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WWI

CIVIL WAR

WWII

KAISER’S PIRATES

Wilhelm’s high-seas

guerrillas

HIGHLAND CAVALIER

Montrose: Scotland’s

greatest general?

TANK BUSTERS

Howdoyou

stop a

WWII tank?

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Welcome

WWI

CIVIL WAR

WWII

KAISER’S PIRATES

Wilhelm’s high-seas

guerrillas

HIGHLAND CAVALIER

Montrose: Scotland’s

greatest general?

TANK BUSTERS

How do you

stop a

WWII tank?

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February 2014 | Issue 41 | £4.25

By Dr Neil Faulkner

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ThisyearisthecentenarynotjustoftheoutbreakoftheFirst

WorldWar,butofthedawnofanewparadigmofwar.

Previous wars had been limited in two senses. Many – like

theCrimeanortheFranco-PrussianWars–hadbeencarefully

managed ‘cabinet wars’, limited in time and space by tightly

defined objectives.

Others – like the Napoleonic or the American Civil Wars –

mighthaveoutgrowntheiroriginsandtakenonalifeoftheir

own,butonlyeverinvolvedaminorityofsociety,mainlyyounger

menenrolledinfightingforces.

But1914brokethemould.Itplacedtheproductivepowerof

the Industrial Revolution at the service of national, imperial, and

economic rivalries. It mobilised destructive power unprecedented

inhistory,andsuckedentiresocietiesintothevortexofwar.It

unleashed processes of violent change that none could control.

Thisisourworld–aworldshapedandreshapedbyacentury

of modern industrialised warfare. 1914 represents the true

beginning of modernity.

Thismonthwebeginourin-depthcoverageoftheFirstWorld

Warwithananalysisoftheonlyterroristattackthatmatches9/11

in historic significance: the assassination of the Archduke Franz

FerdinandatSarajevoon28June1914.

Also this issue, we mark the publication of MHM contributor

Nick Hewitt’s new book TheKaiser’sPirates with an article on

Imperial Germany’s maritime guerrilla war in 1914/1915, while

David Porter analyses anti-tank tactics during the Second World

War,RobbieMacNivenaskswhetherMontrosewasScotland’s

greatest general, and Brian

Burfield looks at the role of

diseaseasMedievalwarfare’s

‘deadliest enemy’.

ON THE COVER: Portrait of Archduke

Franz Ferdinand taken from a memorial

pamphlet on the occasion of his

assassination on 28 June 1914.

Photo: akg-images

Whoweare:

MilitaryHistoryMonthlyaims to cover

conict on land, at sea, and in the air

through all periods of history, with expert

commentary written in an intelligent and

accessible way.

Editorial Advisory Board:

Martin Brown Archaeological Advisor,

Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence,

Mark Corby Former Army Ocer, military

historian, lecturer, and broadcaster, Paul

Cornish Curator, Imperial War Museum,

Gary Gibbs Assistant Curator, The Guards

Museum, Angus Hay Former Army Ocer,

military historian, and lecturer, Nick

Hewitt historian, Research and Information

Oce, National Museum of the Royal

Navy, Portsmouth, Nigel Jones historian,

biographer, and journalist, Alastair Massie ,

Head of Archives, Photos, Film, and

Sound, National Army Museum, Gabriel

Moshenska Research Fellow, Institute of

Archaeology, UCL, Colin Pomeroy Squadron

Leader, Royal Air Force (Ret.), and historian,

Michael Prestwich Emeritus Professor

of History, University of Durham, Nick

Saunders Senior Lecturer, University of

Bristol, Guy Taylor Former Army Ocer,

military archivist and archaeologist, Julian

Thompson Major-General, and Visiting

Professor, Department of War Studies,

London University, Dominic Tweddle

Director-General, National Museum of

the Royal Navy.

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Contents

FEATURED

Assassination

Sarajevo, 28 June 1914

MHMEditor Neil Faulkner launches our in-depth

centenary coverage of the First World War with

a behind-the-scenes analysis of history’s most

momentous terrorist attack.

The Kaiser’s Pirates

Hunting Germany’s raiding cruisers,

1914-1915

Nick Hewitt analyses the war against Imperial

Germany’s high-seas commerce raiders at the

start of the First World War.

Montrose

The Highland Cavalier

Robbie MacNiven argues that James Graham,

Marquis of Montrose, who fought for the King

in the Civil War, was Scotland’s greatest general.

The Deadliest Enemy

Disease in Medieval warfare

Forget the pageantry of armoured chivalry. The

dominant reality was lth, vermin, and sickness.

Brian Bureld takes a hard look at the role of

disease in Medieval warfare.

Tank Busters 2

How do you stop a Second World War

tank?

David Porter analyses the more advanced techniques

of anti-tank warfare between 1939 and 1945.

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Reviews

Recommended Read 72

MarkCorbyonTheWarthatEnded

Peace: how Europe abandoned peace

fortheFirstWorldWar.

Books 74

Curtis Hutchinson on Hundred Days:

the end of the Great War by Nick Lloyd,

Jonathan Eaton on Monty’s Men: the

BritishArmyandtheliberationof

Europe by John Buckley, and Louis

Rive on Britain Against Napoleon: the

organization of victory 1739-1815.

Dispatches

Regulars

Welcome

Behind the Image

War on Film 24

Taylor Downing revisits PathsofGlory,

Stanley Kubrick’s breakout lm.

War Culture

Charities

Your Military History

Museums

Guide

Richard Bevan uncovers some

historical inaccuracies in well-known

war movies.

Thinkers at War

Cambridge philosopher Iain King

kicksoanewserieslookingathow

great thinkers were shaped by war,

beginning with Socrates.

Drawing Board

MHMsuggests the best museums

and exhibitions to visit this month.

On Manoeuvres

DanSagerlooksatthedesignaws

ofthevastGermanA7Vsupertank.

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Richard Lucas explores a small but

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War Zone

Linking in with Robbie MacNiven’s

feature, Stephen Miles traces one

of Montrose’s most brilliant

marches through some of

Scotland’stoughestterrain.

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