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Inside Issue 1
• D-day and the Luftwaffe. How Germany tried to counter the 1944 Normandy invasion from the air
• 'Slaughter Birds'. The German Schlachtflieger's role during World War 1
• Get The Glorious! How the key British aircraft carrier was sunk off Norway
• Waffenkammer. A detailed analysis of the MG15 machine gun
• Story of Feldgrau. The development of the field grey uniform in World War 1
Inside Issue 3
• Predators of the Channel – The Kriegsmarine’s powerful killer torpedo boats of World War Two
• Frontline Snipers – The dirty art of sniping from the trenches in WW1
• The Iron Fist – The Wehrmacht’s deadly WW2 armoured assault artillery
• Stellungsbau – Constructing the German defence networks of WW1
• Battle of Britain – Adolf Galland analyses the Luftwaffe’s air war
Inside issue 5
• Fighting in Different Skies. Old Eagles: The veteran pilots who flew and fought in both World Wars
• The Alpenkorps – 1914: The story of Germany’s Mountain troops in WW1
• Royalty & Nobilty – 1914 -45: The German ‘upper crust’ in two world wars
• Infantry Crisis – 1943: How the German army buckled under the strain
• V-1 Flying Bombs – 1944: The archaeology of V-1 ‘Doodlebug’ attacks on Britain
Inside issue 7
Unique content on previously ‘untold’ stories:
• Captured British tanks used against the Allies in WW1
• The WW2 German army war artist who was covertly ‘anti-nazi’
• How the British planned to steal one of the Luftwaffe’s newest fighter
• The astonishing story of German & British cavalry in WW1
• The murderous ‘Dirlewanger unit’ largely made up of convicts who committed some of the worst atrocities of WW2
Inside Issue 2
• Diary of a WW1 fighter pilot
• Valkyrie Plotters. The men behind the 1944 Hitler assassination attempt
• The Jagdpanther. Inside story of the discovery and restoration of WW2 tank
• Battlefleet Ghosts. Exploring the scuttled high seas fleet at Scapa Flow
• Luftwaffe Decline. Dismantling the German Air Force after its defeat in 1945
Inside issue 4
• The Killing Fields of Kursk
• First Encounter – First WW1 engagement with novice US ‘Doughboys’
• Auftragstaktik – Germany’s unique battlefield command philosophy
• Unvanquished? Were the Luftstreitkräfte really undefeated in 1918?
• Condor’s Prey – Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine sink the Empress of Britain
Inside issue 6
• The Making of a ‘Grey Wolf’. Das Boot: How the Kriegsmarine trained its U-boat commanders in WW2
• Red Steel. How the German army misjudged Soviet armour
• ‘Blue Max’ Hero. A forgotten recipient of the iconic WW1 gallantry award
• ‘Red Baron’ Relics. Artefacts associated with Manfred von Richthofen
• Battle of Britain. Which was the better engine - Merlin or Daimler Benz 601?
Inside issue 8
• Focussing on the extraordinary life and fighting career of the greatest fighter pilot of all time: Rittmeister Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen, the ‘Red Baron’
• Previously untold or unexplored stories of Richthofen, his aircraft, the weapons, the men who served with him and his remarkable collection of trophies and awards
• Specially commissioned artwork, along with features by some of the world’s leading experts