... THE remarkable speed of the attacks in East Africa upon the stranded Italian forces, fighting with out hope of reinforce ment, has impressed all the military critics. There are at least six fronts press ing in upon the garrison of Italian Ethiopia, and during the middle period of the present month it was possible to record steady, and in some cases exceptional, progress. The latest addition ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 79 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i BOGEY! BOGEY!-- I confess that I fully agree with those who declare that, in so far as the present campaign to impress on us the ferocity and imminence of this invasion of Britain tends to exalt the Nazi war leaders into supermen with superhuman powers of destruction--it is a bore and a danger. I believe that the necessity for keeping on the ...

... AFTER just one month's fighting the Union Jack floated from Italian flagstaffs all over the region of Italian Somaliland, from the Kenya frontier to Mogadishu, the capital city. The story of the various actions which have taken place during this stirring month may be traced back to the crossing of the frontier at Liboy on January 24, followed by advances to Haweina on January 27 and the ...

... The CHURCHILL THEORIES of WARFARE The Premier's Oum Ideas on the Art of Waging War, as Expounded in His Oivn Writings, are here Smnmarised By FERDINAND TUOHY THEN surely it is time to consider whether the downfall of your strongest foe cannot be accomplished through the ruin of his weakest ally; and in this connection, a host of political, economic and geographical advantages may arise and ...

... THE NON-INVASION COAST A Tour of Inspection of the Blackpool-- Lake District Hinterland; and a Description of the Conditions Prevailing in the Isle of Man in Wartime By FERDINAND TUOHY THE invasion (or prohibited) coast seems to extend the whole way round the United Kingdom from the Clyde to South Wales via Caithness. Far be it from me to infer that North Wales, the Blackpool region, Lakeland ...

... THE STRUCTURE OF SOVIET RUSSIA The First Federation of Working-class States the World has Known Described by H. J. SHEPSTONE RUSSIA claims that her people are the freest in the world. That the masses of her people are in full agreement with Government policy and are ready and even anxious to co-operate with the wishes of the authorities cannot be denied. When the Revo lution broke out, some 75 ...

... Russia's Second Line of Industrial Defence By ROBERT FINCH THE Russians have never trusted the Germans. They have long realised the peril of attack from the west. Years ago they began to develop centres of heavy industries, not only in the Urals, but also in Siberia much farther east, in regions where accessibility of raw materials and fuel provides the essential conditions. Towns SDrane ud ...

... Ceventy tanks were put out of action the phrase occurs in a communique of some days ago. It is a modest number com pared with the description of some tank con flicts in the Russo-German battle area. The official communique leaves it at that the tanks were put out of action We endeavour to give the reader as much assistance as is possible at the moment in showing how this has been achieved. A ...

... The BRITISH and RUSSIAN ENTRY into IRAN The Railways and Roads of the Country Described by W. ROBERT FORAN THE Russo-British advance into Iran has averted a serious Nazi coup d'état in that country. Strategical advantages of great value to Russia and Britain will accrue by establishing wartime control over that part of Iran situated between Iraq, Turkey, Soviet Transcaucasia and the Caspian ...

... This is One of the Most Urgent of War Tasks at the Present Moment. What can be Done in this Connection, and How the Country can Best be Served, is Here Discussed in Full By CHARLES GRAVES IT may seem a far, almost a far-fetched, cry from Ruff's Guide to the Turf or Ally Sloper's Half Holiday to ack-ack gunfire. Lord Beaverbrook's demand for a minimum of 100,000 tons of waste paper and waste ...

... WAIFS STRAYS WAIFS STRAYS SOCIETY ST. MICHAEL'S, JOEL STREET, PINNER, MIDDLESEX Bankers Barclays Ltd. The WAR and HOMELESS CHILDREN THE SOCIETY CAN 6,121 CHILDREN TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER FEED AND CLOTHE WITH YOUR HELP EVERY DAY 4 CHILDREN RECEIVED EVERY DAY. 1,683 TAKEN FROM DANGER AREAS INTO 60 SPECIAL WAR NURSERIES. ...

... THE BALKAN TRANSFORMATION And the Factors of Mechanical Superiority which have Brought It About in Favour of Germany AFFAIRS in the Middle East have entered upon a critical phase. The Germans have overrun Greece, they are on the frontiers of Turkey Most of Italian Libya is now back in the hands of the Axis Powers, and Egypt is again invaded. Such a transformation would seem incredible in such ...