World War II 2013-05-06 (Vol.28 No.01).pdf

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First
Strike
The
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Hitler's
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Bloody
Surprise
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MAY/JUNE 2013
How the ‘Deuce’ Rolled
Over the Axis
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WORLD
WAR II
FEATURES
C O V E R S T O RY
May/June 2013
First Strike
The United States’ first large-scale
bombing mission of the war was a triumph.
Why, then, was it quickly forgotten?
JOHN D. LUKACS
The Shanghai Gambit
China attempted to turn the tables on its
Japanese invaders by luring them into an urban
battle—and very nearly succeeded
GREGORY CROUCH
30
52
E S S AY
Hitler’s Harvard Man
Ernst “Putzi” Hanfstaengl called himself
“half American”—but his heart and mind
belonged to the Führer
ANDREW NAGORSKI
Lessons from
The Caine Mutiny
This famous work of World War II fiction
is flush with timeless truths
DAVID T. ZABECKI
38
46
60
PORTFOLIO
Ghosts in Cement and Steel
Hitler’s mania for massive fortification survived
the Reich’s ruin to haunt Europe today
WEAPONS MANUAL
America’s GMC 6x6 Truck
To keep rolling toward victory, the Allies
needed trucks that could go the distance
JIM LAURIER
64
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D E PA R T M E N T S
Weider Reader
Excerpts from our
sister publications
War Letters
The many surprises confronting a
navy doctor in the Gobi Desert
ANDREW CARROLL
6
8
Mail
22
Reviews
Patrick K. O’Donnell’s
Dog
Company;
the Military
History Channel’s
Nazi
Gospels;
reads for
teens and tweens
World War II Today
Brewster Buffalo wreck discovered
off Midway; new museum wing
soars—and plunges; a modern
general’s Reading List
Their Darkest Hour
A Japanese soldier speaks
of an unspeakable act
LAURENCE REES
66
25
What If…
…Stalin had signed an
alliance with the west?
MARK GRIMSLEY
12
Time Travel
Peleliu
RICHARD CAMP
75
Conversation
Reporter-turned-propagandist Betty
McIntosh on messing with minds
GENE SANTORO
26
Challenge
Steve McQueen’s
famous scene
79
80
20
Pinup
German troops load a captured Soviet 152mm howitzer at an emplacement on the Atlantic Wall near Biarritz, France.
On the cover: An American B-25B Mitchell medium bomber heads toward a target early in the war.

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