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Blitzkrieg
1940
AT HERRLISHEIM
TANK
FIGHT
OPERATION CITADEL
LOST U.S. BATTALION
Panzer Onslaught
Stopped at Kursk
MARSHALL ISLANDS ASSAULT
Bloody Marine Fight
FIGHTER ACE CHUCK YEAGER,
GERMANY’S RUSSIAN ARMY, MATILDA TANK,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
The watery grave of the Japanese super
battleship
Musashi
has been found.
08 Ordnance
Early in World War II, the Matilda infantry
tank added weight to the Commonwealth
units in North Africa.
14 Profiles
Aviation pioneer Chuck Yeager was an ace in
the European Theater during World War II.
20 Insight
Expatriated Russians and others who fought
to liberate their homeland during World
War II were summarily executed when the
war was over.
26 Top Secret
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Italian prisoners of war climbed a mountain
in Africa and then returned to their camp.
64 Books
American industry prepared for World War II
through a combination of determination,
ingenuity, ego, and politics.
Features
28
An Impossible Victory
After Stalingrad, German victory against the Soviets was not a realistic possibility.
Yet there were alternatives to Operation Citadel that could have prolonged the war
or brought a stalemate on the Russian Front.
By Valor Dodd
76 Simulation Gaming
MachineGames returns to
Wolfenstein
for a
stand-alone expansion, offering the perfect
excuse to take on the Nazis once again.
Cover: A German tanker
pauses for a smoke dur-
ing the German Blitzkrieg
into Belgium and France
in May 1940.
See story page 34.
Photograph: Ullstein
Bild / The Granger
Collection, New York.
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Belgium Besieged
The German conquest and occupation of Belgium during World War II is a dark
chapter in the history of the nation.
By William Floyd
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Blitzkreig
1940
LOST U.S. BATTALION
AT HERRLISHEIM
TANK
FIGHT
OPERATION CITADEL
First Time Under Fire
The U.S. 4th Marine Division experienced enemy action for the first time during
the fight for the Japanese-held islands of Roi and Namur.
By Cleve C. Barkley
Panzer Onslaught
Stopped at Kursk
MARSHALL ISLANDS ASSAULT
Bloody Marine Fight
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Heavy Weather for Bull
with the U.S. Navy’s Task Force 38 in December
A powerful typhoon wreaked havoc
1944.
By Michael D. Hull
56
Tank Ambush at Herrlisheim
An American tank battalion mysteriously disappeared during a bitter winter fight for
a French village.
By Nathan N. Prefer
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