World War II

World War II magazine covers every aspect of history's greatest modern conflict with vivid, revealing, and evocative writing from top historians and journalists. Each issue provides a lively mix of stories about soldiers, leaders, tactics, weapons, and little-known incidents of the war, including riveting firsthand battle accounts and reviews of books, movies, and video games. And the most authoritative magazine on the war features a striking design that highlights rare, archival photographs and detailed battle maps to convey the drama and excitement of the most famous battles and campaigns.

WORLD WAR II

AN AMERICAN HERO

EAT AT MOM’S

JAPANESE RELIC RETURNED TO SON OF FALLEN SOLDIER

ACCOUNTED FOR

MY PARENTS’ WAR • My great-uncle, Captain Everal Anthony Guimond, was a bombardier in the USAAF’s 566th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group. He was killed on D-Day and his military records were destroyed in the 1973 St. Louis Archives fire. What can you tell me about my great-uncle’s service and his unit’s history? —Laura Guimond, Henderson, Nevada

DISPATCHES

BRITISH GROUP RELEASES WARTIME PHOTOS

MURDERED POLISH FAMILY BEATIFIED BY POPE

ASK WWII • Did the Nazis treat German or Austrian Jews who were veterans of the First World War any better than other Jews? —Jeremy Joyner, Houston, Texas

CHILD PRISONER OF THE JAPANESE

SHIPBUILDING

HUNTING FOR NAZI GOLD

WHEN YOU GO

STALINGRAD OF THE ADRIATIC • The Italian city of Ortona was a small and ancient port perched on low cliffs overlooking the sea. It was home to 10,000 people—until the war came.

IN THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST • One Austrian resistance cell managed to supply the Allies with essential intelligence in the most pro-Nazi country in the Third Reich

DAMN THE TORPEDOES • At the start of the war, U.S. submarines experienced a string of failures that made crews curse their weapons

FROM THE PEN OF DR. SEUSS • Theodor Seuss Geisel used wit, anger, and art to skewer World War II’s bad guys (and that included some A mericans, too)

A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL • General Ludwig Beck transformed German military thinking before becoming disenchanted with Hitler and the Nazis

FIGHT TO THE DEATH

AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID SEARS

OVERRATED GENERAL

DEAD OF WINTER

OPPENHEIMER

WORLD WAR II

THE LIN COLN FORUM

SUNBATHERS • Find the inaccuracy we introduced to this image of Royal Navy personnel catching some rays aboard HMS Indomitable in 1944.

NAVAL AVIATOR