Military Heritage - January 2015 Issue

Features

Rommel Repulsed
British and Commonwealth troops endured repeated attacks by the Afrika Korps from April to December 1941 to retain the port of Tobruk for the Allies.
By Robert Heege

Divine Winds triumphant
In the 13th century, Kublai Khan twice attempted to conquer Japan. But the Great Kahn seriously underestimated the skill and courage of the Japanese samurai—and failed to take into account the perils faced by armadas.
By Eric Niderost

Grand Clash on the Chesapeake
Comte de Grasse outmaneuvered Rear Admiral Graves on September 5, 1781, in a naval battle that sealed the fate of Lord Cornwallis’s army at Yorktown.
By David A. Norris

Bloody Showdown at Stanley
Elite British troops launched a series of daring assaults in mid-June 1982 against Argentine outposts protecting Port Stanley in the final phase of the Falklands War.
By Christopher Miskimon

Napoleon’s Triumph over Prussia
In the double battle of Jena and Auerstedt fought October 14, 1806, against the Prussians, Napoleon proved yet again his ability to turn near defeat into a stunning triumph.
By Arnold Blumberg

Columns

Weapons
Inventor John Griffen’s 3-inch Ordnance Rifle was one of the safest, most reliable, and most accurate cannons of the American Civil War.

Soldiers
Maryland’s Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Towson’s greatest hour was as an artillery commander in the trying days of the War of 1812.

Intelligence
Mounting circumstantial evidence has given new credence to the theory that General George S. Patton, Jr., was killed by a conspiracy.

Books
A series of miscalculations led to the Korean War, the Cold War arms race, and pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.