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[[File:Nick_Fury_discovers_the_truth_about_Dracula_in_Marvel_Comics_Presents_Vol_1_79.jpg|thumb|left|Nick Fury learns the truth about Dracula{{r|Marvel Comics Presents #79}}]]Later in the year, Fury and his Howlers were once again dispatched to the Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania to disrupt the flow of oil to the Axis forces. As the team entered into a small Romanian village they soon found themselves under siege by Nazi forces. {{r|Marvel Comics Presents #77}} <ref group="note">The narrative of this story is stated as occurring in late 1942, however this is an error in the chronology based on a number of discernible facts: Primarily the fact that [[Eric Koenig (Earth-616)|Eric Koenig]] is depicted as being among the [[Howling Commandos (WWII) (Earth-616)|Howling Commandos]] in this story. Koenig did not join the Howlers until {{c|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #35}} which has been identified as occurring in 1943 based on continuity. Further to this the Howlers had previously been to Ploesti circa August 1943 in {{c|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #22}} which happened much earlier in the Howler's continuity, as Koenig was not yet a member of the Howlers. Based on actual [[World War II]] history there were no bombings of the Ploesti Oil Fields in late 1942 or 1943. As such this event is unique to the [[Earth-616]] universe and likely occurred in early November 1943 as the next chronological appearance of the Howling Commandos took place on October 30, 1943 as depicted in {{c|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #49}}.</ref> Fury and the Howlers were assisted in combat by the [[Vampires|vampire]] [[Vlad Dracula (Earth-616)|Dracula]] who was seeking allies to rescue the loyal Romanians who were interred in a nearby concentration camp. Unaware of Dracula's true identity, Fury agreed to lend the Howlers to this cause as the camp was on their path to the oil fields. However their would-be ally raised the suspicions of both Dino and Pinky who both suspected Dracula's true identity. A suspicion that was later confirmed when they found Dracula sleeping in a coffin within his castle the following morning. {{r|Marvel Comics Presents #78}} <ref group="note">{{c|Marvel Comics Presents #77}} revealed that the reason [[Vlad Dracula (Earth-616)|Dracula]] could not free his people from the concentration camp was due to the various mystical weaknesses of [[Vampires]]. Namely, since the concentration camp was walled in, Dracula would have to be invited inside the camp in order to enter and leave freely. He also stated that the Swastika was basically a religious symbol to the [[National Socialist German Workers Party (Earth-616)|Nazis]] so it would have a similar effect on his as a Christian Holy Cross or the Jewish Star of David. Both items that he showed weakness to before when wielded by believers in the faith as depicted in {{c|Tomb of Dracula #1}} and {{c|Uncanny X-Men #159}} respectively.</ref> Learning the true identity of Dracula, Fury decided that the Howlers would continue to work with him to free the prisoners unless he attempted to betray them. This bizarre alliance proved successful as the Howlers and Dracula freed the captive Romanians and routed the Nazi forces leaving the oil fields open to attack by Allied bombers. In the aftermath of the battle, Fury and his Howlers parted amicably with Dracula and returned to England. {{r|Marvel Comics Presents #79}}
[[File:Nick_Fury_discovers_the_truth_about_Dracula_in_Marvel_Comics_Presents_Vol_1_79.jpg|thumb|left|Nick Fury learns the truth about Dracula{{r|Marvel Comics Presents #79}}]]Later in the year, Fury and his Howlers were once again dispatched to the Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania to disrupt the flow of oil to the Axis forces. As the team entered into a small Romanian village they soon found themselves under siege by Nazi forces. {{r|Marvel Comics Presents #77}} <ref group="note">The narrative of this story is stated as occurring in late 1942, however this is an error in the chronology based on a number of discernible facts: Primarily the fact that [[Eric Koenig (Earth-616)|Eric Koenig]] is depicted as being among the [[Howling Commandos (WWII) (Earth-616)|Howling Commandos]] in this story. Koenig did not join the Howlers until {{c|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #35}} which has been identified as occurring in 1943 based on continuity. Further to this the Howlers had previously been to Ploesti circa August 1943 in {{c|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #22}} which happened much earlier in the Howler's continuity, as Koenig was not yet a member of the Howlers. Based on actual [[World War II]] history there were no bombings of the Ploesti Oil Fields in late 1942 or 1943. As such this event is unique to the [[Earth-616]] universe and likely occurred in early November 1943 as the next chronological appearance of the Howling Commandos took place on October 30, 1943 as depicted in {{c|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #49}}.</ref> Fury and the Howlers were assisted in combat by the [[Vampires|vampire]] [[Vlad Dracula (Earth-616)|Dracula]] who was seeking allies to rescue the loyal Romanians who were interred in a nearby concentration camp. Unaware of Dracula's true identity, Fury agreed to lend the Howlers to this cause as the camp was on their path to the oil fields. However their would-be ally raised the suspicions of both Dino and Pinky who both suspected Dracula's true identity. A suspicion that was later confirmed when they found Dracula sleeping in a coffin within his castle the following morning. {{r|Marvel Comics Presents #78}} <ref group="note">{{c|Marvel Comics Presents #77}} revealed that the reason [[Vlad Dracula (Earth-616)|Dracula]] could not free his people from the concentration camp was due to the various mystical weaknesses of [[Vampires]]. Namely, since the concentration camp was walled in, Dracula would have to be invited inside the camp in order to enter and leave freely. He also stated that the Swastika was basically a religious symbol to the [[National Socialist German Workers Party (Earth-616)|Nazis]] so it would have a similar effect on his as a Christian Holy Cross or the Jewish Star of David. Both items that he showed weakness to before when wielded by believers in the faith as depicted in {{c|Tomb of Dracula #1}} and {{c|Uncanny X-Men #159}} respectively.</ref> Learning the true identity of Dracula, Fury decided that the Howlers would continue to work with him to free the prisoners unless he attempted to betray them. This bizarre alliance proved successful as the Howlers and Dracula freed the captive Romanians and routed the Nazi forces leaving the oil fields open to attack by Allied bombers. In the aftermath of the battle, Fury and his Howlers parted amicably with Dracula and returned to England. {{r|Marvel Comics Presents #79}}
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On October 30, 1943 Fury and his Howlers were deployed to the island of Tarawa to push back Imperial Japanese forces there. They were assisted in their mission by Australian soldier [[Rolfe Harrison (Earth-616)|Rolfe Harrison]]. However during the initial strike the Howlers were captured. With the help of Harrison, all the Howlers but Izzy Cohen managed to escape capture and regroup off the island. {{r|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #49}} Fury and his Howlers joined a larger attack party in the hopes of rescuing Izzy from the Japanese but they soon learned during the course of the battle that Cohen had been lifted off the island and taken to Japan. After Fury and his men helped Allied Forces gain ground they were ordered back, but Fury vowed that if he could he and his Howlers would rescue Izzy no matter the cost. {{r|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #50}} Fury and his Howlers were next seen aboard a sub en route to Australia on November 22, 1943 where they were reunited with their old ally Simon Savage who had just recently been assigned to his own team of soldiers the [[Leatherneck Raiders (Earth-616)|Leatherneck Raiders]]. {{r|Captain Savage #1}} Fury and his unit were next deployed to Tehran to act as security for a meeting between American president [[Franklin Roosevelt (Earth-616)|Franklin Roosevelt]], British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian leader [[Joseph Stalin (Earth-616)|Joseph Stalin]] during the Tehran Conference near the end of the year. During this mission they prevented would-be Nazi assassin Jorgen Klein from assassinating the three world leaders. {{r|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #51}} <ref group="note">The Tehran Conference took place between November 28th to December 1, 1943</ref> In December, [[Santa Claus (Earth-616)|Santa Claus]] was captured by Hitler in order to destroy the morale of the United States of America. After the situation was described by President Roosevelt, Fury, Captain America and Bucky managed to locate Hitler and Santa.{{r|Marvel Age Vol 1 109}}
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On October 30, 1943 Fury and his Howlers were deployed to the island of Tarawa to push back Imperial Japanese forces there. They were assisted in their mission by Australian soldier [[Rolfe Harrison (Earth-616)|Rolfe Harrison]]. However during the initial strike the Howlers were captured. With the help of Harrison, all the Howlers but Izzy Cohen managed to escape capture and regroup off the island. {{r|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #49}} Fury and his Howlers joined a larger attack party in the hopes of rescuing Izzy from the Japanese but they soon learned during the course of the battle that Cohen had been lifted off the island and taken to Japan. After Fury and his men helped Allied Forces gain ground they were ordered back, but Fury vowed that if he could he and his Howlers would rescue Izzy no matter the cost. {{r|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #50}} Fury and his Howlers were next seen aboard a sub en route to Australia on November 22, 1943 where they were reunited with their old ally Simon Savage who had just recently been assigned to his own team of soldiers the [[Leatherneck Raiders (Earth-616)|Leatherneck Raiders]]. {{r|Captain Savage #1}} Fury and his unit were next deployed to Tehran to act as security for a meeting between American president [[Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt (Earth-616)|Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt]], British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian leader [[Joseph Stalin (Earth-616)|Joseph Stalin]] during the Tehran Conference near the end of the year. During this mission they prevented would-be Nazi assassin Jorgen Klein from assassinating the three world leaders. {{r|Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #51}} <ref group="note">The Tehran Conference took place between November 28th to December 1, 1943</ref> In December, [[Santa Claus (Earth-616)|Santa Claus]] was captured by Hitler in order to destroy the morale of the United States of America. After the situation was described by President Roosevelt, Fury, Captain America and Bucky managed to locate Hitler and Santa.{{r|Marvel Age Vol 1 109}}
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