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Patton Takes Command
CMG 02313
SS PANZER ARMY
HITLER’S
OFFENSIVE
WWII HISTORY
DECEMBER 2021
Volume 20, No. 6
FINAL
Hell in the
Hürtgen Forest
NAVAL AIR POWER
Epic Battle
of Midway
+
DECODING GERMAN RADAR, LEND-LEASE,
NISEI HERO JOE SAKATO, RIVER PLATE CRUISERS,
TOUGH FIGHT FOR BIAK, AND MUCH MORE
DECEMBER 2021
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL NOV. 8
Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
The ashes of former Japanese Prime Minister
Tojo and six other war criminals were scat-
tered at sea.
08 Ordnance
The survivors of the battle off the port of
Montevideo stir the debate over the definition
of the “cruiser.”
14 Profile
Joe Sakato exhibited tremendous courage
in action, his Distinguished Service Cross
upgraded to the Medal of Honor half a
century after World War II ended.
20 Insight
When the United States ‘loaned’ Great
Britain 50 over-aged destroyers in exchange
for bases, the British put them to good use.
26 Top Secret
December 2021
A valorous Canadian air crew executed its
duty during a fateful mission to decode the
Luftwaffe’s Lichtenstein radar.
76 Books
Indian and British troops fought a bloody,
difficult war against the Japanese in Burma.
Features
32 Patton From Gafsa to El Guettar
General George S. Patton, Jr., led the American II Corps though Tunisia and defeated
the Germans in the first American victory since the debacle at Kasserine Pass.
By Kevin M. Hymel
80 Simulation Gaming
The
Company of Heroes
series returns with
a heaping plate of strategy centered on the
Meditteranean Theatre.
Patton Takes Command
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40
Epic Stand at Midway
American forces inflicted a crushing defeat on the Japanese Imperial Navy and
changed the course of World War II in the Pacific during the Battle of Midway.
By Michael E. Haskew
WWII HISTORY
DECEMBER 2021
Volume 20, No. 6
SS PANZER ARMY
HITLER’S
FINAL
OFFENSIVE
52 Hell in a Dark Wood
In the autumn of 1944, the U.S. First Army was chewed up in the Hürtgen Forest
where it had to contend with well-executed counterattacks by the Germans.
By Raymond E. Bell
Hell in the
Hürtgen Forest
NAVAL AIR POWER
Cover: A German Pan-
ther tank on the move
in Hungary in January
1945.
See story page 68.
Photo: Alamy / SZ
Photo
Epic Battle
of Midway
+
DECODING GERMAN RADAR, LEND-LEASE,
NISEI HERO JOE SAKATO, RIVER PLATE CRUISERS,
TOUGH FIGHT FOR BIAK, AND MUCH MORE
DECEMBER 2021
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL NOV. 8
60 Crisis at Biak
MacArthur’s costly victory paved the way for his return to the Philippines.
By Marc D. Bernstein
68 Desperate Offensive for Oil
The German military launched Operation Spring Awakening in 1945 to preserve
access to oil fields in Hungary, but the Red Army responded decisively.
By Martin Dougherty
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