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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Controversy swirls around the iconic Iwo
Jima photo.
08 Ordnance
Igor Sikorsky demonstrated the practicality
of the helicopter to the U.S. Army in 1940.
12 Profiles
Squadron leader Alan George led aircraft of
the Royal New Zealand Air Force in combat.
16 Insight
A crafty captain worked to free his cargo
ship after its seizure by the Germans on the
high seas.
22 Top Secret
Analysis raises questions concerning the
long-held beliefs surrounding the sinking
of the
Bismarck.
66 Books
October 2016
Features
28
36
42
52
Three Days Behind Enemy Lines
An American infantry sergeant survived an ordeal during the opening chapter
of the Battle of the Bulge.
By Jay Marquart
Japan could have thrown the British Royal
Navy out of the Indian Ocean in early 1942
but became overextended and squandered
an easy victory.
70 Simulation Gaming
Fury Software digs into classic hex-based
World War II strategy, and we check in on
Driven Arts’ successfully crowdfunded shooter.
Witness to the Opening Salvos
The .50-caliber machine guns of the battleship USS
Pennsylvania
unloaded
65,000 rounds of ammunition on December 7, 1941.
By Brian H. Wright
Escape
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Bulge
GEILENKIRCHEN
at the
Cover: Private Nicholas
Pappas of the 9th Infantry
Division advances toward
a pillbox along the
Siegfried Line.
See story page 58.
Photo: National Archives
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Attack on the
Siegfried Line
Fallschirmjäger
Deadly Dash Forward
Japanese parachute forces mounted an assault on the island of Sumatra soon
after Pearl Harbor.
By Gene Eric Salecker
Fight on Crete
Airborne Attack
on Sumatra
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PEARL HARBOR ATTACK, WWII HELICOPTERS,
GERMAN BATTLESHIP
BISMARK,
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Mishap at Maleme
A series of mistakes cost the British dearly in the defense of a critical airfield
during the German offensive against the island of Crete.
By Jon Diamond
the
58
Cracking
British
Geilenkirchen Salient
American and
forces coordinated an effort to eliminate a German threat
to the U.S. Ninth Army.
By Nathan N. Prefer
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