Iron Cross Magazine

24 September, 2025

The extraordinary Spӓhkorb graces the cover of this issue, with the development and operational use of the extraordinary ‘sub-cloud car’ being fully examined; a detailed operational history of the self-propelled gun Sturm-FlaK anti-aircraft weapon; Luftwaffe use of the Fw 58, developed as a twing-engined bomber trainer; a moving expose of what it was like to be a U-boatman in the Second World War; one of the Battle of Britain’s strangest actions is recounted, with an emphasis placed on the losses suffered by the ‘hard luck’ Luftwaffe unit involved; the disaster at Fort Douaumont in May 1916 that killed more than 700 German troops; a detailed look at the mythical Panther II Panzer.