Type 89 Heavy Grenade Discharger
The ‘knee mortar’ fired either a fragmentation grenade or a 50 mm shell that detonated on contact
Stolen Treasure: The Lost Amber Room of Russia
A sparkling room built for Russian royalty became a mystery after it was stolen by the Nazis during World War II
Book Review: ‘With My Face to My Bitter Foes’
Robert Watt chronicles the struggle by Chihenne Apaches under Nana for the return of their reservation at Ojo Caliente, N.M.
Rogers’ Rangers’ Risky 1759 St. Francis Raid
In 1759 British Maj. Robert Rogers and his vaunted rangers raided deep into Abenaki territory in Quebec—but fewer than half would make it back alive
May 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about Ted Williams' wartime service and the 1842 mutiny aboard USS Somers
China’s War on Drugs
China warred with the British empire over the latter’s lucrative opium trade, leaving a bitter legacy
Book Review: Case White
Robert Forczyk analyzes the political, economic and military status of Poland and Germany amid the latter's invasion of the former
Ted Williams Goes to War
Red Sox legend Ted Williams proudly served as a Marine Corps aviator during World War II—it was his service in Korea that came as a surprise
Book Review: The Napoléonic Wars
Alexander Mikaberidze tackles not just the campaigns and battles, but the military, political, social and cultural changes the conflict wrought
Lessons from the Battle of Cedar Creek, 1864
Sheridan reversed a potential Confederate victory and permanently restored the Valley of Virginia to the Union. How did he succeed?
Torpedo Rider: Luigi Durand de la Penne
The Italian frogman earned his nation’s highest award - an honor bestowed on him by the hand of his enemy
Rogue U-Boat: The Battle of Point Judith, 1945
Hours after being called home in May 1945, the German submarine U-853 tempted fate in combat off Rhode Island
Book Review: Wellington’s Favourite Engineer
In Mark Thompson's re-evaluation John Burgoyne emerges as an important architect of Britain’s victory over Napoléonic France
For Covenant and King: James Graham, Marquess of Montrose
Amid shifting political alliances of 17th century Scotland, fighting marquess James Graham morphed from Covenanter champion into defender of the Crown
The Modoc War: A Little Indian War Goes Big
What appeared just another police action against off-reservation Indians quickly flared into the dramatic and costly 1872–73 Modoc War
‘The York Patrol’ Book Review
James Carl Nelson delivers an interesting yet imperfect account of the WWI American hero and the trials that befell him over the years
