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BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Massacre
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AT
WHEN COURAGE COUNTED
CORREGIDOR
RUSSIAN FRONT
Danish Disaster
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GERMANY’S LAST HOPE
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TABLE
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CONTENTS
WWII QUARTERLY
Features
14
Voices of the Bulge, Part 2
Survivors of the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler’s last major offensive in
the West, recall their harrowing experiences.
MICHAEL COLLINS & MARTIN KING
26
36
Page 78
Corregidor: Gibraltar of the East
The embattled island in Manila Bay was—and remains—a symbol of
American and Filipino courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
ERIC NIDEROST
Rosie the Riveter
She helped America win the war and opened up a new, postwar world
for women.
BORDEN BLACK
44
Deadly Cat & Mouse Game at Sea
Departments
06
08
Editorial
Our fine feathered friends
FLINT WHITLOCK
An American submariner tells what it was like to face death and
survive in the underwater war.
RON SMITH
56
Battle for the Bridges
Manpower
During the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, the British and Germans fought
pitched battles for two key bridges: the Malati and the Primosole.
MARK SIMMONS
During 1944-1945, the Volkssturm, or People’s Militia,
was designed to promote “a violent burst of fanatic
rage against the invaders and thus salvage victory.
BLAINE TAYLOR
66
Flying for the Luftwaffe
92
Museums
A German POW’s story of combat, captivity, and courage—and a new
life in America.
JACK HILDEBRANDT WITH M.M. HARRIS
The entire history of warfare is on display at the West
Point Museum, America’s first military museum.
MASON B. WEBB
78
Disaster at Demyansk
Scandinavian volunteers took part in Nazi Germany’s 1942 summer
offensive against the Soviets—and paid a heavy price at the Demyansk
Pocket.
HENRIK LUNDE
COVER: A American soldier stares
blankly while wrapped in layers of
clothing to stave off the bitter cold
during the Battle of the Bulge. See
story page 14.
Photo: National Archives
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