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Contents: Angels’ Nightmare On Leyte (The 11th Airborne Division faced some of the most vicious combat of World War II during its operations to clear Leyte, in the Philippines. In an excerpt from the forthcoming book Into The Rising Sun, veterans of the 11th recount for the first time their gruesome memories of the fight around Ormoc); Tragic Voyage Of Junyo Maru (Japan’s refusal to honor the rules of war and place Red Cross flags on ships transporting POWs led to horrific consequences for the men on board Junyo Maru); The Fuhrer’s Fighters (By 1943, Adolf Hitler’s once feared air force was fighting for its life in the skies over Germany. Faced with overwhelming numbers of Allied fighters and bombers, the men of the Luftwaffe fought bitterly to change the course of the European air war. This 16-page aviation art section features 24 paintings by the finest contemporary artists commemorating the last stand of the Luftwaffe) Departments – Editorial; Communiques; Armament (Although only arrived in service too late to alter the course of the war in Europe, the first jet aircraft made technological advances that would usher in a new age of aerial Warcraft); Personality (An opportunity to earn a little bit of extra money working part time set William Frederic Friedman on the road to becoming the greatest code-breaker of all time); Perspectives (Efforts are underway to save U-505, the last enemy vessel captured by the U.S. Navy on the high seas, for future generations of sailors and scholars); Reviews (The fate of France’s great wineries provides a telling example of the price of German occupation); Undercover (An unfortunate shot led to the defeat of a daring British Commonwealth Commando raid on Singapore Harbor); Almanac; WWII Marketplace
Issue: March 2002
Condition: Very Good