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A
Scot at Waterloo
The
Reconquista
Iraqi Civil
Strife
Louis
XIV’s
Gloire
Camel
Cavalry
Khe
Sanh
Siege
HistoryNet.com
MAC’S
DAY IN
THE SUN
A
CEREMONY
IN TOKYO BAY BEGAN
THE REIGN OF
AN AMERICAN EMPEROR
SEPTEMBER 2017
SEPTEMBER 2017
Letters
6
News
8
Features
22
Payoff in
Tokyo Bay
Japan’s surrender ended
World War II and began the
reign of an American Caesar
By Michael D. Hull
30
Reconquista
The 1492 fall of Granada
ended nearly eight
centuries of Muslim rule
on the Iberian Peninsula
By Steve Roberts
Departments
14
Interview
Mary
Jennings
Hegar
16
Valor
Romania’s
Heroine
2
MILITARY HISTORY
SEPTEMBER 2017
On the cover:
General Douglas MacArthur presided over the September 1945 surrender
in Tokyo Bay, then became supreme commander for the Allied powers in occupied Japan.
PHOTO: Bettmann/Getty Images, photo-illustration: Brian Walker
Reviews
70
War Games
78
Captured!
80
40
Great Scot
at Waterloo
George Drummond Graeme
was the last man standing at
La Haye Sainte farm in 1815
By John Koster
48
Camelback
Colonialism
The Somaliland Camel Corps
took on a Mad Mullah in the
tempestuous Horn of Africa
By Nicholas Smith
56
Kings of the
Rubble
The 2006 bombing of Iraq’s
al-Askari shrine helped fan
the flames of sectarian war
By Stephen Carlson
62
The Glory of
the Sun King
Though victorious on the
battlefield, Louis XIV sealed the
fate of the French monarchy
By Kelly Bell
18
What We
Learned From...
Battle of the
Barents Sea,
1942
20
Hardware
M50 Ontos
76
Hallowed Ground
Khe Sanh,
Vietnam
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: TRINITY MIRROR/MIRRORPIX/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; ADAM FRANS VAN DER MEULEN/RIJKSMUSEUM; PICTURES FROM HISTORY/AKG-IMAGES; GETTY IMAGES; ALLAN BURCH
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