Valor

Marine Sergeant Mitchell Paige: Valor on Guadalcanal

As the 33 men of his machine-gun platoon set up their four s along the ridge facing south toward a jungle-shrouded ravine on Guadalcanal where the Japanese were massing for an attack on the evening of October 25, 1942, Marine Sergeant Mitchell Paige crawled in front of their position and rigged a makeshift trip wire designed to alert his troops should Japanese forces approach their line. Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Books

Book Reviews: Douglas MacArthur’s air force, a WW I machine gunner, and more

Balikpapan was the most important oil refinery complex in the Pacific during World War II. Located on the island of Borneo in what was then the Dutch East Indies, one expert considered it “the most complete oil refinery outside the continental limits of the United States.” Read more

Spring 2020

Military Heritage, Games

A Classic Strategy Series Steps Into the Next Gen, and Wars Both Historic and Fantastic Take Center Stage

Following up on the PC version of Commandos 2 – HD Remaster—which has Kalypso Media digging into the past to spruce up a classic of the strategy gaming genre—the publisher recently formed a new studio to look ahead to the future. Read more