BACK ISSUES OF IRON CROSS MAGAZINE

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 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 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 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 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 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 7

• ‘Untold’ stories of 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 fighters • The astonishing story of German & British cavalry in WW1 • The murderous ‘Dirlewanger unit’ made up of convicts who committed some of the worst atrocities of WW2

INSIDE ISSUE 8

• Focussing on the extraordinary life and fighting career of Rittmeister Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen, the ‘Red Baron’ • Previously untold or unexplored of his aircraft, the weapons, the men who served with him and his remarkable collection of trophies and swards

INSIDE ISSUE 9

• German Flak defences of the Reich during WW2 • How the Germans viewed numerous escape attempts by Prisoners of War at a POW Camp in Germany • A fascinating study of ‘the war after war’ on Berlin’s streets during 1919 as the nation entered a period of bloody post-war revolution • The first published insight into the colourful but confusing system of WW1 state awards in Germany

INSIDE ISSUE 10

• A feature on the versatile and ubiquitous German tank, the Panzer IV, and looks at the equally iconic Junkers 87 Stuka during the Battle of Britain • We examine the myth and the legend incident over London when a Hurricane collided with a Dornier 17 • The unique and rather tawdry Grand Cross of the Iron Cross in Onyx, made specifically for Hermann Göring, is looked at in forensic detail

INSIDE ISSUE 11

• A Summer of Messerschmitts: How Luftwaffe fighters downed over Britain became a travelling road show • Fallen in Battle: How Germany dealt with its WW1 battlefield fatalities • Hitler’s Vikings: The Scandinavian volunteers of the Nordic Waffen-ss • ‘Rhubarb’ Success: The fateful last journey of a German Luftwaffe general • Zeppelin Down: The dramatic final raid of Zeppelin L 20 over Britain