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DEPARTMENTS 20 Design Corner By Joseph Miranda 54 Game Preview Forgotten Pacific Battles 70 Media Reviews 72 Mega Feedback Survey #69 56 Observation Posts • German Super-Heavy Tank Projects, 1941–45 By James Bloom • Rome 1943: America’s First Italian Advance By Kelly Bell • Wehrmacht Special Forces in World War II By Joseph Miranda GAME EDITION RULES Breakout: First Panzer Army By Ty Bomba NEXT ISSUE (#70) On Sale January 2020 • Great Pacific War • Hurtgen Forest Campaign • Polish Southern Front 1939 • Italy's Diplomacy The Strategy & Tactics of World War II READER SUBMISSIONS We welcome interesting and concise stories about virtually any aspect of military history. We also welcome Media Reviews (of any type) for Strategy & Tactics, World at War and Modern War magazines. We value critical analysis over summaries alone. Maximum word count is 500. Contact the editor directly. WORLD AT WAR (© 2020) reserves all rights on the contents of this publication. Nothing may be reproduced from it in whole or in part without prior permission from the publisher. All rights reserved. All correspondence should be sent to World at War c/o Decision Games, P.O. Box 21598, Bakersfield CA 93390. Please use the Editorial contact form on our corporate site: www.strategyandtacticspress.com/wpsite/contact World at War (USPS ISSN 19439806) is published bi-monthly by Decision Games, 2804 Mosasco St. Bakersfield CA 93312. Periodical Class postage paid at Bakersfield, CA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER Send address changes to World at War, PO Box 21598, Bakersfield CA 93390. 6 FEATURES 6 Breakout: First Panzer Army & Kamenets-Podolsky, March–April 1944 Germany’s Army Group South was reeling in the late winter of 1944. Soviet offensives had forced rapid retreats and occasionally trapped large numbers of German troops. One of these traps occurred in the western Ukraine in March 1944 when an entire German army was surrounded. By Ty Bomba & Christopher Perello 22 British Pacific Fleet 1944–45 In late 1944 the British War Cabinet sent a Royal Navy task force to assist operations in the Pacific. While unfamiliar with operating ships so far from a home base, they skillfully organized and deployed a fleet to conduct operations in early 1945. By Jon Cecil 34 The US Army Corps of Military Police in World War II With the outbreak of war in Europe, the creation of a military police corps became a necessity for the US Army. The military police proved their worth during the war guarding POWs, protecting vital supply chains, investigating black market racketeering, and even participating in the Nuremburg Trials. By Allyn Vannoy 46 German Annihilation War Planning and Implementation Hitler’s racist and destructive worldview would shape the planning of Operation Barbarossa and lead to the loss of millions of innocent lives in Eastern Europe. By John Burtt #69 | DEC 2019–JAN 2020 PUBLISHER Dr. Christopher Cummins ASSISTANT PUBLISHER/ ART DIRECTOR Callie Cummins MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Lockwood MEDIA Chris Perello DESIGN Richard Aguirre & Chris Dickson MAP GRAPHICS Joe Youst PROOF TEAM Mike Bentley, Eric Blanco, Mark Brownell, Dave Carson, Chris Dickson, Eric N. Jung, Jon Richards, Javier Romero, Jason Shroyer, Tim Tow, & Bob Zmuda WEBMASTER Chris Dickson ADVERTISING Callie Cummins [email protected] ON THE COVER German Federal Archives / Etzhold Photographs from the German Federal Archives, RIA Novosti Archive, Mil.ru and others used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license via Wikimedia Commons. Stock images from www.dreamstime.com. 22 34 46 4 WORLD at WAR 69 | DEC 2019–JAN 2020 WORLD at WAR 69 | DEC 2019–JAN 2020 5

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Page 1: FEATURES 22 34 46 6 · 1944–45 In late 1944 the British War Cabinet sent a Royal Navy task force to assist operations in the Pacifi c. While unfamiliar with operating ships so

DEPARTMENTS

20Design CornerBy Joseph Miranda

54Game PreviewForgotten Pacifi c Battles

70Media Reviews

72Mega Feedback Survey #69

56Observation Posts

• German Super-Heavy Tank Projects, 1941–45

By James Bloom

• Rome 1943: America’s First Italian Advance

By Kelly Bell

• Wehrmacht Special Forces in World War II

By Joseph Miranda

GAME EDITION RULESBreakout: First Panzer ArmyBy Ty Bomba

NEXT ISSUE (#70)On Sale January 2020

• Great Pacifi c War• Hurtgen Forest Campaign• Polish Southern Front 1939• Italy's Diplomacy

The Strategy & Tactics of World War II

READER SUBMISSIONSWe welcome interesting and concise stories about virtually any aspect of military history. We also welcome Media Reviews (of any type) for Strategy & Tactics, World at War and Modern War magazines. We value critical analysis over summaries alone. Maximum word count is 500. Contact the editor directly.

WORLD AT WAR (© 2020) reserves all rights on the contents of this publication. Nothing may be reproduced from it in whole or in part without prior permission from the publisher. All rights reserved. All correspondence should be sent to World at War c/o Decision Games, P.O. Box 21598, Bakersfi eld CA 93390.

Please use the Editorial contact form on our corporate site: www.strategyandtacticspress.com/wpsite/contact

World at War (USPS ISSN 19439806) is published bi-monthly by Decision Games, 2804 Mosasco St. Bakersfi eld CA 93312. Periodical Class postage paid at Bakersfi eld, CA and additional mailing offi ces.

POSTMASTERSend address changes to World at War, PO Box 21598, Bakersfi eld CA 93390.

6FEATURES

6Breakout: First Panzer Army & Kamenets-Podolsky, March–April 1944

Germany’s Army Group South was reeling in the late winter of 1944. Soviet offensives had forced rapid retreats and occasionally trapped large numbers of German troops. One of these traps occurred in the western Ukraine in March 1944 when an entire German army was surrounded. By Ty Bomba & Christopher Perello

22British Pacifi c Fleet 1944–45

In late 1944 the British War Cabinet sent a Royal Navy task force to assist operations in the Pacifi c. While unfamiliar with operating ships so far from a home base, they skillfully organized and deployed a fl eet to conduct operations in early 1945.By Jon Cecil

34The US Army Corps of Military Police in World War II

With the outbreak of war in Europe, the creation of a military police corps became a necessity for the US Army. The military police proved their worth during the war guarding POWs, protecting vital supply chains, investigating black market racketeering, and even participating in the Nuremburg Trials.By Allyn Vannoy

46German Annihilation WarPlanning and Implementation

Hitler’s racist and destructive worldview would shape the planning of Operation Barbarossa and lead to the loss of millions of innocent lives in Eastern Europe. By John Burtt

#69 | DEC 2019–JAN 2020

PUBLISHERDr. Christopher Cummins

ASSISTANT PUBLISHER/ ART DIRECTORCallie Cummins

MANAGING EDITORKyle Lockwood

MEDIAChris Perello

DESIGNRichard Aguirre & Chris Dickson

MAP GRAPHICSJoe Youst

PROOF TEAMMike Bentley, Eric Blanco, Mark Brownell, Dave Carson, Chris Dickson, Eric N. Jung, Jon Richards, Javier Romero, Jason Shroyer, Tim Tow, & Bob Zmuda

WEBMASTERChris Dickson

ADVERTISINGCallie Cummins [email protected]

ON THE COVERGerman Federal Archives / Etzhold

Photographs from the German Federal Archives, RIA Novosti Archive, Mil.ru and others used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license via Wikimedia Commons.

Stock images from www.dreamstime.com.

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