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CHARLIE BOND
Flying Tiger
in China
NAVY BEACHMASTER
D-DAY
Omaha
Daring
Airborne
Assault
RUSSIAN FRONT
Landing on
on Corregidor
Bitter Battle
at Kirovograd
at Ludweiler
Heroic
Stand
BATTLE OF
THE BULGE
+
BRITAIN’S LANCASTER BOMBER,
MIS-X: UNDERCOVER POWS, ANGEL OF PLOESTI,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
DECEMBER 2015
Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Frederick and the
Devil’s Brigade took Monte La Difensa with
the V-42 stiletto at the ready.
08 Ordnance
The Royal Air Force deployed the Avro
Lancaster bomber during its strategic cam-
paign to bomb the Third Reich.
16 Profiles
American Volunteer Group pilot Charlie Bond
fought the Japanese in the skies above China.
24 Top Secret
One of the most obscure of American intelli-
gence organizations during World War II,
MIS-X played a vital role in aiding the escape
of American POWs.
30 Insight
The American airmen Princess Ecaterina
Caradja saved from the Germans called her
the “Angel of Ploesti.”
72 Books
December 2015
The aircraft carrier USS
Lexington
lasted only
six months after Pearl Harbor, but her actions
paved the way to future victory.
80 Simulation Gaming
Features
36
46
54
Rock Force Assault
American airborne and ground troops swiftly captured the fortress island of
Corregidor in Manila Bay with a coordinated operation in early 1945.
By Gene E. Salecker
Battle of the Bulge
delivers campaign-specific
strategy and the
Wargaming
titles continue to
expand and evolve.
Cover: Robert E. Smith
pilots his obsolete P-40
fighter against the
Japanese as part of
China’s 1st American
Volunteer Group,
better known as the
Flying Tigers.
See story page 16.
Painting by Jack Fellows;
www.jackfellows.com
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CHARLIE BOND
www.WarfareHistoryNetwork.com
Flying Tiger
in China
NAVY BEACHMASTER
Last Man in Hell
Robert L. Watson survived the fighting on Omaha Beach and later guided landing
craft to shore and escorted departing German POWs.
By Kevin M. Hymel
D-DAY
Omaha
Daring
Airborne
Assault
RUSSIAN FRONT
Landing on
on Corregidor
Bitter Battle
at Kirovograd
at Ludweiler
Heroic
Stand
DECEMBER 2015
BATTLE OF
THE BULGE
+
An Unexpected Delay at Ludweiler
American mechanized cavalrymen fought a textbook delaying action against the
German Nordwind offensive during the winter of 1944 and earned high praise.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
BRITAIN’S LANCASTER BOMBER,
MIS-X: UNDERCOVER POWS, ANGEL OF PLOESTI,
BOOK & GAME REVIEWS, AND MORE!
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL JAN. 11
62
Escape from
in
Kirovograd
ground but failed to eliminate German
A Soviet offensive late 1943 gained
forces in the bend of the Dnieper River due to the skill of the German senior
commanders in the area.
By Pat Mc Taggart
WWII History
(ISSN 1539-5456) is published six times yearly in February,
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