WWII History - June 2015

Features

Last of the Gilbert Islands Coastwatchers
New Zealander John M. Jones recalls the perilous duty he performed during World War II and his capture by the Japanese.
By Bruce M. Petty & Peter McQuarrie

Caught in the Crosshairs
After landing in Normandy, Sergeant Mort Sheffloe took a sniper’s bullet in the chest outside the French fortress city of Brest during the Brittany Campaign.
By Kevin M. Hymel

Midnight in Iron Bottom Sound
American PT boats thwarted a Tokyo Express run on December 7, 1942, near embattled Guadalcanal.
By John Domagalski

Trial of the Nazi Ministers
A disillusioned prosecutor looks back at court proceedings during the Nuremburg  War Crimes Trails that gained world attention.
By Alan Waite

Makin Taken
The American 193rd Tank Battalion played a pivotal role in the capture of Makin Island in the Pacific in 1943.
By Patrick J. Chaisson

Columns

Ordnance
Surviving two devastating bomb hits, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin managed to limp home.

Insight
The Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact of 1939 shocked the world. 

Profiles
Brigadier Bernard Fergusson took part in several hazardous operations in the China-Burma-India Theater.

Top Secret
The Messerschmitt Me-262 was among several new weapons unveiled for the Führer that the Nazis hoped would turn the tide of war.

Books
The Third Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry faced a horrible test of combat from the seige of Bastogne to war’s end.

Simulation Gaming
Wolfenstein 3D returns with the new, stand-alone prequel “The Old Blood,” and World of Tanks X-Box 360 adds Japanese armor.