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.

CRIME WAVE TARGETS NAZI SWAG

IS THE AMBER ROOM MYSTERY SOLVED?

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PUSHBACK ON PLANNED NORMANDY ATTRACTION

BANNER YEAR • Curators at The National World War II Museum solve readers’ artifact mysteries

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LIVE TO FIGHT

ALWAYS READY

SPY CAMP

WHEN YOU GO

KNOW THE ENEMY • A friendly fire incident in Sicily provided America with a costly lesson on perfecting airborne operations

Lessons Learned

IT TAKES A THIEF • A former ABC News correspondent details how an international criminal helped bring a Nazi fugitive to justice and expose an American wrongdoing

VICHY’S LAST STAND • From an imposing German castle, a toxic blend of French collaborators ran a government-in-exile in the war’s final months

TRANSFORMED BY PERIL • London’s wartime a artists captured a city damaged but defiant

JAIL BIRD

FULL STEAM AHEAD • Wartime railroaders confronted a tenacious enemy in the wilds of Alaska and Yukon Territories

FOLLOW THE LEADER

TREASURE ISLAND?

HALF-TOLD TALE

BRINGING UP THE REAR

ON THE RECORD

KIDS’ CORNER • Illustrated books make history all the more vivid for children.

AND HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER?

TODAY IN HISTORY • MAY 1, 1931

OPEN RANGE • We altered this photo of a self-propelled artillery vehicle and crew to create one inaccuracy. What is it?

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