WWII Quarterly - Fall 2016 (Soft Cover)

Features

The Heroes of Hill 192
The winner of a large battle for a small hill in Normandy, fought between the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division and German paratroopers, would determine the fate of St. Lô.  William G. Dennis

Defending the Lexington
In early 1942, a furious air-sea battle in the Solomons set the stage for Pacific Theater combat yet to come. Allyn Vannoy 

Is London Burning?
At the end of 1940, heavy German air raids led to the Great London Fire Blitz that nearly destroyed the city. David Alan Johnson

Victory in the Mediterranean
The battle for the tiny Mediterranean island of Pantelleria was a relatively easy Allied victory—and the precursor to the concept of “victory through air power.” Colonel (USAF, Ret.) Jeff Patton

From Battlefield to Football Field
A former German paratrooper recalls his days fighting in Crete, the USSR, and North Africa, then years as a POW in Britain and the United States, where he played American football. Richard Statezny with Ward Carr and Detlef Zier 

The Real Fury: A Tanker’s View of War
From North Africa to Sicily to Normandy to the heart of Germany, bow gunner Irving Bromberg fought the war in a Sherman tank. Kevin M. Hymel 

Bombing Buchenwald
The August 1944 American air raid on a weapons factory at the Nazis’ horrific concentration camp was one of the most precise bombing missions of the war. Flint Whitlock

Departments

Editorial
How do you solve a problem like ... Hitler’s birthplace? 

Profile of Valor
Sergeant Red Erwin’s courage in a burning B-29 over Japan saved the lives of his crewmen and earned him the Medal of Honor. 

Museums
The 45th Infantry Division Museum is dedicated to the “Citizen Soldier.”