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HURTGEN FOREST:
Brutal Battle of Attrition
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Nazi SS
Last Stand
at Leipzig
RESCUING POWs
Army Rangers
Daring Raid
on Cabanatuan
Royal Navy Triumph
at Cape Matapan
7TH BOMB GROUP
B-24 Raid on the
Kwai River Bridge
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
The bold British stroke at Taranto preceded
the Royal Navy victory at Cape Matapan.
10 Ordnance
Although its intended mission never took
place, the M29 Weasel found work in trans-
porting troops and supplies during World
War II.
16 Profiles
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera navigated
difficult diplomatic relationships during the
war years.
22 Insight
Governor Ralph L. Carr stood up for Ameri-
can ideals.
28 Top Secret
April 2019
The defection of anti-Nazi activists led to hor-
rific and unintended consequences.
72 Books
Bill Chapman fought his way across Europe
from Utah Beach to the heart of Germany.
Features
34
Last Stand in Leipzig
After Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower decided against
advancing on Berlin, American troops captured Germany’s fifth largest city, taking
a monument to a 19th-century victory over Napoleon in the process.
By Michael E. Haskew
76 Simulation Gaming
The next stage of World War II action can
be found in the skies and on the ground
and even on the table, thanks to a digital
card game.
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Busting Bridges
The 7th Bomb Group concentrated on railroad bridges along Japan’s supply line to
Burma, including the famous Bridge on the River Kwai.
By Bob Bergin
Nazi SS
Last Stand
at Leipzig
RESCUING POWs
Army Rangers
Daring Raid
on Cabanatuan
Cape Matapan Triumph
British warships dealt a staggering blow to the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean
during a night action.
By David H. Lippman
Cover: PFC Thomas
Gilgore, 8th Infantry
Division, appears to
show the strain of battle
during combat in the
Hürtgen Forest, Decem-
ber 5, 1944.
See story page 60.
Photo: National Archives
Royal Navy Triumph
at Cape Matapan
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The Nightmare Forest
and many other units suffered heavily in the grim,
The U.S. 22nd Infantry Division
bloody Hürtgen Forest.
By Michael D. Hull
66
Great Raid on Cabanatuan
American and Filipino soldiers and irregulars mounted a daring rescue of 500
U.S. prisoners in the Philippines.
By Charles W. Sasser
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