Military Heritage - July 2016 Issue

Features

“God Has Been Our Shield”
At Cross Keys and Port Republic in June 1862, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and his men proved more than a match for the Union forces trying to stop them. By Joshua Shepherd

Near Disaster at Salerno
Four days after the Allies landed at Salerno, the Germans launched a devastating counterattack. As a result, the entire operation teetered on the brink of disaster. By Arnold Blumberg

Greek Triumph at Plataea
Persian General Mardonius saw an opportunity to crush the Greeks in July 479 bc near Thebes. Instead, the Greeks outfought their mighty foe. By Eric Niderost

Infantryman’s War Atop Pork Chop Hill
The climactic struggle for control of Hill 255 in July 1953 pitted hordes of determined Chinese infantry against gritty U.S. soldiers in an around-the-clock, five-day battle. By Phil Zimmer

The Fall of Seringapatam
The British resolved to reduce the power of French ally Tipu Sultan during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. When he refused their demands, they stormed his main fortress in 1799. By Charles Hilbert

Departments

Soldiers
In addition to his legendary exploits as a trapper and guide, Kit Carson also was an excellent U.S. Army soldier.

Weapons
Thaddeus Lowe and his Union Army Balloon Corps pioneered aerial reconnaissance over some of the first battlefields of the American Civil War. 

Intelligence
The single-seat Focke-Wulf FW-190 fighter aircraft helped to even the odds against enemy fighters.