Armchair General March 2015 – The Middle East in Crisis

IN THIS ISSUE

• BATTLE STUDIES Romanian Nightmare at Stalingrad. Adolf Hitler’s Axis ally Romania fought both the Russian winter and the Red Army in the Eastern Front’s turning-point battle. By Gerald D. Swick
• SPECIAL REPORT The Middle East in Crisis. What you must know about the schisms fueling today’s violent upheavals in the Middle East. By John Sutherland
• BONUS ARTICLE The Latvian Legion. Caught between Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and German dictator Adolf Hitler, some Latvians made a “devil’s pact” with the Nazis. Dr. Hal Elliot Wert
• BATTLEFIELD LEADER Mosby: The Civil War’s “Gray Ghost.” The famed Confederate partisan ranger was a scourge upon the Union Army in Virginia. By John W. Mountcastle, PhD
• 10 QUESTIONS Mary Jean Eisenhower. Armchair General® interviews the granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower. By James Ingoldsby
• CRISIS WATCH Insights on today’s events by strategist Ralph Peters
• MAILBAG Letters to Armchair General®
• INTERACTIVE FEATURES:
  • COMBAT! U.S Marine Squad in World War I, 1918. Can YOU Choose the correct plan to defeat German defenders in France? By John Antal.
  • YOU COMMAND Falklands War Battle, 1982. As Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike, YOU must lead British paratroopers to seize a key position held by Argentine defenders. By Andrew H. Hershey
  • YOU COMMAND SOLUTION Chinese Defense at Shanghai, 1937. Historical outcome and winning Reader Solutions to Combat Decision Game #65, November 2014 issue.
  • WHAT NEXT, GENERAL? His Majesty’s Ships Prince of Wales and Repulse. As British Admiral Sir Thomas Phillips, YOU must lead your powerful warships to oppose Japan’s December 1941 opening war offensive in the Pacific. By Richard N. Armstrong

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• BATTLEFIELD LEADER General Eichelberger’s Pacific War. Douglas MacArthur’s best general won decisive campaigns against Japan.
• BATTLE STUDIES Braddock’s Defeat, 1755. British disaster in the French and Indian War propelled the rise of a young American colonel – George Washington.
• SPECIAL FEATURE 150th Anniversary: End of the Civil War. Ralph Peters explains how America’s bloodiest conflict finally was brought to a close. An ACG exclusive!
• BONUS ARTICLE Evolution of World War I Small Arms. Innovation fueled this conflict’s killing technology.
• PLUS interactive features: Free French Infantry Squad Attack; Israel’s War for Independence, 1948; Giap at Dien Bien Phu, 1954.

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