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... On Monday morning (December 9) at dawn, the first major operation against the Italian armies on the Libyan-Egyptian frontier was delivered by the British Forces which have been holding them for so many months. General Sir Archibald Wavell, British C.-in-C. in the Middle East, himself gave the first news to the correspondents. Leaning cross-legged against his desk, he said Gentlemen, I have ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 67 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 A POSSIBLE HIT. --From wishful thinking, good Lord deliver us, but news of the war with Italy at the time of writing is definitely encourag ing hedge it as we will with reservations and temper it with headshakings. The Greeks press on, always cool headed ami never boastful, and town after town of strategic importance has fallen into their ...

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... The INCREDIBLE SHODDI NESS of the RUSSIAN TANKS In this set of pictures is revealed an aston ishing story which demonstrates that numbersand Moscow parades count for little if the manu facture of mechanised units has not been thoroughly carried out By DONALD COWIE THOSE who used to prate of Russia's mechanised might should make a careful study of the accompanying pictures. These depict Russian ...

... A SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIP Which Mothers Nine -SPECIAL SUBMARINE AND ANTI-SUBMARINE SECTION THE CREW OF A SUBMARINE MOUNT THE GANGWAY AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM THREE WEEKS' PATROL It is a great moment when, the patrol over, with all its memories of stress of weather and of good and bad luck, the crew go aboard the mother-ship, and are welcomed once again for the rest period, during which their craft ...

... I AM writing this, metaphorically speaking, in the dark. You see, I set out on a quest to find out at first hand something about the men of the submarines, and about the life of the men on the submarine depot ships, to which the underwater craft return like a child to its mother for nourishment and comfort. Thanks to admirable efficiency and courtesy from the Admiralty I was given permission. ...

... The Development of Aerial Armament The Gradual Evolution of the Modern War-plane's Accoutrement T he War in the Air, described by CHARLES G. GREY (Founder of The Aeroplane) SO many pictures have appeared in THE SPHERE lately of aeroplanes with guns and bombs sticking out in odd directions that readers will, I feel sure, like to know something about modern armament in aeroplanes of all sorts ...

... Other Things Than War Of J.M.B. And of the Luckiest Graftsmen Generally With a Note on Our Private Vaticans J.M.B.-- It is always a question whether the most exhaustive and admirable biography of a well-known public figure, written after his death but during the lifetime of his contemporaries, can ever tell one anything essential of his character which the public do not already know. The ...

... THE recommencement of air attack on London in a degree reminiscent of blitzing days falls into line with a phenomenon general throughout the Continent: anxiety mounting to anguish in the capitals of Europe as to how they will fare in the climax. Will they get through entire What additional scars, destruction, tragedy, upheaval, may be reserved tor them Europe's capitals, even the oldest, have ...

... FLYING FROM A CARRIER DECK Heavy seas nearly spellj disaster for Lt. Julius R. Brownstein, an American Navy P He was attempting to take off from the deck of a U when he made his near-fatal plunge into the s North Atlantic THE NORMANDIE SAILS AGAIN: The most recent picture of the former luxury liner (now the U.S.S. Lafayette) as she was being towed by a fleet of tugs to her repair berth at ...

... battle-cruiser which forced her baclt into the dry-docks. Early in June 1941 the Gneisenau and the Schamhorst ^ftcr their forays as commerce-raiders in the Atlantic, the Schamhorst and the Gneisenau took refuge in the jPt'ng of 1941 in the Atlantic port of Brest. On April 5, y4l. the Gneisenau emerged from the dry-dock there, ■ft the following day a torpedo hit was obtained on the were joined ...