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Yank in the
SS
Maori Warriors
Revolution Prequel
War on the Great Wall
Over by Christmas?
Rangel on Vets
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THE
FACE
OF
EVIL?
JANUARY 2017
MASSACRE AT
BATAK EXPOSES
OTTOMAN
BARBARISM
Spirit in the Sky
THE NEW
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JANUARY 2017
Letters
6
News
10
Reviews
68
Features
22
‘Nor Prayers
for Mercy’
In 1876 an American reporter
revealed a Muslim massacre of
Christians in Ottoman Bulgaria
By Richard Selcer
30
Last Battle on
the Great Wall
The ancient fortification saw
fighting in the lead-up to the
Second Sino-Japanese War
By Jiaxin Du
Departments
14
Interview
Congressman
Charles Rangel
16
Valor
Remarkable
Exploits
2
MILITARY HISTORY
JANUARY 2017
On the cover:
French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme painted this
bashi-bazouk
portrait in 1869. Known
for their brutality,
bashi-bazouks
served as irregulars in the Ottoman forces. PHOTO: Jean-Léon Gérôme/Wikiart.org
War Games
78
Captured!
80
40
A Yank in the
SS
In 1944 U.S. pilot Martin Monti
stole a reconnaissance plane
and defected to the reeling
Nazi cause—but why?
By Ron Soodalter
54
Over by
Christmas?
New weapons and tactics
put the lie to estimates of
an early end to World War I
By James Simms
48
Maori
Martial Arts
New Zealand’s early
Polynesians took pride
in their warrior culture
By Jon Guttman
60
Prelude to
Revolution
In 1774 a British earl took credit
for an Indian war he didn’t fight,
earning Virginia militiamen’s ire
By John Bertrand
18
What We
Learned From...
The Battle of
Franklin, 1864
20
Hardware
Type 94
Infantry Mortar
76
Hallowed Ground
Fort Necessity
National
Battlefield
OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: JEAN-LEON GEROME/WIKIART.ORG; SUEDDEUTSCH ZEITING/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; RANDY GLASS STUDIO. THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: REX HARDY JR./THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/
GETTY IMAGES; INTERIM ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES; ROBERT GRIFFING; NVG 54
INFANTRY MORTARS OF WORLD WAR II/OSPREY
PUBLISHING LTD.; GOTTFRIED LINDAUER/AUCKLAND ART MUSEUM
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