What you have in your hand (or on the screen, depending on what you're using) is a special double issue of Cry "Havoc!" to mark our silver issue -- that's right this is number 25! An event of some sort and one that needs to be marked by something a bit special. (And for the bean counters -- this only counts as one issue on the sub, not two.) I do want to mention four people who have been here from the beginning -- Jim Werbaneth who as editor of Line of Departure pushed me to actually launch this venture when I thought we didn't have a real subscriber base; Brian Train, who was among the original contributors and keeps feeding us articles at a rate I can't keep up with; Bob Miller who has pretty much been in charge of our covers and offer useful suggestions and Cyndy Tschanz, the on again off again WGW. Thanks for making it possible and I'm glad you're here for the celebration. This issue is heavy on the Internet and what is available from it for the military history/wargaming buff. I suspect some of you without computer will groan but we have kept you in mind as well. Tony Rohling debuts with a detailed description of the Battle of Brooklyn -- well at least that's what he calls it. Tony's walking tours of New York are great ways to learn about local history as he shows in this first (of hopefully many) submissions. Brain Train describes the floating iceberg/carrier concept that obsessed Churchill in World War II. Another newcomer, Sally Colville, provides some insight into a rarely looked at aspect of World War II: homefront propaganda designed to help young women choose a career that helped the war effort. It is of course unlikely that this was a deliberate national policy, but there is little doubt that many of the "young adult" (i.e. teenager) books of World War II were designed to explain the war and ready youth for their coming role in it. See you in May -- our 50th issue is in May 2005 for those you who keep track! Back to Cry Havoc #25 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com