WWII History - April 2016

Features

VP-16 and Operation Forager
In the opening hours of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, an American patrol plane was unable to transmit the location of the Japanese fleet. By Bruce Petty 

Key to the Eternal City
The seizure of Cisterna was a prerequisite to the eventual Allied capture of Rome. By Nathan N. Prefer

Last Action in the Dutch East Indies
The capture of Java by the Japanese was the culmination of a long series of disasters for the Allied nations in the Pacific. By Arnold Blumberg 

Belgrade Blitz
German forces overran Yugoslavia rapidly in the spring of 1941. By John W. Osborn, Jr.

Long-Range Fighter Escort
The development of long-range escort fighters was one contributor to the progress of the Allied bombing campaign against Nazi Germany. By Gene J. Pfeffer

Columns

Editorial

The remains of the missing from the USS Oklahoma are being identified. 

Ordnance
The aircraft carrier USS Lexington waged a gallant war in the Pacific against the Imperial Japanese Navy. 

Profiles
Monsignor Josef Tiso led Slovakia into an alliance with Hitler and the Nazis. 

Insight
Jud Suss was a despicable propaganda film that hastened the Nazi genocide against European Jewry. 

Top Secret
Politics may well have trumped strategy and cost thousands of lives.