Military Heritage October 2004
Cold War Spies: General Reinhard Gehlen
By Peter KrossBy 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
Military Heritage October 2004
Napoleon Bonaparte & the Patriotic War of 1812
By Frank QuinnFor 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
Military Heritage October 2004
Battle of Cape Ecnomus & the First Punic War
By Marc G. De Santis“But so long as the Carthaginians held unchallenged control of the sea, the issue of the war still hung in the balance. Read more
Military Heritage October 2004
Hit & Run: British Commandos Striking the Atlantic Wall in Norway
By Donald J. Roberts IIFollowing the forced evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk in June 1940, British leaders viewed a dim future. Read more
Military Heritage October 2004
The Composite Bow: The Medieval Precursor to the Rifle
By O’Brien BrowneOrderly rows of Sumerian soldiers stretched across the grassy plain, their conical bronze helmets hard and bright under the sizzling sun. Read more
Military Heritage October 2004
The 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga
By John F. Murphy, Jr.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
Military Heritage October 2004
Commodore Thomas Macdonough During the First Barbary War
by Steven OssadIn the harbor of Tripoli, the 38-gun frigate USS Philadelphia, pride of the Mediterranean Squadron, lay at anchor. Read more
