May 2013 – Armchair General: Hitler’s Eagle, Adolf Galland

IN THIS ISSUE

• Special Feature: History of Valor: The heroic history of the Medal of Honor, America’s highest award
  
• Feature: 1838 Invasion of Canada: A small British ship stood in the way of American invaders
  
• Battle Studies: Birth of Modern Warfare, by Ralph Peters
  
• Battlefield Leaders: Adolf Galland, Germany’s WWII ace who led the Luftwaffe Fighter Command
• Great Warriors: German Landsknecht
• Hard Choices: Lincoln Chooses War, 1861!
• Crisis Watch by Ralph Peters – “Trust isn’t a Strategy” – How false allies betray America’s interests abroad
• Dispatches – real heroes, destinations, special events and more

PLUS!

• Must-Read/Must-See Books and DVDs
  
• Game Reviews
• Mailbag
• Test your decision-making skills by choosing the best course of action for an Italian attack at Bir Hakeim, 1942; British Rifle Brigade in World War I, 1915; and General Hooker at Chancellorsville, 1863.
• Play It! Play the history you read; ACG‘s list of recommended wargames for all eras
• Combat Decision # 56: British Rifle Brigade in WWI, 1915
• Combat Decision # 54: Confederate Guerrilla Attack, 1863 – Outcome and Analysis
• ONLINE EXTRA: Anglo-Boer War Cape Rebels Memorial and Paarl, South Africa
• ONLINE EXTRA: FREE PC GAME! Download March to Baghdad, Episode 1: Decision at Tallil Air Base
  

COMING IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF ARMCHAIR GENERAL

• Special Feature: Truman’s Nightmare—America’s planned invasion of Japan faced daunting odds
• Bonus Article: Forest Brothers—Lithuanian partisans opposed repressive Soviet rule, 1944-53
• 10 Questions: John Hamilton—Exclusive ACG interview with the VFW’s commander in chief
  
• Crisis Watch by Ralph Peters – “Cradle of Counterinsurgency” – Why humans are “hard-wired” to resist
• Great Warriors: U.S. Army Combat Engineers, 1941-45
• Battle Studies: Myths of Gettysburg—the truth about the Civil War’s greatest battle, by Ralph Peters
  
• Forgotten History: The Kaiser’s Question, 1914—The fate of the world hinged on the answer
  
• Battlefield Leader: Julius Caesar at War—His military skill won an empire
  
• Interactive command articles in which YOU make the decisions! Battle of Trenton, 1776; Canadian Infantry Attack, 1944; and Battle of Minden, 1759

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