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Joe Stephens
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September 1993...$10.00
CONTENTS
6 EDITORIAL
8 PERSPECTIVES - By David Kahn
George Washington supplied the invisible ink and kept a close eye on his complex spy
network in New York.
12 PERSONALITY - By Thomas Deakin
After Washington at Yorktown, Cornwallis' next adversary was the Tippoo Sultan of India.
18 Massacre on the Mystic - By Albert Hemingway
Defeating the Pequot Indians was not enough for the Connecticut General Assembly.
It also legislated that "the name of the Pequots should be extinct."
26 "Attack, Repeat—Attack" - By Remo Salta
On October 1942, the Battle of Santa Cruz was a costly naval battle both for the Americans
and Japanese — but the cutting edge historically favored the Americans.
34 Valley of the Shadow - By Michael Haskew
When a panicky aide reported a supposed gap in the Union lines at Chickamauga,
commanding General Rosecrans issued the single most disastrous order of the Civil War.
The result was pandemonium.
42 Decisive Victory Let Go - By James Flanagan
At Long Island in 1776, General George Washington's tactics cost him a battle, but
British Gen. William Howe's strategy cost him the opportunity to win the war.
50 Battalion Meat Grinder - By Robert Ban Smith
In June 1954, the French underestimated General Vo Nguyen Giap's Viet Minh forces, and it
cost them the First Indochina War in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
58 BOOKS - By Joe Rychetnik
Win a war in six days...impossible! The Israelis did just that against the Arabs in June
1967.
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6 EDITORIAL
8 PERSONALITY - By Bill Welsh
Southern partisan Elijah White was a relentless foe of Union forces in Virginia's Loudoun
County.
12 PERSPECTIVES - By J. G. Nash
Virginia's countryside, cities and towns hauntingly echo the many battles that took place
during the American Civil War.
18 Ancient Warrior's Revenge - By John K. Ward
About 80 years old, lame and disregarded by his enemies, Chief Nana led one of the most
daring, successful campaigns of the Apache wars.
26 Getting Tough The Hard Way - By Mark Sufrin
The proud 32nd Infantry Division went into the jungles of Buna, New Guinea,
battle raw, met defeat at every turn—but then found new and unexpected strength.
34 "Decisive" Battle Follows Peace - By Joe D. Huddleston
The War of 1812 was over. But its greatest battle had yet to be fought, as opposing forces,
unaware of the Treaty of Ghent, gathered before the city of New Orleans.
42 Wintry Crucible Of Death - By Shawn Curtis Harris
As wave after wave of Union attackers fell in heaps at Fredericksburg, Virginia, a solemn
General Robert E. Lee remarked: "It is well that war is so terrible—we should grow too fond
of it."
50 Sapper Attack In The A Shau - By Michael R. Conroy
Fire Base Cunningham dominated the A Shau Valley. The sappers of the North Vietnamese
Army's 812th Regiment were ordered to destroy it.
58 BOOKS - By Ann Elizabeth Knop
Gruesome and chaotic, the Wilderness campaign showed there would be no turning back for U.S.
Grant.
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8 PERSONALITY - By Truman R. Strobridge
The Roman Legions of 9 AD seemed invincible until they faced the guerrilla warfare of
Arminius, a German-born chieftain's son.
12 PERSPECTIVES - By General William C. Westmoreland
America's unique experience in Vietnam is reviewed by the former COMUSMACV
(Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam).
18 Classic Battle Joined - By Greg Yocherer
Even though he was outnumbered, Hannibal used mounted mobility and natural terrain at
Cannae in 216 BC to draw the Romans into one of the most complete encirclements in
military history.
26 Time For Second Battle - By M. C.Robbins
After a month-long series of dramatic setbacks in 1800, Napoleon's forces staged a
brilliant recovery to win the Battle of Marengo.
34 General Willing To Fight - By John Woolford
The German assault on Alam Haifa heralded a change in Axis fortunes around El Alamein in
1942. A new British commander named Bernard Montgomery had taken charge, and Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel was about to meet his match.
42 Return To The Killing Fields - By Jeffry D. Wert
Union General John Pope tempted fate by returning in August 1862 to the old battlefield at
Manassas. He thought he had caught General Robert E. Lee napping. He was wrong.
50 Shocking Triumph At Sea - By Jason Vail
In the greatest naval battle since Trafalgar, the Japanese used the element of surprise in
1905 to attack and defeat the Russians at Tsushima.
58 REVIEWS - By Michael D. Hull
Some of history's great commanders and their greatest battles are examined by author
Anthony Livesey.
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8 PERSONALITY - By Bernard Nalty
To Italy's chagrin, II Duce to the end was loyal to no one but himself.
12 PERSPECTIVES - By Colonel Harry Summers, Jr.
In 1915, Italy entered World War I and Giulio Douhet commanded one of the first army air
units.
18 Debacle On Powder River - By Wayne R. Austerman
General George Armstrong Custer's disastrous defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
was a direct result of a bad command decision made only months earlier at the Powder River.
26 Giap's Big Mistake - By James K. Moore
In the 1972 Easter Offensive, General Vo Nguyen Giap suffered 100,000 NVA casualties and
lost most of his tanks and heavy artillery against a much-inferior ARVN infantry to no
appreciable gain.
34 ONE CAMPAIGN TOO MANY - By Eric Niderost
Andre Massena had for years been Napoleon Bonaparte's much-favored child of victory.
But then came the bitter battles on the Iberian Peninsula in 1810 and 1811.
42 Bid For Roman Empire - By Jon Guttman
In November 1940, Benito Mussolini's plan was to create a new Roman Empire. After a series
of small gains, however, Italy suffered one setback after another — on land, sea and in the
air — from the Thames to the Red Sea.
50 Gallant Charge Repulsed - By Michael J. Klinger
In November 1864, the gray-clad Army of Tennessee marched down Winstead Hill toward a
horrific fate. Six Confederate generals would perish in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn.,
130 years ago this month.
58 REVIEWS - By Raymond Denkhaus
Italy's Navy and German atrocities against Italians are examined in two new books.
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6 EDITORIAL
8 PERSPECTIVES - By Ron Banks
The French-made LeFaucheux revolver was a favorite among Civil War officers, notably
General Thomas J. Jackson.
10 PERSONALITY - By Kevin R. Gutzman
One of Napoleon's oldest and dearest friends went down in history as his most infamous
betrayer.
18 BIGGEST INDIAN FIGHT - By Robert Ban Smith
At Adobe Walls in 1864, Brig. Gen. James Carleton's orders were to "give those Indians,
especially the Kiowa, a severe drubbing." But even famed frontier scout and Indian fighter
Kit Carson underestimated his foe.
26 A PLACE OF ANGELS - By Albert Hemingway
In Vietnamese, Con Thien means "a place of angels," but for the Marines who were manning
the DMZ outpost there, it was hell on earth instead.
34 VICTORY BY PRECISE PLAN - By William Press Miller
At Trenton during the winter of 1776, the British, in festive holiday spirits, canceled
their pre-dawn patrols. Washington's approaching ragtag army couldn't have asked for a
better opportunity for a surprise attack.
42 STONEWALL'S ONLY DEFEAT - By Lee Enderlin
In the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson shouted
for his retreating troops to stand and "give them the bayonet." But at Kernstown, Va., the
mighty warrior tasted his first and only true defeat.
50 CITY'S DEATH THROES - By Patrick McTaggart
Adolf Hitler had ordered that Breslau should serve as a fortress and had said its people
must fight to the death. Even as the Reich was falling, the city's defenders grimly hung on.
58 REVIEWS - By Michael D.Hull
Some of American history's most ignoble military defeats are examined by author Geoffrey
Regan.
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6 EDITORIAL
8 PERSONALITY - By Thomas Fleming
"Bull" Halsey embraced a very simple philosophy during World War II's Pacifc campaigns —
Attack!
10 PERSPECTIVES - By Andrew A. Frederick
By raiding Monticello, the British Dragoons hoped to capture the unwary Thomas Jefferson.
18 Aussies Hold The Line - By Lex McAulay
All that stood between the North Vietnamese Army and Saigon were two battalions of the
Royal Australian Regiment. At Fire Support Base Coral, the Australians turned back the
attack.
26 Life On A Bull's-Eye - By John F. Wukovits
Seaman William Rowe was aboard the U.S. carrier Bunker Hill off Okinawa when two kamikaze
planes penetrated her protective screen and struck their target—his ship.
34 Wintry Fury Unleashed - By Michael E. Haskevu
For thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers waiting in the frigid woods around
Murfreesboro, Tenn., the last day of 1862 would also be the last day of their lives.
42 Duke's Oath Defied - By Jon Guttman
For one afternoon, the fate of Rennes—and perhaps the future of France — seemed to center
around a single combat, as an English nobleman and a Breton warlord faced each other in the
town square of Dinan.
52 WEAPONRY - By Charles W. Gardner
Invented by the Chinese in 400 BC, the crossbow was the weapon of choice for most ancient
warriors.
58 REVIEWS - By Jennifer Keen
Was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki really necessary? Author John Ray Skates
critically analyzes the evolutia of an invasion plan that never happened.
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