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To Help You Follow the National

... 'PHIS plan of the course will be helpful to those listening in to the broadcast of the Grand National this afternoon. Mr. R. C. Lyle, racing -L correspondent to The Times, will be responsible for the preliminaries, but the race commentaries at 3 o'clock will be by Richard North and Raymond Glendenning. The commentators' boxes are at the Start, the Grand Stand and the Canal Turn. All except ...

The LAST ACTIONS by the R.A.F.: In the European War--The German Dunkirk at Lubeck Smashed by Fighters and ..

... Just before the end came in North-West Germany, the R.A.F. had the task of smashing the Nazi attempt at Dunkirk flights to Denmark and Norway. Enemy troops were filling the roads between Schwenn and Lubeck, and frantically trying to escape into Denmark before the Second Army cut them off. Tempests, Spitfires and Typhoons all took part and exacted a heavy toll of the German traffic. It was not ...

The COSSACKS of TRADITION and the REAL COSSACKS of the UKRAINE: An Account of Their Origin, History and Present ..

... The COSSACKS of TRADITION and the REAL COSSACKS of the UKRAINE An Account of Their Origin, History and Present Position Within the Borders of the Ukraine Soviet Republic By MICHAEL COLLIN IN view of the recent developments following the Nazi occupation of the Balkans, and the consequent speculation arising as to the fate of the Ukraine should Hitler decide to invade, that province, it is of ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2331 | Page: Page 28, 29 | Tags: Illustrations  Maps 

WESTERN FRONT

... TTeports from the French army I\ authorities stated last week that the weather conditions had made the Lorraine front almost impossible for a major attack. Snow and sleet were reported in the Saar district and elsewhere, to be followed by very cold but drier weather. Great activity all down the western line was reported on Tuesday, the opposing artillery interchangingfire, and observers from ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 199 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Maps 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 191

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 191 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Guessing Game in Europe.-- Where will the Allies strike next? It is the current guessing game. We are all at it, except a very few Allied leaders who, perhaps, know the answers. But while the Allied peoples merely speculate, the leaders and peoples of the Axis lands must not only speculate, but act and move. And clearly it is causing a ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1857 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Maps 

The ADVANCES into ABYSSINIA-- and the CAPTURE of HARAR

... FROM THE SUDAN ATTACKING THE GONDAR- -Drawing by W. Bryce Hamilton It is not so long ago thar fierce fighting was taking place around Gallabat, on the Abys- sinian-Sudan borders. This was at the time when Graziani was advancing upon Egypt and the Italian forces in Abyssinia were pushing outwards in all directions into Kenya, the Sudan, British Somaliland, and elsewhere. All that is now changed ...

MORE BATTLE TACTICS IN THE AIR: How the German Luftwaffe Try To Penetrate the British Defences at Hell's Corner

... MORE BATTLE TACTICS IN THE AIR How the German Luftwaffe Try To Penetrate the British Defences at Hell's Corner A picture reproduced from the American magazine Life Hell's Corner is the name given by American correspondents to the South- East section of England around Dover, where most of the enemy's air attacks begin. This diagram, taken from the American magazine Life, shows how the ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 675 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Illustrations  Maps 

THE STRUGGLE FOR OIL: The Tens Situation Around the Danube and the Black Sea

... THE STRUGGLE FOR OIL: The Tens* Situation Around the Danube and the Black Sea The Eyes of War Sfrategists have been Turned Towards the Inland Sea Bordered by Turkey, the Balkans, and Southern Russia One important link in the chain by which it is desperately hoped to obtain Russian oil is the mighty Danube. When the spring comes, the river may be free of any physical bars to traffic, but at the ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 833 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Illustrations  Maps 

MAPPING THE WORLD'S WAR-AFFECTED AREAS: German Production Bases: Far East Reactions: Russia Invades Rumania

... MAPPING THE WORLD'S WAR-AFFECTED AREAS German Pro duction Bases Far East Reac tions Russia Invades Rumania TT7TIH the capitulation of France, Japan is seizing the opportunity V to re-assert tier Monroe Doctrine for the East, With this end in view, the French authorities in Indo-China and the British have been requested to prevent the passage of war material into China. The Petain Government ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 586 | Page: Page 28, 29 | Tags: Maps 

THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS OF A STIRRING WEEK: Shown in a Series of Special Sphere Pictorial Charts

... THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS OF A STIRRING WEEK Shown in a Series of Special Sphere Pictorial Charts m 11 .i.iiiiiii i --i On left-- THE EFFECTIVE STAND OF THE NORWEGIANS AROUND OSLO Although Oslo was occupied and reinforced during the past few days spirited resistance was offered at Horten and Moss, with the result that three important German war ships were sunk by the shore batteries. The map shows ...

Old Tales Re-told

... THE English have a reputation for phlegmatic coolness, sanity and unemotional behaviour. Yet, oddly enough, most of the famous eccentrics, those lunatic adventurers whose stories are told the world over, have been English. They have mainly preferred to live abroad, no doubt finding in foreign countries a more favourable atmosphere and greater tolerance for their exploits. Une ot the most ...

Published: Thursday 01 November 1945
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2599 | Page: Page 23, 24, 25, 26, 54 | Tags: Illustrations  Maps 

ALUMINIUM--Whence the Ore Comes, and How It Is Treated

... ALUMINIUM-- Whence the Ore Comes, and How It Is Treated By EDWIN H. JUDD THE response of British housewives to the recent appeal for aluminium utensils and vessels of all kinds was both immediate and generous. The need for this effort was due to the fact that one large potential source of bauxite, from which aluminium is manufactured, was France, and the collapse of that country transferred ...

Published: Saturday 31 August 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1599 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Illustrations  Maps