Description

Iron Cross is the UK’s only magazine of German military history from the First World War to the end of the Second World War.  Covering all aspects of German military history including the Imperial German forces of the Great War, the Weimar period and the Nazi period.  Iron Cross prides itself on the highest quality production with stunning content in the unique and ground-breaking features, often revealing untold stories and publishing photographs that have never been seen before.

This issue has articles on how the RAF put to good use shot-down Luftwaffe fighters during the Battle of Britain : how a German Zeppelin ended up being destroyed by ‘firing squad’ in WW1: the burial rites and culture for German soldiers during the First and Second World Wars: the volunteers from Scandinavia who served in the Waffen-SS as Hitler’s Vikings: how the Luftwaffe tried and failed to solve the Wehrmacht’s air transport problem during WW2 : the death of a top German general when his transport aircraft was shot down over Northern France: the women who served in auxiliary roles with the Luftwaffe during WW2: the ‘Torpedo Crisis’ of 1939 and 1940 which saw many of the Kriegsmarine’s torpedoes fail: the ‘Nazification’ of the Luftwaffe which stained its reputation: the story of a daring raid by German storm troop soldiers during WW1 is unlocked through what had been a mystery photograph: the bizarre ‘arrival’ of a full dress uniform and dagger which fluttered to earth over England on a coat hanger: the types of bombs used by the Luftwaffe in WW2 are examined in detail: conflict archaeology finds from the Romanian battlefields of WW1 and WW2: an unusual German armoured features in the‘Photos from the Front’ section: a Christmas poster is the seasonal offering for the regular ‘War Posters’ page.