... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... By Dr. G. B. SHIRLAW (Who Worked for a Year in a Moscow Clinic, After Service in the Spanish War) THE tremendous effort which the Soviet Union was making to achieve and surpass European standards of hygiene was plain to all who encountered the Russian medical observer at the Spanish front. His name, which he gave as Kluss, concealed the identity of an army surgeon of high rank, and in all that ...

... THE LURE 01 THE CAUCASUS Oil and a Refuge from tft Vigours of the Russian Winter A Note on the NOGAIS STEFPE The crossing of the Dnieper claimed by the Germans at a point between Zaporozhe and the mouth of the Dnieper, would mean that the enemy has advanced into a remarkable area, measuring some 300 miles by 200, known as the Nogais Steppe. It extends from the eastern side of the Dnieper ...

... GERMANY'S DREAM OF ATLANTIC DOMINANCE The Great Strategic Importance of the Spanish Canary Islands; and the Geographical Importance of Dakar and Casablanca on Africa's Western Coast THE ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II. dubbed himself Admiral of the Atlantic, and when his fleet, with the exception of submarines and a few raiders, stayed in port or close to the German coasts he reaped a full harvest of ...

... Japan's Oil Problem Where will Her Supplies Come From in the Event of War in the Far East Described by A. BEEBY THOMPSON A SUSPENSION or curtailment of oil deliveries by the Americas and Dutch East Indies must inevitably prove a source of considerable anxiety and embarrassment to Japan should that country become involved in war with a first-class Power or group of Powers. None of the oilfields ...

... BATTLE in the DESERT -THE SECOND WEEK OF THE CAMPAIGN Continuing the Detailed and Connected Narrative Begun in Last Week's Issue Illustrated with a Special Series of Diagrams and Drawings One of the most notable events to be recorded in this second series of diagram pictures of the Libyan battle was the sortie of General von Rommel (he is believed to have accompanied the expedition himself) ...

... BACKBONE OF BRITAIN This is hardly the time to talk of leisure. But, in easing the worker's lot, the tradition so long established by Ford in peace-time is continued through the war. Releasing the men from unnecessary fatigue, by providing means of mechanical lifting where lifting is necessary, by ensuring good conditions of light and air and hygiene, by seeing to the slightest scratch so as ...

... WAR ACTIONS of the WEEK GREECE, LIBYA, SUDAN, SICILY During the opening days of January, the weather conditions in Albania were so severe that it was difficult for either side to do more than struggle to live in the intense cold which had descended on the moun tains. The fingers of the combatants were so numbed with cold that it was not possible to hold a rifle or manage a machine gun properly ...

... THE R.A.F. OVER GERMANY Hitting the Enemy where it Hurts Most-- A Wonderful Record of Achievement THE increasing intensity of Britain's air offensive against Germany is revealed in maps just published for display all over the country by the Ministry of Information. These bring up to date the similar information issued at the end of September and show that in the three months October-December ...

... The Battle FOR Smolensk Special Sphere Maps and Drawings to Illustrate the Position in this Cen tral Sector, where the Germans have been Driven Back on a Wide Front IN the Smolensk sector the Russians have achieved their first big successes in counter-attack against the Germans. For the first time in this war, too, the enemy has been forced to yield up territory into which he has advanced! ...

... The NEW BURMA ROAD will be a RAILWAY This is Now being Built to Connect Up Lashio in Burma with Kunming and Chungking in China SINCE the unwarranted invasion of China by the Japanese some years ago, the Burma Road has become familiar to all. Along this road has flowed a never- ending stream of war supplies for the Chinese Nationalists, from the railhead at Lashio in Burma to the railhead at ...