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4 STRATEGY & TACTICS 305 | JUL–AUG 2017 STRATEGY & TACTICS 305 | JUL–AUG 2017 5 DEPARTMENTS 22 On Design By Joseph Miranda 64 Work in Progress Cold War, Hot Armor 65 World War I By Dave Schroeder 66 Did You Know? 68 For Your Information • First Medal of Honor By Jon Cecil • John Riley By Ernest Volkman • U-boats in the Far East By Greg Smith 76 Media Reviews 78 The Long Tradition FEATURES 6 Armies of the White Sun The War in China, 1937-1945 China’s two-millennia-long imperial period came to an end in 1912. What followed was decades of war and unrest. Exploiting the turmoil was Japan, who in 1937 would spark the Second Sino-Japanese War. By Terence Co 24 Belisarius and the Reconquest of Africa With the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian embarked on a campaign to regain the lost territory. Leading this campaign was Justinian’s greatest general, Belisarius. By Joseph Miranda 38 Pyrrhic Victory The Lava Beds War, 1872-1873 Three years before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the US Army fought a series of brutal battles against the Modoc Indians along the Oregon-California border in what became known as the Lava Beds War. By Jon Cecil 46 Vicksburg Grant’s Masterpiece Analysis of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory in the Battle of Vicksburg during the American Civil War. By Justin S. Solonick PUBLISHER Dr. Christopher Cummins ASSISTANT PUBLISHER/ ART DIRECTOR Callie Cummins ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Lisé Patterson MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Lockwood MEDIA COLUMN EDITOR Chris Perello EDITOR EMERITUS Joseph Miranda DESIGN L. Jason Shroyer & Chris Dickson MAP GRAPHICS Joe Youst PROOF TEAM Paul Bessemer, Dave Carson, John Carter, Chris Dickson, Lee Enderlin, J.R. Hoyne, Robert Killeen, Javier Romero, Tim Tow, & Robert Zmuda WEBMASTER Chris Dickson ADVERTISING Callie Cummins [email protected] READER SUBMISSIONS We welcome interesting and concise stories about virtually any aspect of military history. We also wel- come Media Reviews (of any type) for Strategy & Tactics, World at War and Modern War magazines. We value critical analysis over summaries alone. Maxi- mum word count is 500. Contact the editor directly. Please use the Editorial contact form on our corporate site: http://www.strategyandtacticspress.com/wpsite/contact/ STRATEGY & TACTICS® (USPS 10744) is published bi-monthly by Decision Games, 2804 Mosasco St. Bakersfield CA 93312. Periodical Class postage paid at Bakersfield, CA and additional mailing offices. STRATEGY & TACTICS® is a registered trademark for Decision Games’ military history magazine. Strategy & Tactics (©2017) reserves all rights on the contents of this publication. Nothing may be reproduced from it in whole or in part without prior permission from the publisher. All rights reserved. All correspondence should be sent to Decision Games, P.O. Box 21598, Bakersfield CA 93390. Some images from www.dreamstime.com POSTMASTER Please send address corrections to STRATEGY & TACTICS®. P.O. Box 21598, Bakersfield CA 93390. GAME EDITION RULES Armies of the White Sun By Ty Bomba NEXT ISSUE (#306) On Sale September 2017 • Agricola • Lew Wallace at Shiloh • Battle of Kircholm • Asymmetric Warfare #305 | JUL–AUG 2017 ❖ 6 24 46 ON THE COVER #305 JUL-AUG 2017 GAME EDITION: Southern War for American Independence | Bulgarian Liberation | Chemical Warfare | Discovering PT-109 Cooperation between Nationalist China and Germany provided the Chinese with modern arms, equipment, and training from 1926 to 1941. ❖ The Longest Running Military History Magazine STRATEgy & TAcTicS MAgAzinE cELEBRATing 50 yEARS in PUBLicATion,1967-2017.
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4 STRATEGY & TACTICS 305 | JUL–AUG 2017 STRATEGY & TACTICS 305 | JUL–AUG 2017 5
DEPARTMENTS
22On DesignBy Joseph Miranda
64Work in ProgressCold War, Hot Armor
65World War IBy Dave Schroeder
66Did You Know?
68For Your Information
• First Medal of Honor By Jon Cecil
• John Riley By Ernest Volkman
• U-boats in the Far East By Greg Smith
76Media Reviews
78The Long Tradition
FEATURES
6Armies of the White SunThe War in China, 1937-1945China’s two-millennia-long imperial period came to an end in 1912. What followed was decades of war and unrest. Exploiting the turmoil was Japan, who in 1937 would spark the Second Sino-Japanese War.By Terence Co
24Belisarius and the Reconquest of AfricaWith the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian embarked on a campaign to regain the lost territory. Leading this campaign was Justinian’s greatest general, Belisarius.By Joseph Miranda
38Pyrrhic VictoryThe Lava Beds War, 1872-1873Three years before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the US Army fought a series of brutal battles against the Modoc Indians along the Oregon-California border in what became known as the Lava Beds War.By Jon Cecil
46VicksburgGrant’s MasterpieceAnalysis of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory in the Battle of Vicksburg during the American Civil War. By Justin S. Solonick
PUBLISHERDr. Christopher Cummins
ASSISTANT PUBLISHER/ ART dIREcToRCallie Cummins
ASSISTANT ART dIREcToRLisé Patterson
MANAgINg EdIToRKyle Lockwood
MEdIA coLUMN EdIToRChris Perello
EdIToR EMERITUSJoseph Miranda
dESIgNL. Jason Shroyer & Chris Dickson
MAP gRAPHIcSJoe Youst
PRoof TEAMPaul Bessemer, Dave Carson, John Carter, Chris Dickson, Lee Enderlin, J.R. Hoyne, Robert Killeen, Javier Romero, Tim Tow, & Robert Zmuda
WEBMASTERChris Dickson
AdvERTISINgCallie Cummins [email protected]
READER SUBMISSIONS
We welcome interesting and concise stories about virtually any aspect of military history. We also wel-come Media Reviews (of any type) for Strategy & Tactics, World at War and Modern War magazines. We value critical analysis over summaries alone. Maxi-mum word count is 500. Contact the editor directly. Please use the Editorial contact form on our corporate site: http://www.strategyandtacticspress.com/wpsite/contact/ STRATEGY & TACTICS® (USPS 10744) is published bi-monthly by Decision Games, 2804 Mosasco St. Bakersfield CA 93312. Periodical Class postage paid at Bakersfield, CA and additional mailing offices.
STRATEGY & TACTICS® is a registered trademark for Decision Games’ military history magazine. Strategy & Tactics (©2017) reserves all rights on the contents of this publication. Nothing may be reproduced from it in whole or in part without prior permission from the publisher. All rights reserved. All correspondence should be sent to Decision Games, P.O. Box 21598, Bakersfield CA 93390.
Some images from www.dreamstime.com
POSTMASTERPlease send address corrections to STRATEGY & TACTICS®.P.O. Box 21598, Bakersfield CA 93390.
GAME EDITION RULESArmies of the White SunBy Ty Bomba
NEXT ISSUE (#306)on Sale September 2017
• Agricola• Lew Wallace at Shiloh• Battle of Kircholm• Asymmetric Warfare
#305 | JUL–AUg 2017
❖
6 24 46ON THE COVER
#305 JUL-AUG 2017
GAME EDITION: Southern War for American Independence | Bulgarian Liberation | Chemical Warfare | Discovering PT-109
Cooperation between Nationalist China and Germany provided the Chinese
with modern arms, equipment, and training
from 1926 to 1941.
❖
The Longest Running Military History Magazine
STRATEgy & TAcTicS MAgAzinE cELEBRATing 50 yEARS in
PUBLicATion,1967-2017.
