Iron Cross

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. Iron Cross features specially commissioned and innovative artwork in all issues.

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Austrian Biscay Ace • Flying heavily armed Ju 88Cs on patrols over the Bay of Biscay in 1942–44, Austrian Kurt Necesany achieved a handful of victories against Allied multi-engined aircraft on long-range missions. These were hazardous sorties in an unforgiving theatre of war, as Chris Goss explains.

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Panzerfaust! • One of the most effective weapons fielded by German infantrymen in the final years of the Second World War was the Panzerfaust – ‘Tank Fist’. In a follow-up to the article published in issue 15 of Iron Cross, Michael Heidler provides a technical breakdown of its various iterations.

‘Beavers’ with Sharp Teeth • After two successful blockade-busting voyages to North America, Deutschland and its sister-submarine ‘freighters’ then still under construction were armed and unleashed on Allied vessels following the US declaration of war on Germany in April 1917. Graham Rumney chronicles the exploits of these makeshift U-boats.

Slayer of Fortresses

Behind The Men in Black • Many urban myths have come out of the Second World War, but one frequently aired is that German fashion house Hugo Boss designed the iconic black uniform worn by the SS. Jonathan Falconer reveals the true story of how two creatives were called upon to ‘rebrand’ the SS on orders from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.

BOOKS & PRODUCTS

Nuremberg: Should It Have Been Black and White? • In her first feature for Iron Cross, Merryn Walters reviews the recently released motion picture Nuremberg. Consultant Editor Andy Saunders then provides some historical context for the film by examining the interactions Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring had with his captors

Next Issue • The next issue of Iron Cross will be on sale from 30 September 2026, and the following features will be included as just some of the magazine’s unique content.

Scheer Firepower

Projekt Amerika Bomber • Senior officers in the Luftwaffe had realised as early as the mid-1930s that any future conflict could see the service ordered to mount bombing raids on targets as far afield as North America. David Porter examines the various studies initiated in Germany in an attempt to create a strategic bombing force.

Anti-tank Hand Grenades in the Second World War • Hastily developed after the German advance into the USSR stalled, anti-tank hand grenades were an emergency aid for hard-pressed soldiers faced with the growing threat posed by improved Soviet armour. Michael Heidler examines these now somewhat forgotten weapons.

‘Churchill’s Messerschmitt’ • On 28 August 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill witnessed the fiery demise of a Messerschmitt Bf 109E and then visited the crash site in Kent to collect his own souvenir. Andy Saunders unravels the story of ‘Churchill’s Messerschmitt’ and the tale of its unfortunate pilot, Leutnant Hansherbert Landry.

U-boat Fund