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ISSUE 109 The disastrous CONTRIBUTORS Dieppe Raid remains a topic of fierce debate 80 years later DR TIM COOK Dr Cook is the director of research at the Canadian War Museum, and his latest book The Fight for History was released in 2020. Starting on page 22 he spoke to Alex Bowers about Canada’s fateful role in the Dieppe Raid, and how the battle has been remembered. HARETH AL BUSTANI For this issue’s Great Battles, Hareth takes a look at Custer’s Last Stand at Little Bighorn in 1876. He recounts how the US forces came to blunder so fatally in their pursuit of the tribes, and how the native horsemen were able to surround and defeat them (p40). ANTHONY TUCKER-JONES A regular contributor to the magazine, my a Welcome this issue Anthony spoke with History © Al of War about his latest book, Hitler’s Winter: The German Battle of the Bulge, in which he narrates the bloody struggle in the Ardennes during the winter of 1944-5 (p68). T SUBSCRIBE & SAVE! he old adage of truth being the first casualty of war is as relevant and apt today as it was decades ago. In fact, that very truth is often the focus of fiery debates many years after the guns have stopped firing, as the clash of words between scholars and historians endures. The Take advantage of our fantastic subscription offers failed raid on Hitler’s Atlantic Wall in August 1942, dubbed Operation and get History of War for less than half price! Jubilee, was later chalked up as a valuable dry run for D-Day. However, as Dr Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum explains this issue, the attack TURN TO at Dieppe was a tragic disaster, since justified, by some, in light of the triumph on 6 June 1944. In truth, the thousands of men captured, killed PAGE 48 and wounded at Dieppe was an horrific blow for the Allies and worse still a victory for Nazi Germany’s propaganda machine. Tim Williamson Editor-in-Chief F O L L O W T H E H I S T O R Y O F W A R T E A M / H I S T O R Y O F W A R M A G @ H I S T O R Y O F W A R M A G 4 FRONTLINE GRECO-TURKISH WAR 12 TIMELINE As the Ottoman Empire collapsed, the victorious Allies sought to gain more control over Anatolia 16 SMYRNA LANDING I n 1919 Greek troops seized control of the port city, sparking widespread Turkish resistance 18 GREEK OFFENSIVES With support from British naval and land forces, the Greek army advanced further into Turkey 12 20 ATATURK’S TRIUMPH L ed by Kemal Atatürk, Turkish nationalists gradually pushed the Greek army out of Anatolia 06 WAR IN FOCUS Special gallery honouring the 6th Airborne Division 22 DIEPPE RAID On 19 August 1942, a majority Canadian raiding force attempted to storm the Atlantic Wall 32 NORMAN CONQUESTS After claiming England, the Norman nobility expanded into Italy and beyond GREAT BATTLES 40 LITTLE BIGHORN The shock defeat of Custer’s cavalry remains one of the most iconic battles in US history 50 UKRAINE’S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE In the shadow of civil war, the fledgling republic attempted to throw off its Russian overlord HEROES OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR 56 ROBERT L HOWARD Caught in Vietnamese crossfire, this officer fought through shrapnel and bullets to save his men OPERATOR’S HANDBOOK 60 REPUBLIC P-47D THUNDERBOLT 60 T his rough and ready WWII fighter bomber was so 40 tough it earned the name “Juggernaut” 67 HOMEFRONT 68 Q&A: ANTHONY TUCKER-JONES The author discusses his new book Hitler’s Winter 72 WWII IN PHOTOS Key WWII events this month, 80 years ago 74 M USEUMS & EVENTS A roundup of exhibitions and collections 77 REVIEWS The latest military history films and books 82 ARTEFACT OF WAR 72 This rare headpiece is one of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon armour 5 in LEAPING INTO ACTION 26 April 1941 British soldiers of 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment jump from their Universal Carrier during an exercise near Newry in Northern Ireland. During WWII, this Welsh battalion fought extensively in the Normandy Campaign, particularly at the Battles of Caen and Falaise Gap. They went on to liberate Merville in northern France, advanced into the Netherlands and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. The 2nd Monmouths entered Germany on 8 February 1945 and ended their war at Hamburg. 6 WAR IN FOCUS y ett G © 7 in THE NIGHT WATCH Painted 1642 Created by the renowned artist Rembrandt van Rijn, De Nachtwacht (The Night Watch) is one of the most famous paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. Measuring a colossal 363x467cm, it was commissioned by Captain Frans Banninck Cocq to depict him and over a dozen members of the Kloveniers (musketeers) of Amsterdam’s civic guard. The Kloveniers were voluntary militiamen at a time when the burgeoning Dutch Republic was at war with Spain. Cocq is the central figure dressed in black with a red sash. 8 WAR IN FOCUS y ett G © 9 in MARILYN VISITS KOREA February 1954 Marilyn Monroe travelled to South Korea shortly after the end of the Korean War to entertain American troops. A hastily assembled show called Anything Goes saw her singing to over 100,000 military personnel over four days. A sailor later recalled: “The sight and sounds of Marilyn singing Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend is a memory I still cherish.” Monroe herself described the trip as “the best thing that ever happened to me”. y ett G © 10