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FROM PEARL HARBOR TO GUADALCANAL
History of War

FROM PEARL HARBOR TO GUADALCANAL

After the disaster in Hawaii, the US employed an island-hopping strategy in the Pacific, carefully choosing where to strike in order to suffocate Japan’s sprawling occupation of the theatre

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Issue 104, 2022
PLATAEA
History of War

PLATAEA

2,500 years ago an alliance of a few Greek city-states defeated the invading army of the mighty Persian empire, saving Greece and securing the future of European civilisation

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Issue 104, 2022
History of War

HITLER'S TIGER ACE

Michael Wittmann, aka the Black Baron, was a hugely successful panzer commander and propaganda icon for the Nazis. His role in the Waffen-SS left a dark legacy

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Issue 104, 2022
DOWNFALL - THE INVASION OF JAPAN
History of War

DOWNFALL - THE INVASION OF JAPAN

Without a swift end to the war in sight, the Allies planned a gruelling campaign on the Japanese home islands – a potentially costly operation avoided only by the use of nuclear weapons and Japan’s surrender

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Issue 104, 2022
AMERICA'S FIRST COMMANDER IN CHIEF
History of War

AMERICA'S FIRST COMMANDER IN CHIEF

A Founding Father, military hero of the revolution and the nation’s first president – but how much of his story is fact, and how much fiction?

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Issue 104, 2022