Military History

Land, naval & air warfare from ancient times to the late 20th century. Military History is the nation’s oldest and most popular magazine devoted to the history of warfare. Each issue contains incisive accounts from top writers and historians who take a fresh look at the commanders, campaigns, battles, and weapons that made history.

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  Matthew Naylor: The Legacy of World War I

  On Nov. 11, 2018, the National World War I Museum, over which Naylor presides, will mark the 100th anniversary of the war’s end ...

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  S-75 Dvina

  The Soviet-made S-75 Dvina (NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missile was a Cold War design adapted for nonnuclear warfare...

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  Great Guns!

  In service to the British empire in Canada and South Africa, American machine gunner Arthur ‘Gat’ Howard lived up to his rat-a-tat nickname...

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  High Tide of Viking Ireland

  At Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 the Irish united under High King Brian Boru to drive out Viking invaders...

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  SMS Wolf

  German merchant raiders like Wolf plagued Allied shipping during World War I...

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  Casey Sherman & Michael Tougias: U-2s Over Cuba

  In their book Above & Beyond authors Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias relate the exploits of U-2 pilots over Cold War Cuba...

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  Hallowed Ground: Bastogne, Belgium

  The Belgian market town of Bastogne sits astride seven roads in the midst of the Ardennes Forest. The Ardennes comprises thick stands of fir and pine trees, gorges, brambled hills and rolling plateaus. Roads are at a premium here, vital...

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  Military History Review: Bunker Hill Museum

  Bunker Hill Museum Charlestown, Mass. On June 17, 1775, vicious fighting broke out on Breed’s Hill in Charlestown, Mass. The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the most significant events of the Revolutionary War. From a hastily...

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  Military History Book Review: Retribution

  Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 by Max Hastings, Knopf, New York, 2008, $35. Max Hastings was a premier 20th century war correspondent. As a military historian he adds to those writing skills and nose for a story a penetrating...

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  Military History Review: Call of Duty 4

  Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare by Activision, 2007, $59.99. This contemporary warfare shooter trades in the franchise’s flak jackets for ghillie suits and its binoculars for red dot laser scopes. Players choose from the British G36c...

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  Military History Book Review: Liberation or Catastrophe?

  Liberation or Catastrophe? Reflections on the History of the 20th Century by Michael Howard, Continuum, New York, 2007, $37.71. Michael Howard writes about what history suggests with regard to the present and the future—perhaps a...

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  Military History Book Review: The Day of Battle

  The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944 by Rick Atkinson, Holt, 2007, $35. Do we really need another book about the World War II campaigns in Sicily and Italy? In this case, the answer is an emphatic yes. If you’ve...

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  Can We Trust the Ancient Texts?

  Some were found lying alive with their thighs and hams cut, laying bare their necks and throats, bid them drain the blood that remained in them. Some were found with their heads plunged into the earth…having suffocated themselves by...

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  Crushed on the Horns of Hattin

  In 1187 Saladin’s Muslim armies drove the Latin Crusaders from the Middle East. On July 4, 1187, the Crusader army in the Latin East, led by Guy of Lusignan, king of Jerusalem, ceased to exist. Saladin’s Muslim armies slaughtered them...

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  The Dreyfus Nightmare

  How the trials of Alfred Dreyfus split an army—and then a nation. The nightmare of Captain Alfred Dreyfus began at 8 a.m. on October 15, 1894, when the 35-year-old artillery officer arrived at the French War Ministry on Paris’ rue...

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  Sniper: America’s Army of One

  Since the invention of the long rifle, snipers have made a tactical difference. In March 2002, during early combat operations in Afghanistan, a Canadian sniper shot and killed an al Qaeda fighter at the remarkable range of 2,430 meters....