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The Heydrich Equation
The assassination of a top Nazi sparked
brutal reprisals. Was it worth it?
By Andrew Curry
Global Reach
Pan Am provided the Allies with a critical
worldwide airlink early in the war
By John D. Lukacs
'Don't Worry'
Dozens of kind strangers relay
an American POW's message home
Killing the Yamato
The final battle of a supership
By Robert Gandt
weapons manual
The Fairey Swordfish
Britain's rickety torpedo biplane
proved remarkably effective
By Jim Laurier
Grenades in Toyland
When war becomes child's play
By Lisa L. Ossian
DEPARTMENTS
Mail
World War II Today
Reenacting the "Dambuster" raid;
Curt Schilling's Reading List;
Hitler in stained glass
Conversation
The long journey home for those
displaced by the Holocaust
By Gene Santoro
War Letters
A general explains why no able-bodied
man is exempt from the front
By Andrew Carroll
Unknown Soldiers
The Amazing Maskelyne
By Stephen Budiansky
Time Travel
Arromanches-les-Bains
By James Ullrich
Reviews
Flying the perilous Hump
The Unknown War returns
Play Dino D-Day
What If…
…the Tarawa landing failed?
By Mark Grimsley
Challenge
An airman's extra baggage
Pinup