World War II 1946 (1999) comic books

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by Ted Nomura World War II: 1946 goes where even its predecessor series, Luftwaffe: 1946, did not ? extending to the Pacific Theater and the Russian Front. In this alternate history of World War II, the ripples of change begin decades earlier, with German air ace Hermann Goring killed in 1917, and U.S. Army Captain Harry Truman in 1918. Secret German finds in Mongolia and Antarctica in 1937 and '38 allow Hitler to expand his plans for Earth. In 1940: a cease-fire with England. In 1941: Moscow falls. All the while, the Holocaust kills millions. But the worst turn for the allies comes in May of 1944, when a dress-rehearsal for D-Day ? Operation Tiger ? ends in disaster, and Hitler discovers through captured papers that the Allied plan for invasion is indeed Normandy! With D-Day prolonged into a war of attrition, the war extends to 1946. Now follow this altered conflict through the eyes of our enemies, with "Angels of the Luftwaffe" returning in this issue, and the advanced "Japanese Kamikaze: 1946" missions starting next issue under the title "Born to Die." FC, 20pg$2.50" Cover price $2.50.

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by Ted Nomura BORN TO DIE?In April 1945, the Japanese 70,000-ton battleship Yamato, armed with the first experimental atomic bomb, became the ultimate kamikaze on its way to join the Battle of Okinawa. But Yamato was sunk en route by overwhelming American air power. With America's own atomic program delayed, the invasion of Japan commenced in late 1945 with terrible casualties, as predicted, on both sides. By 1946, in their desperation for defense, the Japanese throw everything into their arsenal, including suicide frogmen and schoolkids flying crude rocket kamikazes. FC, 20pg" Cover price $2.50.

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by Ted Nomura In June 1941, Hitler launches his long-awaited invasion of the Soviet Union and the Luftwaffe destroys most of the Red Air Force. But the "Stalin Hawks" rise from the ashes like a phoenix, growing into a lethal weapon of the air, first against the Nazis, and later against their former allies. In these "Altered Wars," the German Army succeeds in reaching Moscow in 1941, and the Soviet forces fight an even more bitter war to gain it back. In the chaos, Stalin, already paranoid with conspiracy, unleashes his own dreaded program of a "Soviet Solution" to win the war! FC, 20pg" Cover price $2.50.

by Ted Nomura In this altered World War II, the Japanese make their attack a week early on Pearl Harbor while the American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the Flying Tigers, is also en route to bomb Japan and are recalled, only to secretly make another bombing attack on December 7th! FC, 20pg" Cover price $2.50.

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by Ted Nomura "Luftpanzer" ? It is April 1946, and the great battle of Operation Jupiter (from the original Luftwaffe: 1946 series) is occurring in South Atlantic near the Falkland Islands. Determined to prevent the Axis from blocking the Drake Passage, the Allies are forced to send the bulk of their fleet to defend it, but the attack is just a decoy. The Axis powers simultaneously conduct Operation Saturn, their biggest airborne campaign on Panama Canal, by attacking from both sides: the Japanese from the south, and the Germans, plus some Italian forces, from the north. The hapless defenders must fight until help arrives. But the Allied fleet, like the Axis forces, is badly mauled and reinforcements are slow in coming. Yet the Allies have one trump card in their sleeves: Colonel Condorcet and his Hunley commandos. Unless, of course, SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Mika Oberlicht and her special Luftpanzer fluggrenadiers can stop them... FC, 20pg" Cover price $2.50.

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by Ted Nomura Back from the pages of Luftwaffe: 1946, Col. J.J. Condorcet's special Commando team once again uses their special submarine, the Hunley (named after the Civil War Confederate sub of the same name) to pursue another Nazi carrier, the Potsdam, shortly after concluding their Operation Saturn in 1946. Enroute, the team runs afoul of a special Type XXI U-boat towing a submerged V-2 rocket aimed at Washington D.C., and must divert to stop that. But then an emergency arises and J.J. must hurry off to meet his most dangerous ally, Comrade Birdboy, a.k.a. Yosef Soyuz, to prevent the Soviets from obtaining the Nazi's darkest secret, the Black Holocaust. Accompanying him are the men of the X-Corps, led by Lt. Stoner and Sgt. Morrow. Facing them are their counterparts, Sgt. Blitzer and the Sonderkommando Oberlicht (as in Mika Oberlicht, J.J.'s nemesis), created specially by Hitler to destroy the Hunley Commandos!" Cover price $2.50.

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by Ted Nomura In December 1941, the same month of the infamous Pearl Harbor attack in real history, the biggest and the most powerful battleship in the world, the IMS Yamato, was secretly commissioned. So secretly, in fact, that most of the people in Japan didn't even know of its existence until after World War II, when it no longer existed! The Yamato was designated as "Special Battleship Number 1" for most of those who actually got to see it during wartime. Only the crew and other special people knew its real name, taken from the old name for Japan and its people in the current province. The Yamato-Damashii, or "Yamato Spirit," is the cause the Japanese used to fight a desperate war; a war that they feared might end the Japanese as a race. With this conviction, the Kamikaze forces threw everything they had against the invading military, including the battleship itself. But in this altered war, the Yamato and her sister ships will fight an even more deadly game, because the United States was unable to prepare their atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (CAUT: 3) NOTE: Not available in Germany. FC, 20pg" Cover price $2.50.

by Ted Nomura "Tuskegee Airmen"?Celebrating Black History Month, the artist of Tigers of Terra and Luftwaffe: 1946 once again brings you a story of the African-American fighter pilots of World War II, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, this time in full color! Only recently popularly recognized and appreciated, these brave black aviators not only fought against the Nazis, but also against racism back in America. Also depicted will be the far lesser-known all-black bomber group, the 477th. Unfortunately, in real history, they fought racism without getting the chance to fight against the Axis, but in this World War II: 1946 format, they fight and gain honor that they deserved. As always, extensive research went into this issue, to make this "Altered War" scenario the most accurate to date. FC, 20pg" Cover price $2.50.

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by Ted Nomura "Firestorm"?In 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, Hitler declared that his Luftwaffe would return every bombing of the Fatherland by the Royal Air Force tenfold. Unfortunately for the citizens of Germany, by 1943, the Allies would drop more bombs in one raid than the Germans did in the entire war, the worst of all being the firestorm that made its debut in Hamburg. When Germany went into full war footing three years after the British, women were recruited to take over the men's former jobs so the men could go to war. One of the most critical and dangerous jobs that the women (mostly teen-aged girls) inherited was firefighting. Hamburg would be bombed 180 times during the war. The firestorms in Dresden and Tokyo would actually be worse, but the brave firefighters would fight to the death against the greatest aerial holocaust in history. And the worst was yet to come... in 1946. FC, 20pg Cover price $2.50.

by Ted Nomura AP Core Title! "Destination: Space." Even before the Second World War, rocket scientists ? especially those in the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Germany ? dreamed of vehicles capable of space travel. The rapid advancement of technology thanks to the needs of war brought this dream within reach during the 1940s. Germany took the lead with the development of the V-2 rocket, with far more advanced ones, like the winged V-2b, intercontinental A9/A10 multi-stage Valiant and the Sanger space plane, under testing or development by 1945. In this alternate World War II, such developments went further, resulting in the first battles for the control of Earth orbit and, in desperation, disrupting the very stability of time and space. Cover price $2.50.

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WORLD WAR II: 1946 #11 by Ted Nomura "Night Witches." In real history, the Soviet Union was the only major country to have its young females fighting as pilots, soldiers, and tank crews. The most famous of all was their 588th Night Bomber Regiment, who flew obsolete biplanes deep into enemy territories, conducting night reconnaissance and combat missions. The Germans called them the "Night Witches." In this issue, Katerina Soyuz returns as a pilot of the 588th on a dangerous mission to rescue Joseph Stalin's son behind enemy lines, not knowing that her mission is already doomed from the start. Cover price $2.50.

by Ted Nomura AP Core Title! "Korea"?In real history, the Korean War broke out 50 years ago during June 1950, as the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union turned into Hot War when pro-Communist North Korea invaded pro-Western South Korea, and there was fear that this would be the opening shots for World War III. In this altered World War II, friction between the Western Allies and the pro-Communists has already reached the boiling point, causing shots against each other to increase and resulting in the breaking of the joint surrender terms against the Germans. A new "Phony War" begins on the German border, while things get hotter in Asia. Former "Tuskegee Airmen" commander General Davis leads the deployment of the new F-86 Sabre jets to Korea to confront the Soviet "volunteer" MiG-15 group commanded by Colonel Kozhedub and a special female unit led by Major Soyuz! NOTE: This will be the last issue of the first volume of the World War II:1946 series, to be followed by a six-part Kamikaze: 1946 series starting next month on a bimonthly schedule. A new World War II: 1946 series will return in the future. FC, 20pg Cover price $2.50.