History of War - Issue 142

In this issue

RISE OF THE FREIKORPS - How Germany's chaotic republic faced down revolution and military coups.

BATTLE OF BALTIMORE - Royal Navy siege that inspired the Star Spangled Banner.

THE SPARTACIST UPRISING

The fledgling democratic republic of Germany was forced to immediately fight for its existence against communist insurgents bent on its destruction

3 mins

THE KAPP-LÜTTWITZ PUTSCH

When in 1920 nationalists attempted a coup, a nationwide strike in a mass popular demonstration against them

3 mins

THE RUHR UPRISING

After the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch, radical left-wing workers united in a violent bid to establish a Soviet-style government

3 mins

THE MARCH ACTION

The final rising of the radical left during the Weimar period was followed by the sharp decline of communist influence in Germany

3 mins

1944-45 BATTLE FOR EUROPE SNIPERS

These elite sharpshooters led the Allied advance in Normandy and eventually beyond the frontier of the Third Reich

10+ mins

BALTIMORE

In the War of 1812, the Royal Navy launched an assault on the economic hub of Maryland, prompting an inspired American defence against the old enemy

10+ mins

GHOSTS OF DYNAMO

Armed with the British Admiralty's battle summary, firsthand accounts and a 2023 seabed survey, it's now possible explore a number of Operation Dynamo wrecks to understand what was lost at Dunkirk

10+ mins

WHAT IF...MEXICO DEFEATED THE UNITED STATES?

Could Mexico have claimed vast swathes of territory, including the potentially gold-rich California, in a huge blow to US expansion?

6 mins

THOMAS J HUDNER

This US Navy aviator fought a desperate battle against time, flames and the brutal North Korean winter in an attempt to rescue his trapped wingman

5 mins

REICH TO REPUBLIC

INTERVIEW WITH FRANK TRENTMANN From defeat and division to democracy, the historian examines Germany's struggle with post-war guilt, memory and reconciliation

9 mins

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History of War Magazine Description:

Discover the politics, mechanics, strategies and machines of war.

From the conquering legions of Ancient Rome to the thunderous tank battles of World War II and beyond, History of War takes you deeper inside the minds of history’s fighting men, further under the bonnets of some of the world’s most devastating war machines, and higher above the battlefield to see the broad sweep of conflict as it happened.