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Ask MHQ: Was Patton Bipolar?

ehoward — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:54:26 +0000

Carlo D'Este, Patton's biographer, considers the mental health of the great general.

Ask MHQ: Planes, Tanks, and Motorcycles?

ehoward — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:15:21 +0000

The Harley-Davidson joins the cavalry.

Ask MHQ: Who Was Known as the General of Europe?

ehoward — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:00:22 +0000

Was Prince Francis Eugene of Savoy and Carignan—a favorite of Napoleon's and Frederick the Great—"the General of Europe"?

Ask MHQ—North or South: Whose Was the Army of the Rebellion?

ehoward — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:10:04 +0000

Nowadays "Army of the Rebellion" is most commonly used to refer to the Confederates, but during the American Civil War the term was often applied to the Union forces as well.

Ask MHQ: Of Belts, Sashes, and Silk Net

Jennifer Berry — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:50:55 +0000

Anything about military history you’ve always wanted to know? Submit your question to us at MHQeditor@weiderhistory.com. You can even suggest the expert you’d like us to query. Q: What is the origin of the belts that United States Navy and Army officers have been wearing since at least the Civil War?

Ask MHQ: How Hirohito Escaped the Hangman's Noose

Jennifer Berry — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:47:25 +0000

Hirohito in dress uniform, c. 1935 (Library of Congress).Q: Had the Allies captured Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini alive, they would certainly have been tried as war criminals. In Japan's case, Emperor Hirohito was not. There is no possible …

Ask MHQ: Any Reason the U.S. Legion of Merit Looks Like the French Legion of Honor?

ehoward — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:07:41 +0000

The U.S. Legion of Merit was intended to recognize foreign military officers after World War II and may have been modeled on the French Legion of Honor awarded to so many American servicemen in World War I.

Ask MHQ: Robert Citino's Top 10 German Military Commanders

ehoward — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:59:26 +0000

Military historian Robert Citino responds to an MHQ reader's query, ranking his top 10 German and Prussian military commanders from the Age of Frederick to 1945.

Ask MHQ: Why Wasn't Davout at Waterloo?

ehoward — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:11:34 +0000

Instead of using Davout in the Waterloo campaign, Napoleon preferred to keep the Iron Marshal in the capital, fulfilling the three vital roles he was appointed to on April 30: minister of war, governor of Paris, and commander in chief of the national guard.

Ask MHQ: North Vietnamese Perspective on the Tet Offensive

ehoward — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:30:39 +0000

The leadership in Hanoi knew that the 1968 Tet Offensive would be a gamble but MHQ author James H. Willbanks outlines how the offensive achieved some stunning psychological successes, particularly in the opening phases.