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... THE NAVY'S NEW ADDITION H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Which is Now in Commission With the Fleet Following on the recent news that the King George V is now in service with the Royal Navy comes similar news of her sister-ship, H.M.S. Prince of Wales. Costing seven million pounds, the new vessel is a 35,000-ton battleship launched at Birkenhead in May 1939. She has ten 14-in. guns, each of which fires ...
... BROADCASTING THE BATTLE OF KEREN Mr. Richard Dimbleby, the B.B.C. commentator, is here seen describing the progress of the battle. He is within sight of the troops up forward, and is making a record for transmission to listeners at home whilst actually under shell fire AT A ROAD JUNCTION NEAR KEREN Indian troops occupying what was formerly an Italian stronghold on the road to the mountain ...
... A DETACHMENT OF WOMEN DRIVERS FROM BRITAIN ARRIVE IN CAIRO FOR SERVICE WITH OUR FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE WORKING UNIFORM OF THE WOMEN'S MECHANISED TRANSPORT CORPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST A company of the Women's Mechanised Transport Corps has just arrived in Cairo for service with the Middle East Forces. It consists of fifty-one girls from the British Isles, with their Commandant and a number ...
... The United States Forges Ahead The Early Completion of the North Carolina and other 35,000-tonners-- â– Discussed by FRANK BOWEN THE commissioning of the new American battleship. North Carolina, a good months ahead of schedule time has naturally aroused the greatest and enthusiasm in the United States, for she is the beginning of the new first against Japanese aggression and marks a ...
... The Spanish Peninsular campaign revealed a weak spot when the Spanish people, and the Asturias in particu lar, defied the might of Napoleon THE glorious distinction of being the first of the peoples to rise belongs to the small province of Asturias in northern Spain which defi antly declared war upon the conqueror of Europe. All Spain was soon aflame, except the north, which was controlled by ...
... I With limited resources, Sir John Moore made I brilliant moves against i the French armies in I Spain, but was com- I pelted to retire, while I turning rearguard actions into victory LIKE Nelson, Sir John Moore gained immortal fame by dying at the moment of victory. He had been in com mand of an expeditionary force sent, at their earnest request, to assist the Spaniards against the French. He ...
... BY AIR TO ICELAND How Communication by Flying Boat is Maintained between Britain and Iceland under Wartime Conditions MAJOR-GENERAL H. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF WELFARE TO THE FORCES, VISITING SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL IN ICELAND Formerly a Danish pos- session, Iceland is now occupied by a force of British troops, greatly to the chagrin of the Germans, who saw in it a base for operations against ...
... after the bomb raids The Spirit of the People-- and their Humour-- is Unbroken SHOT TO PIECES IN THE AIR BY OUR FIGHTERS AM that remains ot a Nazi bomber shot to pieces in mid-air. Wreckage from this plane crashed over a wide area, and pieces were soon picked off it by souvenir hunters. The crew of three had baled out before the crash but the parachute of one of them failed to open HOW TO ...
... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 87 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Defeatism?-- A SPHERE reader wrote recently to the Editor: I am writing to suggest that this continual talk by politicians and others about victory should be dropped. No one knows that we are going to win this war. In the last, with France, Japan and Italy on our side, it took us four years to win the war. Would it not be better rather to ...
... AIR CREWS OF THE R.A.F. REPORTING THE RESULT OF A RAID TO A GREEK LIAISON OFFICER Invaluable support was given to the B.E.F. and to the Greek Army by our fighters and bombers, who fought incessantly in the face of great odds FIGHTER PILOTS WAITING TO TAKE OFF Now that the struggle on the main land is over, the R.A.F. can at least look back to their exploits without regret. Although outnumbered ...
... LIFE IN THE INVASION PORTS OF FRANCE A Description of Some of the Very Vital Targets in Occupied France Consistently Bombed by the R.A.F. By FERDINAND TUOHY THE move made by the pro-Nazi Mayor of Occupied Bordeaux, ex-Senator Marquet, with a view to stopping the British bombing of the region, needs to be taken in conjunction with Vichy's first publication of a casualty list in connection ...
... The Crossing of the Danube by the German Army Some Important Details in Connection with the German Methods of Bridge-building for Operations in the Field, as Observed in Bulgaria LONG before their attack on Greece, the Germans had laid their plans for the invasion and over running of Bulgaria. The rapid occupation of that country meant that existing bridges across the Danube had to be ...