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Contents
June 2016
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Recently released documents remind the world
of Adolf Eichman’s denial of wrongdoing.
08 Ordnance
One of the earliest multi-role aircraft of World
War II, the Bristol Beaufighter was always
dependable.
Alfonse Juin is considered by many to be
France’s best World War II commander.
To get the intelligence America needed in
China, OSS had to conceal its operations
from Chiang Kai-shek’s spy master and the
U.S. Navy.
Evidence suggests that the Allies were aware
of Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp,
and might have curbed the systematic killing
with a precision bombing strike.
The end of the Third Reich was filled with
fear, tension, and political intrigue for both
the victors and the vanquished.
14 Profiles
20 Top Secret
26 Insight
72 Books
Features
32
40
46
Combat Soldier and POW
Corporal Ray Allen Miller remembered his experiences during World War II and
wrote an earnest firsthand account of combat and survival.
By Ray Allen Miller
77 Simulation Gaming
The year looks to deliver both a mix of tried-
and-true action and one of the most uncon-
ventional spins on World War II to date.
TANK FIGHT IN NORTH AFRICA
Curtis 02313
Gallant Ship, Tragic End
The heavy cruiser USS
Indianapolis
met a tragic fate during the last days of
World War II.
By Michael D. Hull
Canadian
Assault on
Fortress Walcheren
A POW’S JOURNEY
CAPTURED
at the Bulge
Sinking the
USS
Indianapolis
Red Army Battle
FINNISH WINTER WAR
Cover: A Canadian M4
Sherman tank advances
during the assult on
Walcheren Island and the
Scheldt Estuary in
September 1944.
See story page 56.
Battle for Tolvajärvi
A pivotal engagement during the bitter Winter War between the Soviet Union
and Finland had far-reaching consequences.
By David H. Lippman
for Tolvajarvi
+
THE BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER, OSS IN CHINA,
AUSCHWITZ BOMBING CONTROVERSY,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
JUNE 2016
Photo: National Archives
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL JULY 4
56
TheHardest Fight
to November, the Canadian First Army fought its most
For 55 days, from September
bitter battle of the war against a determined foe to capture the vital Scheldt Estuary.
By Arnold Blumberg
Miss Affair
64
A Hit or
North African campaign, American tankers battled the Vichy French.
Early in the
By Patrick J. Chaisson
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