WWII History - February 2014

Features

A Bridge So Close
Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division encountered surprising resistance at the Dutch town of Best during Operation Market-Garden.
By Richard A. Beranty

To Conquer a Fortress
The Red Army prevailed during a two-month effort to capture the Prussian city of Königsberg.
By Bastiaan Willems

Combat Horror on Saipan
The American capture of Saipan, Guam, and Tinian in the Marianas sealed the fate of the Japanese empire.
By David H. Lippman

Mission to Madagascar
Fearing a Japanese occupation of Madagascar would threaten Allied shipping lanes to Egypt and the Far East, the British War Office decided to act.
By Cleve C. Barkley

The Last Flight of Nelson King
Courage and selflessness saved fellow airmen during an Eighth Air Force mission to Bremen and later on a run to Berlin.
By Keith Buchanan

Columns

Ordnance
The M1903 Springfield rifle remained in wide use during and after World War II.

Profiles
Nicholas Horthy, regent of Hungary, the vaunted admiral without a fleet, was much more than that.

Top Secret
Millions in silver pesos from the Philippine Treasury were recovered from Caballo Bay, but much more may remain on the sea bottom.

Insight
Don Crain and the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion hit Red Beach 2 at Tarawa.

Books
U.S. Marine special forces found action across the globe during World War II.

Simulation Gaming
Wargaming’s aerial combat gets some mobile assistance and Ubisoft takes us back further with a Great War experiment.