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STOPPING ROMMEL’S PANZERS
CMG 02313
Stalingrad
Air War
Richthofen’s
Stukas
WWII QUARTERLY
SPRING 2021
Volume 12, No. 3
U.S. NINTH ARMY
Furious Fight
to the Rhine
SPRING 2021
B-17 CREWMAN
RETAILER DISPLAY UNTIL JUNE 21
My 35 Missions
Over Nazi Europe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WWII QUARTERLY
Features
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Operation Grenade: Race to the Roer
In two weeks of furious fighting in February and March 1945, the
Ninth U.S. Army bulldozed its way over the Roer River on its drive
to the Rhine.
ALLYN VANNOY
Wake Island: Japan’s First Setback
The battle for a lonely outpost in the Pacific became a supreme
test of wills between the island’s American defenders and the
overconfident Japanese invaders.
NATHAN N. PREFER
Lucky All the Way!
After flying 35 combat missions, a B-17 bombardier remembers
staying the course.
ZITA BALLINGER FLETCHER
France Avenged
Rising from the ashes of defeat and humiliation, France’s army,
navy, air force, and Résistance members contributed greatly to
her own liberation.
ALAN DAVIDGE
Three Minutes of Fury
The sinking of HMS
Hood
by the German battleship Bismarck
in May 1941 signaled the coming demise of duels between
capital ships.
MARK CARLSON
Departments
06
08
Editorial
In Case You Missed It—More WWII in the News
FLINT WHITLOCK
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STOPPING ROMMEL’S PANZERS
CMG 02313
Company B’s Tunisian Adventure
In the early days of the American advance into Tunisia, a tank
destroyer company went on a risky but successful offensive—
virtually alone.
CHRISTOPHER MISKIMON
Vehicles
Struggle for Stalin’s Skies
The German Type 166 Schwimmwagen was one
of the most versatile military vehicles ever built.
BLAINE TAYLOR
The burgeoning strength of the Red Air Force and staggering
Luftwaffe losses doomed the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad.
KELLY BELL
Stalingrad
Air War
Richthofen’s
Stukas
Cover: German Junkers Ju 87
Stuka dive bomber aircraft hunt
for targets over the Soviet Union.
See story page 88. Photo:
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-631-3749-35A;
Photo: W. Wanderer.
U.S. NINTH ARMY
Furious Fight
to the Rhine
SPRING 2021
B-17 CREWMAN
RETAILER DISPLAY UNTIL JUNE 21
My 35 Missions
Over Nazi Europe
WWII Quarterly
(ISSN 2151-3678) is published four times yearly by Sovereign Media, 6731 Whittier Avenue, Suite C-100, McLean, VA
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WWII Quarterly,
Volume 12, Number 3 © 2021 by Sovereign Media Company, Inc., all rights reserved.
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