Page 5 - History of War - Issue 01-14

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TRIGGER POINT p84 MARCH 2014 ISSUE 01

Features

Germany strikes west
Following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand,
war erupted in Europe – and Germany set its
Schlieffen Plan into motion ......................... 16
Great Battles Gaugamela
The bloody encounter that fi nally handed the
Persian Empire to Alexander the Great ......... 28
Operation Mincemeat
The British-hatched top-secret plan to smuggle
the corpse of a homeless man – equipped
with phoney war plans – into Nazi hands ...... 36
Pacifi c Invasion
With Japan having conquered the Pacifi c
islands, its resources were depleted, so the
US took advantage with a deadly advance .... 50
Back to the Past
Experience the Battle of Waterloo for
yourself with an anniversary re-enactment
trip to the Belgian site ................................ 63
Leaders of Men Roman Generals
Meet the fi gureheads who took the Romans
into battle – with devastating success ......... 70
From the Front
Amid the horror of the First World War
trenches came a newspaper, The Wipers
Times, that brought hope and humour .......... 75
Reader Survey
PACIFIC INVASION p50 Tell us what you think of the magazine and
you could win yourself a fabulous prize ........ 81
Trigger Point
We all remember the convoy of Iraqi tanks
p75 roaring into Kuwait, but what was it that set
off the Gulf War in the fi rst place? ............... 84
V for Valour Freddy Spencer Chapman
Stuck behind enemy lines deep in the
Malayan jungle, the British hero embarked
on a mission to derail the Japanese army .... 88

Regulars

War in Focus Confl ict through a camera lens ..6
Dispatches This month’s news and stories .. 12
Tools of the Trade Sniper rifl es .................... 26
Ten Greatest Vietnam War movies ............... 34
Inside View The Galera Real ....................... 46
p82 Military Milestones Avionics ....................... 68
Machines of War T-34 tank ......................... 82
War in Numbers Korean War ....................... 98
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