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Gen. Ted Roosevelt’s WWII Saga
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ARMOR VS. ARMOR
Panzer
Attack in
Normandy
MEDAL OF HONOR
Commando
Kelly’s War
MARKET GARDEN
A Failure of
Command
Battle of Steamroller Farm
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WHO SANK THE USS
INDIANAPOLIS?
FUTILE JAPANESE DEFENSE OF TARAWA,
BRITAIN’S RADAR DEFENSE, AND MUCH MORE!
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Poland makes war reparations claim against
Germany.
08 Profile
Corporal Charles Kelly fought with incredible
courage during the opening days of Allied
operations in Italy.
14 Ordnance
The light cruisers of the USS
Cleveland
-class
proved their mettle and performed yeoman
service in World War II.
22 Top Secret
Chain Home radar provided the Royal Air
Force with vital early warning during the
Battle of Britain.
28 Insight
The defenders of the islet of Betio at Tarawa
atoll were overwhelmed by the attacking
U.S. Marines in November 1943.
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70 Books
Allied “Cactus Airforce” waged a months-
long campaign against the Japanese around
Guadalcanal, inflicting irreplaceable losses.
Features
32 Tigers Triumphant at Villers-Bocage
In the fight for the French city of Caen, German tanks under the command of
Lieutenant Michael Wittmann decimated a British Army unit at the small village.
By Michael E. Haskew
76 Simulation Gaming
Venerable
Men of War
series is returning to
its roots with World War II release in 2023.
Gen. Ted Roosevelt’s WWII Saga
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40 Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. Led At Utah Beach
The son of a legendary president was the assistant commander of the
4th Infantry Division on D-Day.
By Michael D. Hull
ARMOR VS. ARMOR
Panzer
Attack in
Normandy
MEDAL OF HONOR
Commando
Kelly’s War
MARKET GARDEN
48 Montgomery’s Bridge Too Far
In Operation Market-Garden, Allied leaders ignored warnings, overlooked
obstacles in a push to end the war in Europe quickly.
By Michael D. Hull
A Failure of
Command
Battle of Steamroller Farm
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Cover: General George
S. Patton and General
Ted Roosevelt, Jr. pose
for a photgrapher dur-
ing combat in Sicily.
See story page 40.
Photo: National
Archives.
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56 Captain Hollands’ Rampage
British Captain Ernest D. Hollands took his tank on a daring attack against
the German army at Steamroller Farm.
By Christopher Miskimon
64 The Fateful War Patrols of I-58
The submarine that fired the torpedoes that sank the heavy cruiser USS
Indianapolis
had only a single victim during World War II in the Pacific.
By Mark Carlson
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