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Was Adolf Hitler a blunderer or a genius? Why did he turn the world’s first jet fighter into a bomber? What was it like to take the death ride of the 4th Panzer army? What made the fighting Tiger Tank tick? READ ALL ABOUT IT b Tailplane problems and collapse of the Bfe 8® 1 < « '> IB I Lt nose wheel and undercarriage were common. ■ SBlB : 3lwBI«lw P A Faster than Allied fighters, the Me 262 y?v U • n^L : r ■ ’ ■’ ’'‘ was finally beaten. Read how in War Monthly. Two giant tank armies massed in >JB - I B Waist deep in water, and under readiness, and for either side, this withering fire, the Marines struggled battle could win the war. y HL ' -41 • j® ■ ■■ H for shore. The German armies in Russia were E JK L '.nß| jE SI |S ’’ H But was this tiny island worth it? f'X/for a massive offensive Armed win K M ®wP B |H! Bl üß| ® 'WW’ ' S a — t, latest tanks. theT morale high, they K- ® ifi; Hl IB «%• rvk il JK i expected to be unsteppabia L I -L 1 So what went wrong’ Why did the Germans lose 9 E I w BH Mi I 1 ~ JislilM . ■» Where did the Tiger Tanks fail 9 ar ! BTTrIWFEv ' «®B What did the Russians do right? E | sUm 1 I ' Twenty Panzer divisions the pride of 1 > Ge'man Wehrmach! ost man action " c '* * •***<M’ that became known as The Death Ride or ' wBMMI S ' " '***“ “ tne Fourth Panzer Army'. C© 5 Since their shattering sneak attack on w|!F j»: M Pearl Harbour, the Japanese had gained \.ar Monthly will tell you how. And why -">* considerable strategic territory. They were ■"r .'W /□mmr-, *, poised for their final onslaughts on New ‘ < ,£x| Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. M >' iy * \ Their strate 9y was simple; take all the WjlOjsh' b' island bases, isolate Australia, and leave '' the Allies with no base in the South Pacific y from which t 0 rnount a counter-offensive. But the Ja P anese ,ost control of this •** - ‘ ™ tir| y island. After intensive heavy fire, and IB ' incredible casualties, the Marines gained m ..fWHm i»l Mxvk <X i Tarawa ' •** ■ 1111 i 3 Ipfitl 10 ! i |pW ' S 1W Read why this tiny island was so ■-»L • t..EiHMbk'' ■’ -'I- important to both sides, and why it was so ..’ -fMw’W •. B| - 111 fiercely defended. 88% The full story is in War Monthly. The unstoppable Tiger Tank earned ‘I t *‘W an awesome reputation on three War Monthly is more than just a continents. Why? 8888888 ' magazine. It’s a library you build up, <n^ A T . _ , , , " ilFTi'fffSnkwnm month by month. Tf Gem an I iger Tank was one of the most feared weapons of Messerschmitt 262 The wnriri’« World War II «Xt ZLlr ..5 * s Keep your copies of War Monthly for F . have wan the a- *TsrlT ?f \ permanent reference in the beautifully -J l-, 6 PP by " s ow " weal<nesses as we " as IW , U ‘ Ifi produced »der that holds 10 cop.es enemy action. saw it m. bomber’s role. Bt easily and neatly. It could outshoot the heaviest Russian tanks of the time, but its aura On 3 Octot >er, 1944, the of invincibility was not wholly justified. first 262 fighter unit was . established; thirty aircraft ne Tiger was a mi.estone in the art ot linking lira-power, manoeuvrability distributed among two squadrons Sffi and armour into a lighting unit their task to intercept the USAAF But no weapon remains unchallenged for very long Read about the day bombers raiding the heart of Germany. ®/X-übal. mostpowertularmouredfightingvehiCleonthebattlefieldinWarMonthlv. On 2 October lour Allied Thunderbolts had \ chased a strange German fighter, one managing to get on its tail but failing to overhaul it. \ ! _—Suddenly the Me 262 accelerated and left the Americans far behind. One of the leading Thunderbolt W. i dots yelled over the radio: "My God, what was yL—i-;«»xuitLKxjy.. J > th at ? " as a streak flashed by and jjßy * V ■■ ■’ _S<aMjs3Ka™aww whipped up into the clouds’. llEmei But despite its , ' mOLiLjJ advanced nature, ■■■ 3T ■* the Me 262 did SSL. . not prove very xS dkA ''T SSS^L.' f fx JJfy successful, and F training casualties were high. Under-trained jet pilots had great difficulty in scoring hits ‘M? at high speed. WAR — The library of military history and hardware. Available from newsagents. Part One on sale now. Price $l.OO Ceteh