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Flammenwerfer: Hell on Earth in the Trenches

Jon Guttman | Published: January 07, 2011 at 12:49 pm
The Flammenwerfer ("flamethrower") first saw battlefield use in World War I at Verdun, France, but the weapon didn't play a decisive role in combat until World War II.

Socket Bayonet: A Musketeer's Weapon of Choice

Jon Guttman | Published: January 07, 2011 at 12:19 pm
The socket bayonet, which saw duty in armies for more than a century, enabled a soldier to fix his bayonet while retaining the ability to fire.

Interview with Military Historian Gary Sheffield

David T. Zabecki | Published: January 07, 2011 at 12:00 pm
In his books "Forgotten Victory" (2001) and "The Chief" (2011), British military historian Gary Sheffield lays to rest many of the persistent myths about World War I and British Army Field Marshal Douglas Haig.

Military History - March 2011 - Letters from Readers

Published: January 06, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Readers letters in the March 2011 issue of Military History sound off about cruelty in the Japanese military in World War II, 10 battles that shaped America, toy soldiers and the linked fates of the U.S. submarines Sculpin and Squalus.

Letter from Military History - March 2011

Michael W. Robbins | Published: January 06, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Though the word "battle" calls to mind history's great conflicts on land, humankind's battles at sea have been every bit as decisive and consequential.

Tragedy at Fismette, France, 1918

Edward G. Lengel | Published: January 06, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Its defense by overmatched American troops exemplified the murderous futility of Western Front fighting

Scientists at Arms: Naturalists in the Military

Richard Conniff | Published: November 09, 2010 at 6:06 pm
In an age of biological discovery, a few modern-day warriors furthered science and saved lives

Game Review: R.U.S.E., by Ubisoft

Published: November 05, 2010 at 3:41 pm
With its new real-time strategy game R.U.S.E., Ubisoft diverts a player's focus from combat to deception.

Book Review: Ghosts of Cannae, by Robert L. O'Connell

HistoryNet Staff | Published: November 05, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Robert L. O'Connell's book Ghosts of Cannae looks at Carthaginian General Hannibal's decisive yet ultimately hollow victory against Rome at Cannae in 216 BC.

Book Review: Russia Against Napoléon, by Dominic Lieven

HistoryNet Staff | Published: November 05, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Dominic Lieven turns Napoleon's invasion of Russia on its head, looking at it from the tsar's perspective, in Russia Against Napoleon.

Brown Bess Musket: The Weapon That Won Waterloo

Jon Guttman | Published: November 04, 2010 at 4:01 pm
The Brown Bess musket served British infantry units for the better part of a century.

M-1943 Entrenching Tool: The Swiss Army Knife of Field Spades

Jon Guttman | Published: November 04, 2010 at 3:13 pm
The entrenching tool, or E-tool, has become indispensable gear for the modern field soldier.

Interview with Marine Corps Museum Director Lin Ezell

Published: November 04, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Lin Ezell, director of the five-year-old National Museum of the Marine Corps, discusses the museum's innovative building design, its mission and its future plans.

10 Battles That Shaped America

Thomas Fleming | Published: November 03, 2010 at 5:01 pm
America was born of war, and the following 10 battles helped forge the nation and forever change world history.

Letter from Military History - January 2011

Michael W. Robbins | Published: November 03, 2010 at 4:29 pm
History is sometimes messy, and historians would do well to keep that in mind when seeking to create order from chaos.

Military History - January 2011 - Letters from Readers

Published: November 03, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Readers letters in the January 2011 issue of Military History sound off about the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Trajan's Column in Rome, author Evan Thomas, the 1948-60 Malayan Emergency, weather's impact on war and the 1899-1902 Second Boer War.
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