This issue, we are giving away three copies of A History of the World in Ten Wars by Terry Deary.
War: what is it good for? Absolutely something, presumably, or we wouldn’t keep doing it.
Throughout the ages, each generation has faced the same questions: am I willing to fight for my way of life How can I come up with something the enemy hasn’t thought of? And the important one that people often forget to ask: is there a way of solving this amicably? In A History of the World in Ten Wars, Terry Deary explores what we can learn from battles through history.
This issue, three lucky winners will each receive a copy of the book, courtesy of Bantam, part of Penguin Random House UK. To find out more about the publisher, please visit the website http://www.penguin.co.uk/about/publishing-houses/transworld.
When did Caesar’s Gallic Wars take place?
Our caption competition continues online. Find out more at http://www.military-history.org.
CROSSWORD
Across
8 WWI battle fought in November/December 1917 (7)
9 Greek island taken by Ottoman forces in 1479 (6)
10 German heavy cruiser launched in August 1938 (5,5)
11 Benjamin ___, US Army general, commander of the US Second Army in 1940-1943 (4)
12 Thomas ___, British general, appointed commander of VII Corps in 1915 (4)
14 Senior rank of the Royal Air Force (3,7)
15 Old word for a complete suit of armour (7)
17 Operation ___, a proposed British attack on Tripoli in 1942 (7)
20 Israel ___, Union general mortally wounded at Antietam (10)
22 6 June 1944 (1-3)
24 Dog ___, form of identification worn by armed forces (4)
25 Caribbean island and archipelago captured by US forces in 1898 (6,4)
27 Frederick ___, Union general who commanded a division in the Vicksburg Campaign (6)
28 Royal Navy cruiser, the first British ship to be sunk in WWI (7)
Down
1 English author who wrote Beau Geste (1,1,4)
2 Sir Charles ___, historian, whose works include History of the Peninsular War (4)
3 Stores of military equipment (8)
4 Fort ___, New York, captured by the British in 1759 during the French and Indian War (7)
5 City besieged unsuccessfully by the Ottomans in 1529 and 1683 (6)
6 Commander of British forces during the Zulu War until his replacement by Wolseley (10)
7 Robert ___, US Secretary of Defense 1961-1968 (8)
13 American arms manufacturer famous for a repeating rifle (10)
16 Spanish city on the Mediterranean coast bombed heavily during the Spanish Civil War (8)
18 War memorial in London, designed by Sir Edward Lutyens (8)
19 Metal-tipped spear of southern Africa (7)
21 Light sword used for thrusting (6)
23 Italian city on the Adriatic coast, captured by the Polish 2nd Corps in 1944 (6)
26 ___ in the Face, Sioux chief who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (4)
Across: 8 Cambrai, 9 Ithaca, 10 Prinz Eugen, 11 Lear, 12 Snow, 14 Air marshal, 15 Harness, 17 Acrobat, 20 Richardson, 22 D-Day, 24 Tags, 25 Puerto Rico, 27 Steele, 28 Amphion.
Down: 1 P C Wren, 2 Oman, 3 Arsenals, 4 Niagara, 5 Vienna, 6 Chelmsford, 7 McNamara, 13 Winchester, 16 Alicante, 18 Cenotaph, 19 Assegai, 21 Rapier, 23 Ancona, 26 Rain.
