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On the morning of June 1, 1943, the Douglas DC-3 lifted off from the airport at Lisbon in neutral Portugal. BOAC Flight 777 or Dutch KLM Flight 2L272, as it had been designated, carried 13 passengers and its crew on a flight bound for London. Read more
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Dear Editor,
To put it simply, WWII History is a spectacular magazine.
Nowhere else can one find such well-researched, clear, or concise articles as the ones found on your pages. Read more
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General Douglas MacArthur once said that the soldier above all prays for peace because he knows the terrible price of war. Read more
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By Blaine Taylor
The German Wehrmacht had just invaded the Soviet Union in the predawn hours of June 22, 1941, and the chief of the Soviet General Staff, General Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, was calling the Kremlin in Moscow to alert dictator Josef Stalin, nicknamed “The Chief. Read more
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The true story of “Lili Marlene,” possibly the most famous war song ever written because of its universal themes of separation, loneliness, heartbreak, hope, fear of death, and dreaming for one’s love, is varying, contradictory, and controversial. Read more
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Dear Sir,
I have just obtained a copy of your November issue which has just found its way into my local bookshop. Read more
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Fifty-nine years after the end of the most horrific conflict ever known, American veterans of World War II will have a memorial dedicated on May 29, 2004. Read more
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In March and early April 1942, American and British codebreakers uncovered indications of a Japanese offensive being prepared in the Pacific against Australia. Read more
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American perceptions of Japan’s war with China (1937-1945) have been formed by the reports on the Nanking Massacre and similar examples of Japanese brutality. Read more
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Although the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was the event that served to galvanize America to fight World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt and his military advisers had pervasively decided that defeating the Japanese would be secondary to destroying the Nazi war machine in Europe. Read more
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For the Western Allies, the war in Europe ended with more of a whimper than a bang. Read more
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Dear Editor:
I awaited the “Dispatches” to question why C.R. Smith’s name was not acknowledged in “Anything, Anywhere, Anytime” (July 2002) about the Air Transport Command (ATC), written by Sam McGowan. Read more
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The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague, ended the notorious career of one of the most ruthless and anti-Semitic Nazis. Read more
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The metal detector buzzed loudly. Its operator, Jean-Louis Seel, used his foot to unearth a dog tag beneath the pine needles. Read more
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Dear Sirs:
I have enjoyed your new magazine for its subject matter, layout, and graphics. Your challenge is to present articles on subject matter that has been covered for many years by world-class writers such as Cornelius Ryan, Carlo d’Este, and lately Adrian Lewis about D-day. Read more
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The Pearl Harbor disaster presented the U.S. Navy with a sobering question: how to recover? More than 2,000 men had died. Read more
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On the same day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, America’s ace of aces, Richard Ira Bong, was killed while test piloting the experimental Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star in Burbank, Calif. Read more
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With rhythmic tread, the Canadian soldiers marched behind the bagpipers of the Royal Scots up Nathan Road. Read more
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From their hiding places in the valley below, the soldiers looked up at the wall of shale looming more than 3,000 feet above them. Read more
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Dear Sir,
The article “Anything, Anywhere, Anytime” (July 2002) about the Air Transport Command (ATC), written by Sam McGowan, was excellent. Read more
