... ITALY UNDERGOES A NEW WARTIME EXPERIENCE: THE DROPPING OF BRITISH PARACHUTE TROOPS IN CALABRIA itler's unhappy Axis partner has again received a rude shock the toe of her very vulnerable boot has been invaded by British parachute troops dropped from the skies to wreak havoc in a strategically important area. The idea of parachuting troops to earth, which Germany now claims as her patent, ...

... 7> HHHAnHHHlHHI THE COMING OF THE RAINS 'M';: 'P A Problem for the British Command in the Abyssinian Campaign NOT a single traveller who has written about Ethiopia but has been struck by the succession of deep valleys through which wind rivers, large and small, all tortuous, all with sharp falls over pristine rocks, alternating with long stretches of gently-flowing water. These latter are the ...

... Britain's Latest Battleship --A View From A Unique Angle LOOKING DOWN ON H.M.S. KING GEORGE V: A VIEW TAKEN FROM ABOVE BY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AS SHE STEAMED UP CHESAPEAKE BAY In a previous issue of The Sphere we published photographs of Britain s newest battleship, and last week we presented a double-page drawing by Mr. Montague Dawson. The sensa tional air picture reproduced here was ...

... THE CHIPCHASE LIFE-SAVING RAFT BEING STOWED ABOARD READY FOR INSTANT LAUNCHING WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE RAFT IS LAUNCHED THE CLEVER WAY IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO FORM A BLUFF-BOWED SAILING CRAFT It is the Merchant Navy of Britain which is, at the moment, the object of the Nazis' unrelenting attacks by U-boat, surface-raider and aircraft, and numbers of fine ships have been sent to the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 77 i, New Oxford Street, W.G.i WHERE WILL IT FALL? --It is estimated that there are twenty divisions of Nazis fully equipped for a Balkan--Mediterranean drive in the Nazi manner, with headquarters cen tred at Bucharest. They are massing through Hungary, they have saturated Rumania (with whom we have broken off relationships), and they are fast saturating Bulgaria, which ...

... Factors in the Balkan Mix-up KING VICTOR EMMANUEL OF ITALY MAKES ONE OF HIS RARE APPEARANCES Long suppressed and completely overshadowed by Mussolini, the King of Italy has made but few appearances in public for many years. Since the war, however (probably owing to II Duce's waning popularity amongst the people), the King has been seen some what more often. Here he is seen approving a new type ...

... ENVOYS from the UNITED STATES -AMD OURS By FERDINAND TUOHY ANGLO-AMERICAN diplomatic failure to warn of the risk of utter French collapse, and of causes, underlined two weaknesses at latter-day British and United States Embassies. Ours would not mingle sufficiently with the popular life nor sink to such things as analysing the Egerias of foreign statesmen, nevertheless so important, while Mr. ...

... On right Dritish correspondents have given vivid pictures of the entry into Derna, just when the Australian advanced forces had encountered some topographical features which were new to the experience of the Army of the Nile. Two Australian companies came up against the canyon of the Wadi Derna, 1,000 ft. deep, and looked down for the first time into one of the great gullies which split the ...

... The WHEELS of VICTORY The Motorized, Army of the A NY students of our campaign in the Western Desert, after examining early photographs of the derations, must have been struck by the size of the .res on wheels of trucks and guns. These out- ;e balloons have, indeed, played an important par n the drive to victory. iyone wno nas driven a car over rougn ground will ippreciate the difference made ...

... PARACHUTE TROOPS Again in the NEWS But this Time it is BRITISH Parachute Troops Who have Demonstrated that the Germans have J\[ot Got a Monopoly of this 7\[ewest Form of Way-fare THE REGION WHERE IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT BRITISH PARACHUTE TROOPS HAVE BEEN DROPPED This portion of Italy right in the toe of that country is very vulnerable to attack by men dropped from the skies for it is here ...

... The LIBYAN COLONY CONQUE tED from the ITALIANS Scenes in Cyrcnaica which was to have Roman Empire in hforth Africa, Dreamed Formed Part of the Re-created of for Tears by Mussolini The campaign in the Western Desert has proved the doom of one of Mussolini's most cherished projects the colonisation of North Africa and the re-creation of many of the glories of the ancient Roman Empire. His ...

... Making the OCEAN HIGHWAYS SAFE FOR CONVOYS The Construction of Seadromes in a String Across the Atlantic Would be a Complete Answer to Submarines, Aircraft Raiders or Other Enemy Marauders Their Construction and Possibilities Discussed by C. G. GREY Here is a subject of first-class importance to everyone in this country. Our life-line is the seaway linking this country with the United States ...