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MONARCHY AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR: In Europe To-day are Only Seven Thrones Which Have; Survived the Struggle ..
... the Continent, and in Greece. It is hard to include Michael. Another casualty, of a kind, has been Regent Horthy. The second World War has left but seven monarchies: Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Greece, along with the ...
THE BELGIANS REPAIR THE CEMETERY AT ZEEBRUGGE
... in blocking the submarine channel for the rest of the war and in so doing struck a decisive blow for England. In the Second World War this cemetery was the scene of fierce fighting, and it will be seen from this picture how the memorial and surrounding ...
THE NADIR OF NAZI MIGHT: The Disintegration of a Mighty Shipyard and an Air-Raid Bunker
... WHERE, AT THE PEAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 18,000 MEN WERE EMPLOYED A scene of destruction in the yards of Messrs. Blohm and Voss, the largest shipyard on the Continent of Europe. The gantries seen in this picture stood over the submarine slipways, and ...
NELSON'S LAST VOYAGE: The Veteran Battleship Leaves the Forth for Inverkeithing
... I-- I .M.S. Nelson fought both in home and Far Eastern waters during the Second World War. She escorted the Malta convoy of August 1942 in one of the darkest periods of the war in the Mediterranean, and subsequently she took part in the African land ings ...
TWO WESTMINSTER ABBEY MEMORIALS
... week, is a particularly fine piece of work reflecting the spirit of the men who undertook the most exacting tasks in the Second World War WHERE WESTMINSTER ABBEY'S ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL WILL BE SET UP The memorial, which it is hoped will be ready for unveiling ...
THE SINKING OF THE WORCESTER: The Celebrated Old Training-Ship Meets with Disaster
... training purposes, and in 1877 she came into use as a training-ship and her name was changed to Worcester. During the Second World War she was again taken over by the Admiralty and used as the headquarters of the Greenhithe section of the London Auxiliary ...
JUTLAND ENEMIES MEET AT FASLANE: The Iron Duke and the Derfflinger at the Same Clydeside Shipbreakers
... where she is being broken up beside her old enemy, Jellicoe's Iron Duke Faslane is a £5,000,000 port, built during the Second World War for the handling of supplies. It was acquired last year by Metal Industries, Ltd., for their shipbreaking and salvage ...
The NAVY'S VANISHING VETERANS: The Old Warspite is Dismantled; lmplacable and Founroyant Retire: The Submarine ..
... The Second World War prolonged the ser- virp of manv nf nnr warships, among them the IVarspile, a veritable veteran but, paradoxically enough, at the same time one of the most up-to-date fighting units in the service. Warspite was planned before the ...