TIME magazine, issue of June 29, 1942. The cover features a portrait of Franz Halder, 1884 to 1972, a German general and the chief of staff of the Army High Command in Nazi Germany from 1938 until September 1942. During World War II, he directed the planning and implementation of Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Design by Ernest Hamlin Baker, 1889 to 1975, an American artist who illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine. Titled Hitlers Halder, Thunderbolts should strike on me. Second World War Historical Collectibles, Antiquarian Librarian Publications And Periodicals.