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STALINGRAD:
DEATH OF AN ARMY
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Breaking
Through to
Bastogne
80th Division:
HITLER’S
DARING
BATTLE FOR TARAWA
Channel Dash
Sinking a
Japanese
Submarine
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
The brutal execution of Australian Sergeant Leonard
George Siffleet occurred on October 24, 1943.
10 Profile
General Courtney Hodges rose through the ranks to
command a U.S. field army in World War II.
18 Ordnance
After annexing Czechoslovakia, the Nazis took
advantage of the Czech armaments industry and
pressed many tanks into service with the Wehrmacht.
24 Insight
Albert, brother of Gestapo-founder Hermann
Göring, was a fervent anti-Nazi who helped Jews
escape from concentration camps.
68 Books
Dark Waters, Starry Skies—American
naval units
learned quickly during the Solomons Campaign.
72 Simulation Gaming
October 2023
Enjoy a mix of turn-based and real-time strategy in
the latest WWII game highlights—Classified:
France ‘44
and
War Mongrels.
Features
STALINGRAD:
DEATH OF AN ARMY
30 Fighting 80th Division at Bastogne
The role of this American infantry division in the relief of Bastogne, during the Battle of the
Bulge has largely been overlooked.
By Leon Reed
80th Division:
Breaking
Through to
Bastogne
HITLER’S
DARING
BATTLE FOR TARAWA
38 B-25 Mitchell: ‘Big Gun’ of the Mediterranean
The B-25 Mitchell medium bomber proved a potent weapon against Axis shipping.
By Mark Carlson
Channel Dash
Cover: A German soldier
performs maintainance on
his rifle during a break in
the fighting around Stalin-
grad in late 1942.
See story page 44. Photo:
CPA Media Pte Ltd. /
Alamy Stock Photo
CMG 02313
Sinking a
Japanese
Submarine
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U.S. ARMY’S “MUSTANG” GENERAL,
LOW FLYING B-25 BOMBER, AND MORE!
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44 Stalingrad: Battle in the Cauldron
A turning point in World War II, as the German Sixth Army was annihilated.
By David H. Lippman
54 The Sinking of
I-35
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine sunk in the battle for the Gilbert Islands.
By Peter McQuarrie
60 The Kriegsmarine ‘Channel Dash’
German warships passed safely through the English Channel in February 1942.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
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