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Cover Story
Gung Ho: The Makin Raid's Strange Legacy
Scores of heroes emerged from a disastrous marine assault in the Pacific
Steven Trent Smith
26

Spy Class 101
In an obscure corner of Canada, the Brits taught warfare's dark arts to American agents
David Stafford
36

Orde Wingate in Ethiopia
The eccentric guerrilla warfare pioneer restored a king to his throne in 1941
Gay Jervey
44

Portfolio
Capa in Color
The famed war photographer did pretty as well as he did gritty
52

Nazis in Manhattan? Call the Mafia
When the SS Normandie went up in flames in 1942, New Yorkers made a deal with the devil to protect their waterfront
Lorraine B. Diehl
58

Weapons Manual
Flattops to the Rescue
Essex-class carriers turned the tide of the Pacific war
Max Gadney
64

DEPARTMENTS

Mail
6

World War II Today
Deadly British blunder; D-Day auction; Donald Miller
10

Conversation
Edward J. Drea on Japan's Imperial Army
Gene Santoro
14

War Letters
Snow at the Bulge
Andrew Carroll
17

Unknown Soldiers
Russian rocket scientist
Stephen Budiansky
21

Time Travel
Nuremberg
Peter Bennett
22

Reviews
Hell to Pay; Rommel's Desert War; The Saboteur
67

What If…
…Franco's Spain Had Entered the War?
Mark Grimsley
75

Challenge
Gung Ho!—the movie
79

Pinup
80

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