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Military History

Jan 01 2020
Magazine

Military History is the nation’s oldest and most popular war magazine devoted to the history of warfare. Topics include naval history, army, infantry and foot soldiers from all branches of the military.

MILITARY HISTORY • JANUARY 2020 VOL. 36, NO. 5

On the Bottle

News

LESSONS FROM THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

News

Interview Four Hours of Fury

Valor The Fabled ‘Shipka’

What We Learned From… The Battle of Mollwitz, 1741

Hardware Vought F4U-7 Corsair

POCKETFUL OF DEATH • In 1993 a United Nations force of Canadian and French peacekeepers was tasked with creating a buffer zone between warring Serbs and Croats. It came too late

The Great Divorce

DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR • As World War II turned against Japan, its military resorted to weapons beyond desperation

UNCLE SAM’S INTERVENTION • Landing in Nicaragua in 1927 amid bitter civil strife, U.S. Marines honed their counterinsurgency techniques

THE CRUCIBLE OF ANTIOCH • Fortunes turned for the opposing Christian and Muslim armies in this pivotal clash of the 1095–99 First Crusade

SHADOWS OF INDOCHINA • During the 1946–54 First Indochina War, French-led guerrillas fought an ultimately losing battle deep within communist territory

THE FIGHT FOR THE 14TH COLONY • At the onset of the American Revolution the British and Americans each sought to sway New England settlers and First Nations tribes in Nova Scotia

The Army’s Pacific

Hallowed Ground 1690 Battle of the Boyne, Ireland

War Games

Bombsnuffers • In July 1940 British factory workers demonstrate the use of a long-handled device intended to smother incendiary bombs dropped by German aircraft—though it looks as though a user would have to get rather close to a burning bomb for the device to be effective.


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Frequency: One time Pages: 84 Publisher: HistoryNet Edition: Jan 01 2020

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  • Release date: October 29, 2019

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Military History is the nation’s oldest and most popular war magazine devoted to the history of warfare. Topics include naval history, army, infantry and foot soldiers from all branches of the military.

MILITARY HISTORY • JANUARY 2020 VOL. 36, NO. 5

On the Bottle

News

LESSONS FROM THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

News

Interview Four Hours of Fury

Valor The Fabled ‘Shipka’

What We Learned From… The Battle of Mollwitz, 1741

Hardware Vought F4U-7 Corsair

POCKETFUL OF DEATH • In 1993 a United Nations force of Canadian and French peacekeepers was tasked with creating a buffer zone between warring Serbs and Croats. It came too late

The Great Divorce

DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR • As World War II turned against Japan, its military resorted to weapons beyond desperation

UNCLE SAM’S INTERVENTION • Landing in Nicaragua in 1927 amid bitter civil strife, U.S. Marines honed their counterinsurgency techniques

THE CRUCIBLE OF ANTIOCH • Fortunes turned for the opposing Christian and Muslim armies in this pivotal clash of the 1095–99 First Crusade

SHADOWS OF INDOCHINA • During the 1946–54 First Indochina War, French-led guerrillas fought an ultimately losing battle deep within communist territory

THE FIGHT FOR THE 14TH COLONY • At the onset of the American Revolution the British and Americans each sought to sway New England settlers and First Nations tribes in Nova Scotia

The Army’s Pacific

Hallowed Ground 1690 Battle of the Boyne, Ireland

War Games

Bombsnuffers • In July 1940 British factory workers demonstrate the use of a long-handled device intended to smother incendiary bombs dropped by German aircraft—though it looks as though a user would have to get rather close to a burning bomb for the device to be effective.


Expand title description text