Military Heritage - July 2015 Issue

Features

Terrible Slaughter at Waterloo
Desperate for a decisive victory over the Seventh Coalition, Napoleon failed to smash the Duke of Wellington’s line at Waterloo on June 18, 1815. By David A. Norris

Italy’s Stalingrad
Determined Canadians fought street by street through Ortona in December 1943 against elite German paratroopers who sought to stall the Allied advance up Italy’s Adriatic coast. By Mike Phifer

Conquering the Queen City
A lack of resources and divided command hampered Mansfield Lovell in his defense of New Orleans. The stage was set for David Farragut to win a key victory that hurt the South’s war effort. By Pedro Garcia

Sack of Constantinople
When the Latin Christians of the Fourth Crusade detoured to Constantinople in June 1203 to install Prince Alexius Angelus on the Byzantine throne, they wound up pillaging the city. By William E. Welsh

The Necessity of Drill
To stand up to the British regulars and win American independence, General George Washington needed men who could fire mass volleys, fight with little or no cover, and wield a bayonet. German volunteer Baron Wilhelm von Steuben trained the army to do just that. By Eric Niderost

Departments

Soldiers
German Ace Hans Ulrich Rudel, who destroyed more than 500 Russian tanks on the Eastern Front, was “worth an entire division.” By Ludwig Heinrich Dyck

Weapons
The FN-FAL rifle was the most successful of the NATO military rifles and was used in all four corners of the globe. By Christopher Miskimon

Intelligence
French General Count Jean Rapp saved Emperor Napoleon I’s life three times under widely varying circumstances. By Blaine Taylor