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
Military Heritage
Spring 2020
Volume 21, No. 5
Cover: A soldier of the Waffen-SS poses with a Bergmann MP-28 somewhere in the Soviet Union in 1941.
Photo: Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Melters-074-14; Photo: Melters
Spring 2020
Military Heritage
Prussian Blunder at Hochkirch
By David NorrisCannons 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
By Christopher MiskimonIn 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
By Victor KamenirWell 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
By David A. NorrisAs 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
By Eric NiderostJoseph 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
By William E. WelshOn 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
By William F. Floyd Jr.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
By Johnny ShumateThe 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
By William E. WelshAs 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
By Christopher MiskimonBalikpapan 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
By Joseph Luster CommandosFollowing 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
