Military Heritage Magazine Winter 2024 Vorige editie

BREAKING OUT OF HELL
By Ludwig H. Dyck
In the winter of 1944, the Red Army encircled and battered six divisions of Germany’s
Army Group South in the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket.
THE BATTLE OF HAGERSTOWN
By Daniel Murphy
Close-quarter cavalry clash on Hagerstown streets as Lee retreats from defeat at Gettysburg.
FRENCH REVENGE AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF
THE MARNE By Joshua Shepherd
Battered for three weeks in the “Great Retreat” before the Imperial German army,
French and British forces counterattacked at the Marne River.
MARENGO: DEFEAT AND VICTORY IN A DAY
By Eric Niderost
After masterful maneuvers, young Napoleon falters badly and nearly loses it all.
MARCUS CRASSUS, ALEXANDER,
AND THE BATTLE OF CARRHAE
By Glenn Barnett
How Marcus Crassus’ pride, greed and hero-worship of Alexander the Great lead to
the tragic end of the richest man in Rome.
THE GREAT COMANCHE RAID OF 1840
By Eric Niderost
After the debacle of the Council House treaty meeting between the Comanche and
the President of Texas, Chief Buffalo Hump vowed to drive the anglos into the sea.
RISING TO CRUSH AN INVADER
By Jonathan North
Hoping to expel the French, a host of Italians sound the charge at Fornovo, only to
confront a result they had not expected.