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This issue, we are giving away three copies of Hammer of the Gods: King Olaf’s Viking conquest by Don Hollway.
In an age of axe and flame, when the Viking world stood at the crossroads of pagan traditions and the spread of Christianity, Olaf Tryggvason emerged as the fiercest adherent to the new faith – a sword in one hand and a cross in the other.
Drawing on a vast array of early medieval sources, from Icelandic sagas and skaldic verse to Byzantine and Anglo-Saxon chronicles, Don Hollway brings the world of the famous warlord, wanderer, king, and crusader vividly to life, cutting through the legend to reveal the man behind the myth.
This issue, three lucky winners will each receive a copy of the book, courtesy of Osprey Publishing.
To find out more about the publisher, please visit their website at http://www.ospreypublishing.com.
For a chance of winning, simply answer the following question: For how many years is Olaf said to have ruled Norway? Enter online at www.military-history.org.
Our caption competition continues online. Find out more at http://www.military-history.org.
CROSSWORD
Across
7 US battleship used as a target in the Bikini atomic bomb test (6)
8 Name of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (5,3)
10 WWII flying boat built by Consolidated (8)
11 US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser launched in September 1990 (6)
12 Battle of Fort ___, fought in Virginia in May 1864, also known as the Battle of Wilson’s Wharf (10)
15 Roman emperor overthrown by Vitellius in AD 69 (4)
16 Mathematician and computer scientist who played a key role in deciphering the Enigma codes (6)
18 Native American throwing stick (6)
20 Royal Navy battlecruiser sunk in May 1941 (4)
21 Early smooth-bore firearms often used with a support (10)
23 Helmuth ___, Chief of the German General Staff from 1906 to 1914 (6)
25 Grand ___, treaty signed in 1689 by England, the Dutch Republic, the Habsburgs, and others to oppose Louis XIV (8)
27 ___ Foresters, British Army regiment in existence from 1881 to 1970, now part of the Mercian Regiment (8)
28 ___ Bedford Forrest, Confederate general born in Chapel Hill,
Tennessee, in 1821 (6)
Down
1 Battle fought in 1806, a victory for Napoleon over Prussia and Saxony (4)
2 Mexican revolutionary who overthrew the dictator Porfirio Díaz (6)
3 US battleship launched in November 1919 (10)
4 Naval battle of 1571, in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated (7)
5 Battle of the First World War, fought on 23 August 1914 (4)
6 French port besieged by Richelieu’s forces in 1627-1628 (2,8)
9 US battleship sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor (7)
13 Germanic people defeated by the Huns in the late 4th century (10)
14 ___ Highlanders, British Army regiment in existence from 1799 to 1881 (10)
17 Arikara scout who served with Custer in the Little Bighorn campaign (3,4)
19 British slang for an ordinary soldier (7)
22 Middle Eastern kingdom conquered by Assyria (6)
24 School on whose playing fields the battle of Waterloo was won, according to a quotation attributed to the Duke of Wellington (4)
26 Armoured scout car built by Panhard (4)
Answers
Across: 7 Nevada, 8 Enola Gay, 10 Catalina, 11 Shiloh, 12 Pocahontas, 15 Otho, 16 Turing, 18 Atlatl, 20 Hood, 21 Arquebuses, 23 Moltke, 25 Alliance, 27 Sherwood, 28 Nathan.
Down: 1 Jena, 2 Zapata, 3 California, 4 Lepanto, 5 Mons, 6 La Rochelle, 9 Arizona, 13 Ostrogoths, 14 Sutherland, 17 Red Star, 19 Squaddy, 22 Urartu, 24 Eton, 26 CRAB.
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