... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 200 r, New Oxford Street, W.C.i Hitler?-- If the Führer does not soon make another brief appearance on the stage, all the crop of rumours about his continued existence and /or mental state will spring up again, like the weeds in our gardens. For, indeed, the mystery surrounding him grows deeper and more stimulating. One has no need to be a C.I.D. man or an Intelligence ...

... Official Pictures Taken Before and After the British Landings Pantellaria surrendered to the Allied forces bombarding the island from the air and si on June 1 1 the fall of Lampedusa came shortly afterwards. On these pages, and d pages 14-19 of this issue, we publish the first official pictures to reach England of tli scenes immediately preceding and following these events. By the capture of ...

... THE IMPROVED DEFENCE OF ALLIED CONVOYS And the Employment of Hospital Ships under Wartime Conditions Recent Admiralty communiques in connection with the Battle of the Atlantic have made mention of H.M.S. Biter. This ship is one of the Royal Navy's new weapons in the fight against the U-boat-- an escort aircraft-carrier. Many of them are being built or converted out of fast merchant ships and ...

... PANTELLARIA fell as the result of the heaviest air bombardment yet ex perienced in any theatre of war. The principal targets were the harbour of Pantellaria itself, the adjacent dock, the flanking forts and aerodrome. The last named was separated only by a short distance from the other objectives, which all lay close together. None of them were large the harbour is small and can only ...

... n our issue of June 19, we published a number of pictures showing how the capture of V Attu Island in the Aleutians was effected by U.S. forces landed there on May 1 1 J'e are now enabled to publish a further three pictures which have just been received Washington. In the capture of Attu both the Amchitka-based aircraft and Bie U.S. Navy co-operated. And now that America possesses Adak Island ...

... The Royal Marines Make a Landing In Preparation for the Coming Assault on Hitler's Europe J he pictures reproduced on this page were taken recently at a Training Establishment for non commissioned officers of the Royal Marines in Southern England, to show part of the varied activities of this famous corps of Britain's sea soldiers. Formed in 1664 and trained for service ashore or afloat. ...

... THE RISKS THEY RUN This is a message of grateful acknow ledgement to the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, and all those who go down to the sea in ships, for the risks they run in bringing their precious cargoes to these shores. Once here it is our bounden duty to see that they are not wasted. Amongst the thousands of tons of goods daily pouring into the country, Timber has its rightful place. ...

... FROM Mussolini's town residence-- a resplendent, balconied mansion near the Central Station-- it is an easy stroll to the Vatican. Visits to the Stata Citta Vaticana were popular with most Englishmen in Rome some years before Italy entered the war. As one crossed the Tiber, one could see the castellated walls across the water. On the Italian side there was the flashiness of Fascism-- slogans ...

... HAK TAFTS PASS THE TIME FOR THE SOLDIER CONVALESCENTS Men who are convalescent at a ilitary Hospital in Northern Ireland are being trained in handicrafts of various kinds. They make ladies' bags, inkets, mats and other useful articles. This kind of occupation gives them an interesting pastime and ps to shorten the period of convalescence. The woman in the picture above is Lieut. King, of the ...

... BEFORE the EXPEDITION SAILED for SICILY Scenes in North African Ports as the Invasion Armada was fitted out i-- I ITTI THE COMMANDER'S CARAVAN The driver of the vehicle pinning General Montgomery's name on the side of the C.-in-C.'s caravan before its embarkation for Sicily, where it will serve the General as his battle H.Q. STOWING BEDDING ABOARD ONE OF THE BIG TRANSPORTS for the journey by ...

... The first freight-carrying glider to fly the Atlantic has just reached Britain from Canada. It was towed across by a Dakota aircraft of R.A.F. Transport Command, the 3,500-miles journey being covered in 28 flying hours. It is the first time in history that an air train has crossed the Atlantic, and the flight has created a world record in the total distance covered by a glider carrying cargo ...

... The Surrender of 'the Island of LAMPEDUSA After the Fall of Pantellaria And other War Pictures from Distant Theatres of Conflict THE HARBOUR ENTRANCE AT LAMPEDUSA AS THE ROYAL NAVY SAW IT ON JUNE 12. The white flag of surrender flies at the masthead, with the Italian flag at half-mast behind. A concrete pill-box can be seen to the right of the flag-masts THE SCENE AS THE VICTORS LANDED ON THE ...