WWII Quarterly - Winter 2014 (Hard Cover)

Features

Deadly Cobra Strike
After weeks of trying to break out of Normandy’s hedgerow country, Omar Bradley’s Operation Cobra propelled U.S. forces onto open ground and across France.
By Michael E. Haskew

An American College Goes to War
Beloit College was one of 150 schools that hosted the Army Air Force’s Cadet Training Program from March 1943 to March 1944.
By Patricia Overman

The Admin Box 1944 
The Japanese use tested tactics, but the British learned from experience during the battle of Ngakyedauk Pass in Burma.
By William B. Allmon

America’s Most Decorated Heroes
Despite being subjected to harsh discrimination, Japanese Americans joined the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team to prove their loyalty.
By Richard Higgins

Ninth Air Force Captured in Brushstrokes 
Artist Milton Marx chronicled the Ninth U.S. Air Force preparing for the Normandy invasion and beyond. 
By Kevin M. Hymel

Wildcats Ashore!
The desperate fight for v, a tiny piece of Pacific real estate, went almost unnoticed—except for the soldiers on both sides who were caught up in its brutality.
By Nathan N. Prefer

Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers
While millions of German Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis, many of their relatives, willingly or not, were fighting for the Third Reich.
By Bryan Mark Rigg

In Desperation and Triumph
General Charles de Gaulle rose to lead the Free French during World War II and restore his nation’s honor in the postwar world.
By Michael E. Haskew

Departments

The Lost DUKW of Lake Garda
The Voluntari del Garda conducted an exhaustive search for the last casualties of the 10th Mountain Division.
By Jeff Patton, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)

Ordnance 
The M-3 “Grease Gun” showcases Yankee ingenuity at its ugly best.
By David J. Little

Propaganda 
Famed Hollywood director Frank Capra turned Nazi propaganda films into a powerful weapon of war against America’s enemies.
By Herb Kugel