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Brutal Fight
MARINES VS. ARMY
on Saipan
Prelude to the
HEARTBREAK CROSSROADS
Battle of
the Bulge
Fighting Nazis
in Warsaw
Doomed Defense
of Bataan
+
ITALY’S MANNED TORPEDOES,
NAZI KILLING SQUADS, HUNTING U-BOATS,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
OCTOBER 2015
Contents
October 2015
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Operation Magic Carpet brought Allied
fighting men and women home from the
battlefields of Europe and Asia.
08 Ordnance
Numerous nations developed manned sub-
mersibles to attack enemy shipping during
World War II and achieved some notable
successes.
14 Profiles
Admiral Sir Max Horton of the Royal Navy
was himself a submarine veteran.
22 Insight
After seven decades, a helmet liner lost in
World War II was returned to a soldier’s
family.
26 Top Secret
The Nazi Einsatzgruppen began the war’s
most closely guarded operation, the
annihilation of the Jews.
72 Books
Features
32
40
50
Defending Bataan
American forces defending the Bataan Peninsula waged a determined resistance
during the Philippines Campaign of 1941-1942.
By Arnold Blumberg
British and Polish paratroopers fought a des-
perate battle for control of the road leading
to Arnhem during Operation Market-Garden.
78 Simulation Gaming
World War II meets trading card games,
while the
Company of Hereos
series takes
the British forces out for one more tour.
Cover: Private Joe Vega
of the 29th Infantry Divi-
sion looks out for Japan-
ese snipers from a fox-
hole on Saipan.
See story page 50.
Photograph: National
Archives
The 2nd Infantry Division at Heartbreak Crossroads
The Roer River dams of western Germany posed a serious threat to projected Allied
operations into the Ruhr industrial region.
By Cleve C. Barkley
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Brutal Fight
MARINES VS. ARMY
on Saipan
HEARTBREAK CROSSROADS
Prelude to the
The War Between the Smiths
Two commanding generals, one with the U.S. Marine Corps and the other with the
Army, were embroiled in a command controversy that began during the joint effort
to capture Saipan.
By David H. Lippman
Battle of
the Bulge
Fighting Nazis
in Warsaw
Doomed Defense
of Bataan
+
OCTOBER 2015
ITALY’S MANNED TORPEDOES,
NAZI KILLING SQUADS, HUNTING U-BOATS,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL NOVEMBER 2
58
Uprising!
fighter battles Nazi occupiers.
A Warsaw freedom
By Y
anek Mieczkowski
64
Subhunters Over the Bay
The combined efforts fo RAF Coastal Command, the U.S. Army Air Forces, and the
U.S. Navy defeated German U-boats in the disputed Bay of Biscay.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
WWII History
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