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.

HISTORYNET

GREETINGS • Published in 96 weekly editions, the Marshall Cavendish History of the Second World War provided a thorough overview of the global conflagration.

MAIL PROS AND CONS

TOKYO ROSE’S LEGACY RE-EXAMINED

DISPATCHES

“Brad, we’ve gotten a bridge.” • — Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges in a March 7, 1945, phone call to Omar Bradley, relaying news that American forces had seized an intact bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany.

CRASHED B-24S DISCOVERED IN ADRIATIC

EIGHTY YEARS LATER, WWII STILL CAUSING DAMAGE

BATTLE SCARS

DISPATCHES

“DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY AND MAKE US PROUD”

TWO-FACED • Curators at The National World War II Museum solve readers’ artifact mysteries

WHAT’S LUCK GOT TO DO WITH IT?

FISHER HOUSE

SECRETS IN THE STONES

WHEN YOU GO

LONDON’S CRIME BLITZ • As German bombs rained down on England, lawbreakers found opportunities galore

TASK FORCE SHOESTRING • Two American armies in the Philippines set their sights on Manila. Only one of them could get there first

HOME SECURITY

RESCUING NORWAY’S GOLD • When Germany attacked Norway in 1940, it hoped to capture the country’s gold reserves. Norwegians were equally determined to make sure that didn’t happen.

A Hazardous Journey North

BOMBER BOYS* • A new book tells the stories behind flight jackets from the war— and something about the people who wore them.

DOG BAIT ON CAT ISLAND • Japanese American soldiers and canines trained together for a bizarre, secret mission

COMPANY MEN • NEED TO KNOW World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence

LAST STAND

TIES THAT BIND • THE LOST PARATROOPERS OF NORMANDY A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village

STREET FIGHT • UNDAUNTED: Stalingrad Osprey Games. $120.

BOOK BRIEFS

WORLD OF HURT • HALF AMERICAN The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

THINKING BIG • “BIG WEEK” 1944 Operation Argument and the Breaking of the Jagdwaffe

NEVER SAY DIE

HURRICANE FORCE • We altered this photo of RAF personnel loading ammunition into a Hawker Hurricane to create one inaccuracy. What is it?

SCIENCE!