... BASES LEASED TO THE U.S. The Shorn Rumania, and the Yes-men of France The German Raider's Great Journeyings in the Pacific ROLL ON, LET IT ROLL: What has been regarded by many as a first definite link with the United States in the vital matter of defence against foreign aggression took place when the use of air and naval facilities at Bermuda was granted to the United States for a period of ...

... ADEN Britain's Advanced Outpost Which Guards the Route to India and the Southern End of the Red Sea ADEN can claim to be the oldest yet newest of British possessions, old in that it has been a dependency of the Bombay Presidency for a century and new in that it became the Empire's youngest colony on April 1, 1937, when India received Dominion status. The Colony of Aden includes the island of ...

... a war newsletter-No. 53 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 WHO SAID INVASION?-- No one disputes the historical claim that from 1801 to 1805 Napoleon dreamed and planned and hoped to bring England to her knees by invasion. A monument near Boulogne and a few towers and trench marks on the shores of Britain are visible memorials of the dream. At the end of October, 1805, an event had occurred which ...

... The PREMIER on the KENT COAST His Inspection of the Towns of Dover and Ramsgafe i ANOTHER HAT FOR MR. CHURCHILL'S COLLECTION: THE PRIME MINISTER REPLACES HIS FAMOUS JOHN BULL HAT WITH A STEEL HELMET DURING HIS VISIT TO RAMSGATE AND DOVER WHILST THE PRIME MINISTER WAS AT RAMSGATE THERE WAS AN AIR RAID WARNING: LED BY THE MAYOR, HE PRO CEEDED TO THE FAMOUS TUNNELS WHERE HE WAS WARMLY CHEERED ...

... THE WAR IN THE AIR German Casualties in the Air Battles Over London and South-East Britain During the Past Few Days BURIED EIGHT FEET IN THE GROUND! This M esserschmitt 109 was brought down over Kent it dived straight down into the ground from a great height and buried itself to a depth of 8 ft. The aeroplane was completely burned out and not a piece of its metal structure remained intact. The ...

... ATHENS FACE TO FACE WITH ROME Once Again in Their Long History By COMMANDER EDGAR P. YOUNG CIRCUMSTANCES and conditions have changed enormously during the past 2,000 years, but it is nevertheless possible to regard the present state of tension between Italy and Greece as but the latest phase in the development of a struggle which has continued throughout that long period. The struggle is one ...

... THE NAVY'S POM POMS PREPARING FOR ACTION Loading the magazines of a multiple pom-pom battery on board a British destroyer On left A SINGLE POM-POM, with open sights ready for work at close range. This picture was taken during the course of a Convoy PREPARING THE AMMUNITION FOR THE NAVAL POM-POMS On right-- WHAT MAKES THE POM POM SO DEADLY IN ACTION: The naval pom pom, coupled up as in the big ...

... PHASES OF THE AIR WAR Pictures by Sphere Artists of Incidents during Recent Aerial Combat l l -II --I 1 A NEW PUZZLE POSED BY THE GERMAN BOMBERS WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SOLVED: THE MEANING OF THE SMOKE RING IN THE SKY NEMESIS OVERTAKES A BALLOON ATTACKER This drawing illustrates a recent incident at Dover. A Messerschmitt 109 suddenly swooped out of the sky and opened fire with its cannon gun on a ...

... I THE THEATRE'S AIR RAID SEASON Drama and Music to the Sound of the Sirens WHATEVER alterations may be rendered necessary in London's theatrical arrangements by the song of the sirens, the behaviour of audiences could not be altered for the better. The first performances of two plays (both revivals) which I attended last week were punctuated by ululations from outside-- noises off --which ...

... SCENES DURING THE AIR RAIDS The New Factor which has Come into the Life of Every British Citizen And How the People are Settling Down Under the New Air Menace TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS IN THE AIR RAIDS: This picture was taken in Covent Garden a few days ago after a warning had been sounded. The horses have been removed from their shafts and have been placed in comparative shelter beneath a big ...

... The STUPENDOUS EFFORT of LABOUR What Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, Has Already Achieved (The First of a Series of Three Articles) By GORDON BECKLES MR. ERNEST BEVIN swept into office as Minister of Labour just four months ago. It was at a critical moment. After a winter of complacency the major military campaign had opened with a world-shattering bang. Tremendous strains how tremendous ...

... the roads blocked against invasion Pictures Just Released by the Censor Show Some of the Defences which are Now, in Part, Being Removed as Our Position is So Much Stronger I 1 wo or three months ago Britain was but poorly equipped to stave off invasion when France capitulated and so much of our material had perforce to be abandoned in Belgium and France, the construction of road blocks at ...