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Ottoman commander
Dragut dies after being
hit by artillery fire during
the 1565 Siege of Malta
NO MERCY
ON MALTA
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN
VS.
TURKS IN AN EPIC
ISLAND BATTLE
MARCH 2018
MIAMI, FL/EAST COAST JEWELRY · BOCA RATON, FL/ECJ LUXE · CHARLOTTE, NC/DIAMOND DIRECT · BEVERLY HILLS, CA/DAVID ORGELL · SAN FRANCISCO, CA/SHAPUR
MENLO PARK, CA/CECI WONG JEWELERS · LOS ANGELES, CA/FELDMAR · COSTA MESA, CA/WATCH CONNECTION · NEW YORK NY/KENJO · COLTS NECK, NJ/J. VINCENT
ENGLEWOOD, NJ/TIMEPIECE COLLECTION · GAMBRILLS, MD/LITTLE TREASURE · CHICAGO, IL/NEW YORK JEWELERS · DENVER, CO/RIGHT TIME · HOUSTON, TX/STYLE JEWELERS
TORONTO, ON/MYLES MINDHAM · VANCOUVER, BC/TIME & GOLD · ST THOMAS, USVI/TRIDENT · JAMAICA, WI/HOUSE OF DIAMONDS · ST MARTEEN, DWI/BALLERINA
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AMERICAN HISTORY
TURBINE PILOT
Manufacture caliber. Turbine Technology.
48 mm stainless steel case. Screw-down crown at 3 o’clock.
Bidirectional inner dial ring, circular aviation slide rule.
Black 12-blades revolving Turbine. Black calfskin strap.
Ref. A1085/1A
MARCH 2018
Letters
6
News
8
Features
32
The Half-Cocked
Cossack
Freebooter Nikolai Ashinov
sought glory in Africa—but
brought Russia humiliation
By Andrew McGregor
22
No Mercy
on Malta
Jean de la Valette and the
Knights of St. John held off
an Ottoman invasion force
By Justin D. Lyons
Departments
14
Interview
Laurie Rush
16
Valor
In Rare
Company
2
MILITARY HISTORY
MARCH 2018
Reviews
70
War Games
78
Captured!
80
54
Speaking in
Tongues
American Indian code talkers
flummoxed would-be German
eavesdroppers in World War I
By Richard Selcer
48
Dressed to Kill
Portrait photographer
Rory Lewis turns his
camera on uniformed
British soldiers
62
Faceless Enemy
The toughest fight for
coalition troops in post-
Saddam Iraq was against
improvised explosives
By Paul X. Rutz
40
Untouchable
Agent 13
Prominent American general
James Wilkinson was also
a master of treason
By Ron Soodalter
18
What We
Learned From...
Siege of
Jadotville, 1961
20
Hardware
M998 Humvee
76
Hallowed Ground
White Plains,
New York
On the cover:
Ottoman commander Dragut—both a general and one of the most capable admirals of his time—lies mortally
wounded by artillery fire during the 1565 Siege of Malta. PHOTO: National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta/Bridgeman Images
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