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80TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Baptism of Fire
at Falaise
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Desperate
Fight Against
Panzers
Saga of the
Buffalo
Soldiers
The Nimble Fw-190 Fighter
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THE HERO OF DUNKIRK, LONDON ABLAZE,
FRENCH FIGHTER PILOT IN THE RED AIR FORCE,
HOW HITLER LOST, AND MUCH MORE!
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Contents
WWII
HISTORY
Columns
06 Editorial
Michael E. Haskew: The meatgrinder of the
Hürtgen Forest bedeviled American forces in
the autumn of 1944.
14 Profile
Royal Navy Captain George Tennant carried
out the evacuation of Allied troops from
the embattled beaches of Dunkirk during
Operation Dynamo and beyond.
08 Ordnance
Focke-Wulf Fw-190: capable dogfighter
and interceptor of Allied bomber formations.
20 Insight
Adolf Hitler doomed the Third Reich with
his string of poor strategic decisions.
26 Top Secret
October 2022
Geoffrey Pyke was a scientist and innovator,
whose ideas helped the Allies win the war.
72 Books
Features
30 Tough Stand of the Golden Lions
Elements of the green U.S. 106th Infantry Division made terrible sacrifices
to help stem the German tide during the Battle of the Bulge.
By Nathan N. Prefer
After fleeing the Nazis in 1934, a German
immigrant returns to his homeland as an
interrogator in the U.S. Army.
76 Simulation Gaming
A Commandos classic is back in the spotlight
thanks to a promising high-def remaster.
Cover: Third Army
infantryman Private
Ralph Terry appears
happy that fighting
around the Falaise
Pocket is over. See story
page 48. Photo:
National Archives.
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French pilot Roger Sauvage was the highest scoring black fighter ace of
World War II.
By Glenn Barnett and André Bernole
WWII HISTORY
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40 Roger Sauvage & Normandie Niemen
80TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Baptism of Fire
at Falaise
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Desperate
Fight Against
48 The 80th Division’s Baptism By Fire
The first taste of combat for this American Infantry Division came against the
Germans at Argentan.
By Patrick J. Chaisson
Panzers
Saga of the
Buffalo
Soldiers
The Nimble Fw-190 Fighter
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THE HERO OF DUNKIRK, LONDON ABLAZE,
FRENCH FIGHTER PILOT IN THE RED AIR FORCE,
HOW HITLER LOST, AND MUCH MORE!
RETAILER: DISPLAY UNTIL SEPT. 12
56 The Brave Buffalo Soldiers
The African-American soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 92nd Infantry Division
experienced combat and racism in Italy during World War II.
By Michael D. Hull
62 Night of Devastation
The Luftwaffe raid on London on May 10, 1941, brought the Blitz to a devastating
crescendo, but it was the last major attack that Londoners would have to endure.
By David Alan Johnson
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