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BATTLE OF
THE BULGE
Holding Out at
LANZERATH
Fight for the
Rhine Bridge
at Remagen
Battle for Guam
Hitler and Stalin
Divide Up Poland
FEBRUARY 2022
WWII HISTORY
FEBRUARY 2022
Volume 21, No. 1
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DARING RESCUE IN THE BALKANS,
CHURCHILL & STALIN’S TROUBLED ALLIANCE,
PRINCE PHILIP’S WAR, AND MUCH MORE!
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL JAN. 17
Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
This month marks the anniversary of ‘If Day.’
08 Profile
The Duke of Edinburgh became a naval hero
during World War II and went on to serve his
adopted country as the husband of Queen
Elizabeth II.
16 Ordnance
With typical German efficiency, homeland
antiaircraft defenses were put into place to
counter the Allies’ massive bombing cam-
paigns over the Third Reich.
22 Top Secret
Nazi military planners left nothing to
chance—not even the weather. A special
weather-reconnaissance unit, the Wekusta,
monitored conditions in brutal Arctic locales.
28 Insight
February 2022
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier
Josef Stalin were wary of one another during
days of contentious cooperation.
Features
34 Hold at All Costs
A desperate fight at Lanzerath during the Battle of the Bulge made the 394th
I&R Platoon the most decorated American unit of its size in World War II.
By Brent Dyck
76 Books
General George Patton began a famed World
War II sojourn on the beaches of North Africa.
80 Simulation Gaming
Two World War II outings prepare to take the
fight to additional platforms.
Cover: Sergeant
Fred Parke of the
99th Infantry Division
emerges from his
dugout in Belgium
during the Battle of
the Bulge. See story
page 34. Photo:
National Archives
FEBRUARY 2022
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40 Fighting for W
ater
The 77th Infantry Division battled stubborn Japanese resistance during the
liberation of Guam in July-August 1944.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
WWII HISTORY
FEBRUARY 2022
Volume 21, No. 1
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BATTLE OF
THE BULGE
Holding Out at
LANZERATH
Fight for the
Rhine Bridge
at Remagen
Battle for Guam
Hitler and Stalin
Divide Up Poland
48 Invasion from the East
After signing a secret non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany, the Soviet
Union invaded neighboring Poland in the early days of World War II.
By John W. Osborn, Jr.
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DARING RESCUE IN THE BALKANS,
CHURCHILL & STALIN’S TROUBLED ALLIANCE,
PRINCE PHILIP’S WAR, AND MUCH MORE!
56 Bridging the Rhine at Remagen
After Adolf Hitler ordered all bridges across the Rhine River blown up to
prevent the Allies from crossing into Germany, one span remained intact.
The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen was a gem beyond value.
By George A. Larson
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64 Hazardous Balkan Air Rescue
With the help of the Chetniks, an American OSS team extracted dozens of
downed airmen from under the Nazis’ noses.
By Kevin Morrow
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