... 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 ...

... The Nile and the Eastern Mediterranean Some Considerations for the Strategist. By BEEBY THOMPSON THE Nile delta is one of the most remarkable and most fertile stretches of country in the world, relying almost exclusively for its water on rain falling on regions 1,700 miles distant. Until the vicinity of Cairo is reached, the river in its course through Egypt flows in a valley of restricted but ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE PASSES The Series of Rearguard Actions Fought Through out Greece by the British-Imperial Forces for Twelve Days with Undaunted Courage WHERE ONE OF THE FINAL STANDS IN THE BATTLE OF PASSES TOOK PUCE THE FAMOUS THERMOPYL/E PASS SEEN FROM ABOVE BRALO At th time if writing, the latest detailed news of the British-Imperial forces recorded the defe ce of tfu 2 Thermopylae Pass, so ...

... By Small Fishing Vessel and Large Transport, the British Army leave the Mainland for Crete-- Special Sphere diagrams and drawings THE CHIEF POINTS OF EMBARKATION WERE FROM EAST OF ATHENS AND THE EASTERN MOREA When the British-Imperial Force was proceeding south-eastwards from Thermopylae, arrangements for its embarkation were being pressed forward. Some of the troops debouched to the coast ...

... Napoleon, imagining himself a second Alexander, was lured to the Middle East as a prelude to a March of Conquest to India WHEN Bonaparte, at the age of twenty-nine, was given the command of the Army for the invasion of England, he made a tour along the coast and decided that invasion was impos sible without the command of the sea. He thereupon declared that the Army of England should become ...