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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WWII QUARTERLY
Features
16
Commanding Patton’s Personal Tanks
From North Africa to Sicily, Lieutenant Jim Craig led General George
S. Patton, Jr.’s Provisional Tank Company.
KEVIN M. HYMEL
26
Action in the Admiralties
To isolate the huge Japanese naval base at Rabaul, the U.S.
staged a major invasion of Los Negros Island in the Admiralties in
February-March 1944.
EDWARD G. MILLER
36
Overrunning Norway
In April 1940, the Nazi blitzkrieg slammed into Germany’s northern
neighbor despite British efforts to rescue the situation.
MARK SIMMONS
50
Bloodletting in the Hürtgen Forest
During repeated attempts to break through German defenses in an
impenetrable German forest in November 1944, American forces suffered
horrendous casualties but still prevailed.
NATHAN N. PREFER
Departments
06
Editorial
The forgotten missing.
FLINT WHITLOCK
62
Mayhem in Burma’s Jungles
A legacy of courage was forged by Merrill’s Marauders in the Battles
of Walabum, Nhpum Ga, and Myitkyina—but at a terrible price.
TOM CROWLEY
08
Wartime Innovations
74
Deadly Duel for an Italian Mountain
America’s elite 1st Special Service Force gained everlasting fame in
its first combat mission by storming Monte La Difensa in Italy and
overwhelming the defenders in a brutal six-day battle.
CHRISTOPHER MISKIMON
Many nations perfected the art of disguising their ships
and aircraft with disruptive or “dazzle” camouflage in
both world wars.
JOSEPH FRANTISKA, JR.
94
Oddities
86
Curtis 02313
Deadly Duel Above Berlin
Fast, small, and reliable, messenger pigeons were the
unsung heroes of World War II—to both sides.
G. PAUL GARSON
EYEWITNESS:
During the last great air raid over Berlin in March 1945, it was Me-262
jet fighters vs. B-17s. Survivors tell the story of the loss of
Sky Chariot.
MARK MATHOSIAN
Fighting
Patton
COVER: An American M-5 light
tank moves across the Arizona
desert during training maneuvers
in August, 1942.
See story page 16.
Photo: National Archives
with
German
Blitzkrieg
IN NORWAY
SPECIAL FORCES:
SURVIVOR’S
STORY:
Commando Fight
Brutal Fight in the
for
Monte La Difensa
Shot
Down
Over
Berlin
FALL 2017
RETAILER DISPLAY UNTIL DEC. 26
Hürtgenwald
Merrill’s Marauders Burma Victory
WWII Quarterly
(ISSN 2151-3678) is published four times yearly by Sovereign Media, 6731 Whittier Avenue, Suite A-100, McLean, VA
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