Description
Contents: Editorial, Personality (An emperor who never really was, Julius Caesar went to extraordinary lengths to beat Gaul – and Rome.), Weaponry (Given a “bad rap” during World War II, the Sherman tank may have been the greatest armored vehicle.), Espionage (During the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857, “Lucknow” Kavanagh took his chances among the rebel sepoys.), Books (Smashing Nazi Germany’s Eastern Front was the job – and triumph – of Stalin’s assorted marshals.), Travel (The search for evidence of King Arthur and his legendary court leads to England’s West Country.), Final Test of Courage (A dangerous gap looming in the center of his advancing line, Confederate General Breckinridge agonized, but had to commit his reserves – the cadets of Virginia Military Institute.), Ship of Misery and Ruin (The Royal Navy’s epic chase of the German battle cruiser Goeben would alter the entire course of World War I. Beating toward the Dardenelles, Goeben’s skipper was determined to force the Turks into the war against Russia.), Fight Left Unfinished (Attacked immediately after Pearl Harbor, tiny Wake Island gave stinging account of itself – but in time fell to an overwhelming invading force.), Needed Rounds Denied (Cresting a hill, the British scouts suddenly found the entire Aulu army spread before them. The African warriors turned as one in hot pursuit – all the way to the base camp at Isandhlwana.)
Issue: December 1987
Condition: Very Good