Military Heritage January 2019
Longstreet’s Hammer Blow at Manassas
By Joshua ShepherdIn the rolling fields on the south side of the Warrenton Turnpike, the men of the 5th New York of Colonel Gouverneur K. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Soldiers: Edward O.C. Ord
By Frank Jastrzembki
Five busts of his greatest lieutenants during the Civil War watch over the sarcophagus of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Curt Prufer’s German Espionage in the Near East
By Kevin Morrow
Robert Mors was in serious trouble. Immigration officials had stopped him for questioning upon his arrival at the port of Alexandria, Egypt, from Istanbul, and they immediately became suspicious. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Spain’s Invincible Admiral
By William E. WelshOn June 27, 1570, an Ottoman fleet sailed against Venetian-held Cyprus during the reign of Sultan Selim II. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Weapons: WWII PT Boats
By William F. Floyd, Jr.
Late in the day on October 24, 1944, all of the available 39 patrol torpedo (PT) boats of the U.S. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Race to Moscow
By Victor KamenirThe troops of Germany’s Army Group Center were more than a week into a fresh offensive to capture Moscow on July 14 when they approached the historic battlefield of Borodino where the Russians delayed Napoleon’s advance on Moscow in 1812. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Alexander Nevsky’s Glorious Victory
By John E. SpindlerThe mass of heavily armored crusader knights swept across the frozen surface of Lake Peipus toward the Novgorodian troops that waited anxiously on the eastern shore. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Clash of Giants
By Eric Niderost
On the evening of July 4, 1809, Emperor Napoleon’s Grande Armee prepared to cross a narrow waterway from Lobau Island to Marchfelt, a large, flat plain that bordered the eastern banks of the sinuous Danube River. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
The Legendary Conflicts of Ancient China Make Their Total War Debut
By Joseph Luster
Creative Assembly’s Total War series has been running since the debut of Shogun: Total War back in 2000, spiraling through plenty of historical eras in the intervening years. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
A Fierce Glory: The Battle of Antietam
By Christopher Miskimon
In the late afternoon of September 17, 1862 the 7th Maine Regiment received new orders. The Battle of Antietam had raged throughout the day. Read more
Military Heritage January 2019
Archduke Charles: Napoleon’s Worthy Opponent
To say the Austrians despised the French after they were vanquished by them in 1805 at Ulm and Austerlitz is an understatement. Read more
