July 2002

July 2002

WWII History

The Air Transport Command: From Lend Lease To The Hump

World War II was responsible for numerous technological advances, not the least of which was the establishment of the largest airline in history. Read more

July 2002

WWII History

Pearl Harbor Payback

President Franklin D. Roosevelt sat in his White House study, an aging leader suddenly appearing older and wearier. Read more

July 2002

WWII History

Hermann Göring and His Final Judgment at Nuremberg

The Allied indictment against Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946) at Nuremberg as issued by the International Military Tribunal in 1945 reads as follows:

“The defendant Göring between 1932-45 was: member of the Nazi Party, Supreme Leader of the SA (Brownshirts), General in the SS, a member and President of the Reichstag, Minister of the Interior of Prussia, Chief of the Prussian Police and Prussian Secret Police, Chief of the Prussian State Council, Trustee of the Four Year Plan; “Reich Minister for Air, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, President of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich, member of the Secret Cabinet Council, head of the Hermann Göring Industrial Combine, and Successor Designate to Hitler. Read more

July 2002

WWII History

Operation Torch and The Assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan

Less than a year after the sudden and devastating Japanese attack against the United States at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the American military was about to embark on a large-scale offensive operation against German and Italian forces in North Africa. Read more

July 2002

WWII History

Operation Biting: the Bruneval Raid to Capture German Radar

Through the long, lovely days of the summer of 1940, almost two years before Operation Biting or the “Bruneval Raid,” Royal Air Force Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes turned back the might of the Luftwaffe over southern and southeastern Britain. Read more

July 2002

WWII History

Portugal’s Political Tightrope

“With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas. Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Editorial

The line between neutrality and active participation was blurred during World War II.

Neutrality. When used in the context of wartime, the word implies a political stance favoring neither side in armed conflict.

However, during World War II, alliances and allegiances seemed as confused at times as the fighting itself. Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Dispatches

The Carro Veloce L 3/33

Dear WWII History:

I would like to put the controversy regarding the “Sten gun carrier” to rest. As a reader of the May 2002 issue correctly noticed, the vehicle depicted on page 37 is not a Sten gun carrier. Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Ordnance

The Mitsubishi Zero Gave ‘Made in Japan’ New Respect

The psychological and military shock that the Allies experienced when they first encountered Mitsubishi’s legendary A6M2 Zero fighter plane at the beginning of the Pacific War may be difficult to understand today. Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Profiles

Waffen SS General Felix Steiner’s WWII Legacy

“Where is Steiner?” Adolf Hitler demanded as his Thousand Year Reich crumbled around him in April 1945. “Is he attacking yet?” Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Insight

USS Franklin and Father O’Callahan

On March 3, 1945, the 27,100-ton aircraft carrier USS Franklin churned out of Pearl Harbor and headed westward for the war zone. Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Top Secret

Kenji Doihara: Japanese General and Convicted War Criminal

At 11:30 pm on December 22, 1948, four handcuffed men were led by guards into the chapel of Tokyo’s Sugamo Prison. Read more

July 2002

WWII History, Books

Robert Sterling Rush’s ‘Hell in Hürtgen Forest’

If ever the stamina, courage, and spirit of U.S. infantrymen were tested during World War II, it was at the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest in November 1944. Read more