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Contents: Not War, But Murder (After crossing the North Anna River, Ulysses S. Grant’s Union Forces headed toward Cold Harbor, a strategic crossroads 10 miles north of Richmond. They were about to make an all-out attack on a well-entrenched Confederate position); When Ivan Became Terrible (Seeking access to the Baltic Sea, Russian Czar Ivan IV invaded trade-rich Livonia in 1558, initiating a 25-year-long war with Livonia and her allies and earning him a lasting new nickname – Ivan The Terrible); Red Sun, Black Sand (Eight-square mile Iwo Jima became the focus of the most intense fighting of World War II. Japanese defenders contested every last chunk of volcanic ash and rock on the tiny but strategically vital island); South American Bloodbath (Between 1865 and 1870, Paraguayan President Francisco Lopez took his tiny nation into war with Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. It would prove to be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 19th century); Frederick The Great’s First Defeat (In June 1757, ever-victorious Prussian monarch Frederick the Great advanced confidently on Austrian forces at Kolin, on the Elbe River 35 miles east of Prague. He and his troops were convinced of their military invincibility) Columns – Editorial; Weapons; Soldiers; Intelligence; Militaria; Books; Games
Issue: January 2013
Condition: Very Good