Military Heritage Magazine Fall 2023 Vorige editie

FEATURES:
TET OFFENSIVE AND THE BATTLE OF HUE
By Victor Kamenir
PAVN and Viet Cong takeover of the Imperial City of Hue during the Tet Offensive
marked a turning point in the Vietnam War.
’A BAD PLACE FOR A FIGHT’
By Mike Phifer
By October 1864, Philip Sheridan believed the fight had gone out of Jubal Early’s
Confederate troops—he would find out how wrong he was at Cedar Creek.
THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
By Victor Kamenir
With the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 7, 1945, the U.S. 9th
Armored Division were the first Allied troops to cross the Rhine into Germany.
THE BATTLE OF GRANDSON
By Eric Niderost
A contest of cavalry versus pikeman, the Battle of Grandson crushed the dreams of
empire for “Charles the Bold,” Duke of Burgundy.
ALEXANDER: WHAT MADE HIM GREAT
By Kelly Bell
In only 13 years, the Macedonian King spread Greek culture and his empire from the
Balkans to Egypt to modern-day Pakistan.
RONCESVALLES & THE BIRTH OF CHIVALRY
By Don Hollway
A medieval last stand in the mountain pass of Roncesvalles set the standard for knightly
conduct through the High Middle Ages.
MISADVENTURE IN THE SINAI
By Eric Hammel
Determined to preserve its access to the Suez Canal, Israel launched a surprise attack
on the Sinai Peninsula, catching the Egyptian Army entirely by surprise.