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WWII QUARTERLY
18
A Tanker’s Tale
Sergeant Joe Cotten of the 14th Armored Division commanded
tanks across Europe, liberated POW camps as he went, and faced
death many times.
KEVIN M. HYMEL
28
Spaniards Against Stalin
Fighting alongside their German allies during the invasion of the
USSR, the Spanish Blue Division racked up impressive victories
despite overwhelming odds.
BLAINE TATLOR
36
Pearl Harbor Payback
Just four months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the United
States mounted an audacious air raid on the enemy capital, signaling
a portent of things to come.
NATHAN N. PREFER
50
Departments
06
Editorial
Death of a Nazi princess.
FLINT WHITLOCK
Titanic Struggle for Moscow
When German armies invaded the USSR in 1941, Hitler thought
victory would be quick and easy. It was neither.
JEFF CHRISMAN
64
Destroying Dresden
Was Operation Thunderclap—the 1945 air raid on the German
city—a military necessity or an Allied war crime? The question
is still debated.
MASON B. WEBB
08
War Crimes
At war’s end, the Japanese killed their prisoners
at Patawan, a POW camp in the Philippines, but one
brave Marine survived to tell the story.
DICK CAMP (COLONEL, USMC, RET.)
72
My Last Days of War
A member of the 45th Division vividly recalls April 29, 1945,
the day he took part in the liberation of the Nazis’ notorious
concentration camp at Dachau, and the occupation of Munich.
DAN DOUGHERTY
14
Aircraft Development
With its unique folding wings and pugnacious
personality, the Grumman F4F Wildcat became one
of the most successful early
fighters of the war.
JOSEPH FRANTISKA, JR.
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Third Reich Death Knell
The fall of Berlin signaled the end of Nazi Germany and its reign
of terror in occupied Europe.
DAVID H. LIPPMAN
BRUTAL
SIEGE
OF MOSCOW
VETERAN REMEMBERS
COVER: German soldiers carrying wire
cutters and machine guns make their way
through a trench somewhere in Russia.
See story on page 50.
Photo: ullstein bild
Tanker’s
War Across
Europe
THE FINAL BATTLE
BERLIN
Doolittle’s
Raid on Tokyo
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