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Cover Story
Hit the Beach!
By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander
The U.S. Marines drew on the disastrous 1915 landings at Gallipoli to write the book on amphibious warfare
Last of the Vikings
By Brendan Manley
In 1066 Harold II raced to meet Norse invaders at Stamford Bridge
Tactical Genius, Strategic Fool
By Williamson Murray
Erich Ludendorff’s obsessive militarism left Germany in ruins
Portfolio: Da Vinci’s Deadly Devices
The Renaissance master was also a visionary military architect and engineer
The Warm-up War
By Martin Dugard
U.S. officers united in Mexico, only to face off during the Civil War
The Merchants of Menace
By Stephan Wilkinson
Germany’s merchant raiders were maritime masters of disguise
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Letters
Letter from the Editor
News
What We Learned…
from the Teutoburg Forest
Interview
Thomas Allen: Military Secrets Revealed at Last
Valor
Desmond Doss: Wonder Man of Okinawa
Hand Tool
Mills bomb
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Power Tool
Congreve rocket
Reviews
Hallowed Ground
Kall Trail, Germany
War Games
Weapons We’re Glad They Never Built
J.E.B. Stuart’s Buckshot Beans |
ONLINE EXTRAS
Operation Avalanche: Assault on Salerno
The Last Norman Invasion
Mexican War: The Proving Ground
Discussion:
How would the history of England have been altered if Harald Sigurdsson had won at Stamford Bridge and gone on to confront William II, Duke of Normandy?
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