Military History

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.

Odyssey of the Ten Thousand

Military History • NOVEMBER 2020 VOL. 37, NO. 4

Trench Art

75TH WWII ANNIVERSARY MAY BE LAST FOR VETERANS

WWI Museum to Reach Students

Constitution Open to Public

RANGER RECEIVES MEDAL OF HONOR

CONGRESS TO HONOR WWII ARMY RANGERS

WAR RECORD

LAST OF THE NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS?

Victoria Cross For Aussie Hero

Nat’l Museum for Mounted Warriors in the Works

USS Texas Has New Caretaker

USS New Jersey Shuts to Public

WILMINGTON NAMED WWII HERITAGE CITY

JAPAN COMPENSATES ‘BLACK RAIN’ VICTIMS

WAR FOR SALE • One never knows what historic relic might end up on the open market.

Interview War and Justice

Valor Italy’s African Eagle

What We Learned From… The Battle of Long Island, 1776

Hardware Springfield M1903

WOMEN OF WAR • From Cleopatra to Elizabeth and Njinga to Meir, strong women have proved every bit as resolute as their male counterparts

IF GOD IS FOR US • As Scottish invaders challenged a usurper to the English throne in 1138, the pretender’s army raised a sacred standard heavenward in divine appeal

Battle of the Standard

TOMMY’S OTHER GUNS • John Thompson’s namesake submachine gun became the stuff of legend, but his other firearms and ammunition innovations are nothing to sneeze at

TEMPLE OF DOOM • SS leader Heinrich Himmler transformed a fabled German cathedral into a Nazi shrine

KOREA • It has been called ‘the first war we lost,’ but South Korea’s very existence suggests otherwise

‘ABLEST SOLDIER OF HIS AGE’ • Frederick Schomberg fought staunch enemies and former allies alike during his six-decade European military career

Women at War

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Hallowed Ground The Great Chain, West Point, N.Y.

War Games

Dog of War • Butch, a 1-month-old mixed-breed puppy, watches over his owner’s M1918 155 mm howitzer in May 1940 during a lull in the U.S. Army’s massive Louisiana Maneuvers.