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Brutal Fight
for Leningrad
12TH ARMY GROUP
RUSSIAN FRONT
Deadly Drive
Across Europe
JAPANESE ANNIHILATED
Tank Fight
on Luzon
VETERAN INTERVIEW
B-17 Crewman’s
25 Missions
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DARING RAID ON ROMMEL, SOVIET P-39 ACE,
DEATH OF THE USS DEHAVEN,
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
The tide of war turned against the Axis after
their defeat at El Alamein in 1943.
08 Ordnance
USS
Houston
fought to the very last in the
murky waters off Java’s Sunda Strait.
14 Profiles
Alexander Pokryshkin was second only to
Ivan Kozedub in Soviet aerial victories during
World War II.
20 Top Secret
A British Special Operations raid intended to
kill or capture Erwin Rommel went terribly
wrong.
26 Insight
A young woman’s service with the Red Cross
in Europe included both harrowing and
rewarding experiences.
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70 Books
Desron 21 was the most decorated U.S.
Navy destroyer squadron of World War II but
paid a heavy price for the distinction.
Features
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40
48
“The Enemy Must Be Annihilated”
Japan’s 2nd Tank Division was virtually annihilated during fighting in the
Philippines in early 1945.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
76 Simulation Gaming
War Wings
takes its mobile conflict to
Europe, while a pair of unique strategy titles
looms on the horizon.
Cover: A German Panzer
III advances toward the
battlefront somewhere in
Russia in 1942.
See story page 54.
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25 Missions Over Fortress Europe
B-17 radioman Thomas Fitzpatrick helped drop bombs over enemy territory
from Foggia, Italy.
By Kevin M. Hymel
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Brutal Fight
for Leningrad
12TH ARMY GROUP
RUSSIAN FRONT
Deadly Drive
Across Europe
JAPANESE ANNIHILATED
The 12th Army Group Gets Going
Activated at Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin, France, on August 1, 1944, the 12th Army
Group mounted an offensive across Western Europe.
By Steve Ossad
Tank Fight
on Luzon
VETERAN INTERVIEW
B-17 Crewman’s
25 Missions
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DARING RAID ON ROMMEL, SOVIET P-39 ACE,
DEATH OF THE USS DEHAVEN,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
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Operation Aborted
54
Wehrmacht
offensive, Operation Nordlicht, was cancelled in the face of
A major German
Soviet operations that cost the Red Army dearly but upset the German plans.
By Pat McTaggart
64
The Last Days of the USS
DeHaven
A landing operation to secure Guadalcanal resulted in the loss of a new U.S.
Navy destroyer.
By John J. Domagalski
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