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As the date of D-Day approaches, GIs shave their heads. Some did it for sanitary reasons, other to look like American Indians, whom, it was rumored, terrified Adolf Hitler. The crudely drawn woman on the soldier’s jacket attests to what the GIs miss the most.

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Preparing for D-Day

By Kevin M. Hymel

The American Army that stormed the beaches of Normandy was mostly green but well trained. For months men practiced climbing down rope ladders into landing craft, exiting in columns of threes, racing across a beach, assaulting pillboxes, storming bluffs, and digging foxholes. Read more

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Young People and World War II

By Flint Whitlock

We often hear that today’s “younger generation” cares nothing for the past, and that “history class” is just a synonym for “nap time.” Read more

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Underground Guerrillas

Dear Editor,

I have enclosed three photos that show without any doubt that the photo used in the “Tito’s War” article is a fake. Read more

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Reflections on “Sneak Attacks and “Dates of Infamy”

At some point during this magazine’s three-month “shelf life,” the date December 7 will fall. As human society has a penchant for observing the fifth- and 10th-year anniversaries of certain events, this December 7 will be a significant one—the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on American military bases in the Pacific that catapulted the United States into World War II and forever changed the course of history. Read more

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Deep hatred remains among Poles of Jedwabne.

The tragedy that engulfed the Polish town of Jedwabne during World War II continues to rear its ugly head today.

On the morning of July 10, 1941, a group of Poles in the town, allegedly under the close supervision of German policemen, assembled with the purpose of rounding up the local Jewish citizenry. Read more

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Tito’s War

Dear Editor:

In “Tito’s War” (November 2011 issue), author John Brown’s account of General Draza Mihailovich’s capture and trial for alleged war crimes and collaborating with the enemy, omits a few important details, such as President Harry S. Read more

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Late Fall 2011 Cover

Dear Editor:

I have being reading your magazine for several years and I would like to congratulate you on the fine job you are doing. Read more

Japanese planes prepare for takeoff from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Zuikaku in 1942. A veteran of Pearl Harbor, Zuikaku was heavily damaged during the 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea but survived.

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Marianas Turkey Shoot

Dear Editor:

I just finished reading David Lippman’s article on the Marianas Turkey Shoot in the March 2011 issue of WWII History magazine. Read more