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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
A stirring chapter of naval history steeped
in controversy.
08 Ordnance
The German Luger became a legend and
a highly prized souvenir for Allied troops
during World War II.
14 Profiles
German Ace Hans Rudel destroyed more
than 500 Russian tanks on the Eastern Front.
20 Top Secret
Actor Sterling Hayden served with distinction
as an OSS operative during World War II.
26 Insight
Though British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin were
suspicious of one another, they were com-
pelled to cooperate early in World War II.
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72 Books
Features
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40
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Blitzkrieg Before Breakfast
The German invasion of Denmark led to a swift victory in the spring of 1940.
By John W. Osborn, Jr.
The first wave of Allied troops on D-Day
cleared the way for thousands of soldiers
who would liberate Western Europe.
75 Simulation Gaming
An alternate history WWII game goes
behind enemy lines.
AIRBORNE BRIDGE TOO FAR
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American Airborne at the Bridge Too Far
The U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions achieved their Operation Market
Garden objectives and remained for weeks of ground combat in the Netherlands.
By Michael E. Haskew
OP. NORDWIND
GI Stand
at Bannstein
U.S. MARINES
Overrun in Alsace
A U.S. armored infantry company faced the fury of the Wehrmacht’s Operation
Nordwind on New Year’s Day 1945. Its men held on as long as humanly possible.
By Allyn Vannoy
Brutal Fight
for Peleliu
Nazi Strike
at Denmark
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Stuka Ace Hans Rudel
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Cover: British General
Miles Dempsey confers
with Brig. Gen. James
M. Gavin, commander
of the 82nd Airborne
Division during Opera-
tion Market Garden.
See story page 40.
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Fatal Pride at Peleliu
General William Rupertus’s proud 1st Marine Division charged ashore at Peleliu
on September 15, 1944, expecting to cakewalk to victory. It would prove, instead,
to be one of the costliest amphibious attacks in American history.
By John McManus
UNEASY ALLIES: CHURCHILL AND STALIN,
THE LEGENDARY LUGER, AND MUCH MORE!
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL MARCH 2
Madagascar
64
Expedition to
compelled to occupy the large island off the coast of East Africa
British forces were
amid fears of a Japanese invasion.
By John W. Osborn, Jr.
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