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.

LIGHTNING STRIKES

MAIL TORPEDO FAILURES

CANADA ACCIDENTALLY HONORS FORMER NAZI

WARTIME WEATHER DATA DIGITIZED

FALLEN CAPTAIN’S NAME TO GRACE NEW NAVY SHIP

“YOU’RE JUST THE GUY WE’RE LOOKING FOR”

REALITY, CHECK!

THE GREENBRIER GOES TO WAR

THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT HOOD • One minute the 460 -foot-long ship was there; and then it wasn’t

FIGHTING FOR LAFIERE BRIDGE • On D-Day, American paratroopers waged a desperate battle to block the Germans

A RESCUE MISSION GONE WRONG • When covert operatives went into Italy to retrieve prisoners of war, little went according to plan

“MORE OF EVERYTHING— QUICK!” • If you needed some motivation during the war years, there was probably a poster for that

THE FASTEST ACE IN THE WEST • There was a reason they called this P-38 pilot “Scrappy”

STRANGERS ON A PLANE

CITY UNDER SIEGE

A ROYAL PAIN

WAR IN THE JUNGLE

THE WORST JOURNEY

AWORLD OF CONFLICT

AS THINGS WERE

FRIEND OR FOE? • Find the inaccuracy we introduced to this image of Royal Navy submarine officers studying ship models at a training center.

MOVING ON UP