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AIRBORNE BATTLE AT NIJMEGEN
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4TH ARMORED DIVISION
Stopping
Panzers
at Rechicourt
WWII HISTORY
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Volume 20, No. 3
NORTH AFRICA
Brutal
Battle
NAVY FIGHTERS
for Bardia
Hellcats
Over Truk
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DOUGLAS A-20 GROUND ATTACK BOMBER,
BRITAIN’S BALLOON BOMBING CAMPAIGN,
SOVIET ARMY DECEPTION, AND MORE!
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
June 2021
Columns
06 Editorial
Operation Hailstone devastated the Japanese
anchorage at Truk.
08 Ordnance
The Douglas A-20 Havoc light bomber
changed the course of World War II in the
Pacific and served in all theaters.
16 Top Secret
As World War II progressed, the Red Army
became practiced in the art of confusing the
Nazi enemy both strategically and tactically.
20 Profile
PFC Romay Johnson served her country both
at home and overseas in Europe during
World ar II.
28 Insight
During Operation Outward, British balloons
brought fire and power disruptions to Ger-
many and occupied Europe.
70 Books
Features
32 Stubborn Defense at Rechicourt
American Armored Infantry stubbornly resisted days of German attacks near
Rechicourt, France, leading to an award of the Medal of Honor.
Christopher Miskimon
Nazi Germany’s Army Group South faced
bitter defeat on the Eastern Front throughout
1944.
74 Simulation Gaming
The Eastern Front gets the spotlight in a
new isometric real-time strategy outing from
Destructive Creations.
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AIRBORNE BATTLE AT NIJMEGEN
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40 Duel in the Desert
As Operation Crusader erupted on the Egypt-Libya border, an eager but untested
force of Commonwealth troops prepared for a renewed drive on the Axis-held
stronghold at Bardia.
By Allyn Vannoy
4TH ARMORED DIVISION
Stopping
Panzers
at Reichicourt
WWII HISTORY
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Volume 20, No. 3
NORTH AFRICA
Brutal
Battle
for Bardia
NAVY FIGHTERS
46 Across the Wild River
The 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment made an epic, hazardous
crossing of the River Waal during Operation Market-Garden.
By David H. Lippman
Hellcats
Over Truk
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Cover: Captain J.F.
Brady, 37th Tank
Battalion, 4th Armored
Division, pho-
tographed a few
days after the fight at
Rechicourt. See story
page 32. Photo:
National Archives
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DOUGLAS A-20 GROUND ATTACK BOMBER,
BRITAIN’S BALLOON BOMBING CAMPAIGN,
SOVIET ARMY DECEPTION, AND MORE!
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58 Ten Minutes Over Truk
Eight Hellcat fighters from the carrier
Langley
shot down 21 Japanese Zeros during
a short melee above the harbor in the Caroline Islands.
By Chris Marks
64 Athens In Agony
The Greek capital erupted with civil unrest in December 1944 as Communist forces
made a bid to take control of the Greece during the final days of World War II.
John W. Osborn, Jr.
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