Military Heritage - November 2016 Issue

Features

One Gallant Rush
The African Americans of the 54th Massachusetts stood up to the guns of Charleston’s Fort Wagner in a bloody assault in 1863. In so doing, they proved themselves worthy Union soldiers. By Eric Niderost

When the Last Banner Falls
Sultan Khalil’s Muslims besieged King Henry II of Jerusalem’s Crusaders at Acre in 1291. The Muslims proved unstoppable. By William E. Welsh

“The Devil Must Have Brought Them”

When Louis XIV’s generals achieved success in Flanders midway through the War of the Spanish Succession in 1708 it fell once again to the Duke of Marlborough to even the score. By David A. Norris 

Paratroop Brawl at Carentan
The objective for the 101st Airborne Division after D-Day was the capture of a German-held town between the Utah and Omaha sectors. The gutsy paratroopers proved equal to the task. By William F. Floyd, Jr.

Clash of the Chariot Armies
The Egyptians and Hittites fought a great chariot battle at Kadesh in 1274 bc. At stake was control of the Near East. By Erich B. Anderson

Departments

Soldiers
Benjamin Church embraced Native American warfare, earning the respect and dread of his foes during King Philip’s War. 

Weapons
The Luftwaffe sent the Me-262 jet fighter aloft in the final months of World War II in a vain effort to challenge Allied air superiority.

Museum
Budapest’s Hadtorteneti Museum chronicles nearly two centuries of Hungary’s military heritage.