... by the end the war, of 16,693 ships which had sailed in ocean convoy, 16,359 arrived safely. On the outbreak of the Second World War the convoy system began again where it had left off in 1918, and as the months went by plana were made to defeat the ...

... their present premises | - In London Road. North End. Despite being bombed several and opened branches at South- times in second World War. sea and Milton These branches 1 the premises were always open were eventually concentrated at i for business, and the ...

... 45. Ent it led Fast and Fulure,” opens with a brief resume ol the development of the warplane from the First to the Second World War. It then goes on more recent events, with atomic and hydrogen bombs, guided missiles, pilotless planes, and the Flying ...

... sub-lieut.. but with the, temperary R.A.F. Command was • anked as flying officer. About two days before the outbreak of the second world war he was transferred, complete with squadron to the small carrier Hermes. The Commander's early war service was hunting ...

... on, unvaried, a tradition so personal to him. By the next Christmas. Britain and the Commonwealth were involved In a second world war for which they were so illprepared that, in some neutral countries the end of both, and of the monarchy with them, was ...

... will be general. agreement that this a sound move. It we had not disarmed after 1919. there would never have been a second: World War We hope there' will never be another war. but, if we are unprepared. a third 'World War is inevitable. So 'we must not ...

... the affairs of the business, and one of the grandsons. Mr. G. L. Sherborne, is the resident director at Portsmouth The Second World War again saw the stop put on imports. and the yards went over to war work, assisting In the manufac ture of such things ...

... of the British Legion is made possible by the generosity of the public on successive Poppy Days. Since the end of the second World War, we have been able togive direct assistance to 1,000,000 ex-Service men and women and their families. iirt from this ...

... blitzed cities ever VV be re-built? The question may be asked almost in despair. Six years have passed since the end of the second world war, and there are still too many blank spaces where bombs caused devastation. Great has been the anxiety of planners to ...

... Mr. Tench recalled. We served in the same division in France. Mr. Strudwick also served in the Royal Navy in the second world war, working in the naval post office section in the Mediterranean. ...

... most stimulating chapters of the Portsmouth Story. As one of the most heavily bombed cities in the country during the Second World War. Portsmouth had many of its business premises destroyed or badly damaged, but the firms planned for the future, and their ...

... wonder just a little at _the topsy-turviness of life. For this is the story of Dr. Wernher von Braun, who during the Second World War worke on the deadly V 2 rockets which brought such havoc to London. After the war von Braun's life took an amazing turn ...