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DEPARTMENTS22On DesignBy Joseph Miranda

64Work in ProgressParatrooper: Great Airborne Assaults, Korea

65The Plight of BelgiumBy Dave Schroeder

66Did You Know?

68For Your Information

• Civil War Rocket Warfare By Stephen D. Lutz

• Britain's First Incursion into Afghanistan By Kelly Bell

• The Kaiser's Long Arm: German Artillery in the 1918 Offensives By Andrew Mulholland

74Media Reviews

76The Long Tradition

FEATURES 6Schlieffen's WarReexamining the War Plans of 1914

The opening of the Great War on the Western Front has been presented as a clash between the German and French pre-war plans. Both have been the subject of revisionist thinking, forcing a reappraisal of the driving force of the critical first six weeks of the war.

By Ty Bomba

24Battle of New OrleansBrawl in the Bayou

Most of the action in the War of 1812 occurred along the border between the US and Canada, but a few hours’ fighting far to the south in New Orleans would determine the fate of half a continent.

By John Walker

38The Battle of Tannenberg 15 July 1410

A clash between the armies of Poland, Lithuania, and the Teutonic Order near the small village of Tannenberg still resonates today, having earned a place in the mythology of the nations involved.

By Carl O. Schuster

50England's Pirate Wars 1568-1725

England’s constant wars with Spain from 1568 into the early 18th century led to a period often known as the golden age of piracy.

By Steven M. Johnson

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GAME EDITION RULESSchlieffen's WarBy Ty Bomba

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ON THE COVER

Field Marshal and chief of the Imperial German

General Staff from 1891 to 1906, Alfred von Schlieffen

devised a deployment plan—that bore his name—for a

quick victory over the French Third Republic.

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