MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History takes you on an exciting journey to the world's greatest battles and campaigns over the last 5,000 years, from ancient warfare through modern battles. Written by distinguished authors and historians who bring the world of history alive, the magazine covers in vivid detail the soldiers, leaders, tactics, and weapons throughout military history, and delivers it in an exquisitely illustrated, premium quality edition.

TODAY IN HISTORY • JANUARY 16, 2001

OPENING ROUND

FLASHBACK

RECREATING HISTORY

MHQ:The Quarterly Journal of Military History • SUMMER 2022 VOL. 34, NO. 4

AT THE FRONT

BECOMING “THE RED BARON” • In 1917, World War I’s “ace of aces,” Manfred von Richthofen, authored a book recounting his war experiences. His secret to success was having a great teacher.

LAYING OFF THE LASH • Attitudinal changes in the 19th-century U.S. and British militaries—and within society in general—gradually ended corporal punishment.

PANZERFAUST

GETTYSBURG’S FAMOUS MAPS • Two unique maps inspired generations of visitors to America’s most famous battlefield.

THE RAINBOW’S TRAIL

10 ACCURATE BATTLE FILMS • World War II movies that tell it like it was

PATTON’S TRUSTY LEICA

GHOSTS OF THE GLORIOUS • On June 8, 1940, two German battle cruisers sank the British carrier HMS Glorious and its escorts. But questions linger over what really happened that day.

PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE • In World War II, John Steinbeck, the acclaimed novelist, turned his talents to a masterpiece of anti-Nazi propaganda.

THROUGH PATTON’S EYES • Old Blood and Guts’s personal photographs reveal how he saw the war from North Africa to Germany.

WAR GAMES • Charles S. Roberts never intentionally set out to invent a widely popular new pastime, but fate led him to it.

BLOODY STALEMATE • Despite suffering casualties in the millions, neither side in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War achieved much of lasting value.

CULTURE OF WAR

SURGEON WITH A CAUSE • A brush with death radicalized Norman Bethune. A self-proclaimed socialist, he traveled to France and China in the 1930s to fight fascism.

STILL INSPIRING FREEDOM

BODY OF WORK • Among the squadron markings of World War I, every picture told a story.

BIG SHOTS

DETERRING ARMAGEDDON

DRAWN & QUARTERED

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