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FEATURES
Cover Story
The Great War in Color
In 1903 France's Lumière brothers patented a method that used potato starch to capture color images on glass plates. In 1914 enterprising French and German photographers took the technology to war
'Hail Mary' in Holland
By John C. McManus
A bold amphibious assault during Operation Market Garden
Father of the Fortress
By James Falkner
French military engineer Marshal Vauban defined the modern fortress
Europe's Powder Keg
By Michael S. Neiberg
Balkan nations took on the Turks and sparked World War I
Bloodlands: Rome
By Richard A. Gabriel
The history of the "Eternal City" is a tale of nearly constant war
Zhukov: What Made Him Great?
By Roger Reese
A master of warfare, he also understood the pitfalls of Kremlin politics
On the cover: Belgian soldiers guard a bridge in the Rhineland demilitarized zone in a 1921 Autochrome. (© Galerie Bilderwelt/The Bridgeman Art Library)
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Letters
Upton, Mahan and the Importance of Oil
News
Spitfire Spat, Navy Commemorates 1812
Interview
Andrew J. Bacevich: 20th Century War Reconsidered
Valor
By David T. Zabecki
Finding the Lost Battalion
What We Learned…
By Anthony Brandt
from Canada (1775)
Decisions
By Edward G. Lengel
To Cross the River
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Hand Tool
By Jon Guttman
M18A1 Claymore Mine
Power Tool
By Jon Guttman
Bofors 40mm L/60 Anti-aircraft Gun
Letter from Military History
Reviews
Hallowed Ground
By Patrick Mercer
Balaklava, Ukraine
War Games
Weapons We're Glad They Never Built
By Rick Meyerowitz
Leonardo's Weapons of Mass Destruction
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ONLINE EXTRAS
Military History Reader Poll:
Is any one force responsible for the Allied failure to liberate the Netherlands in Operation Market Garden, or is it more accurate to say the Germans won?
PLUS
Market Garden: History's greatest airborne assault
Gothic War: Belisarius retakes Rome
Benedict Arnold: Path from Saratoga to traitor
Battle of Khalkhin Gol: Soviet and Japanese forces clash
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