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... A MASS DESCENT BY BRITISH PARACHUTISTS A picture taken during recent exercises by our newest arm of the Fighting Forces. This demonstration was witnessed by the Prime Minister, who may be seen in the little group on the left watching the men landing riNAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TROOPS BEFORE EMPLANING The man on the left (with the parachutists' badge on his sleeve) is an instructor. He is giving ...
... Some Facts about a Little-Known but Immensely Rich, Land and Its Attraction for Hitler To-day Described by DONALD COWIE, and Specially Illustrated IN a recent speech Mr. Churchill observed that Germany might soon threaten the Ukraine. Since then news has reached London of the formation of a Ukrainian Legion in German-occupied Poland, and the extension of the Ukrainian Bureau in Berlin. This ...
... The GREAT RAID of MAY 10-11: Th Destruction Wrought in Westminster THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WRECKED A view of the Chamber looking towards the spot where once the Speaker's Chair stood it is now a complete shambles. In the background of this view are the Ladies' Gallery and the Press Gallery. Practically nothing of this historic Chamber has survived the bomber's fury. Parliament is now deliberating ...
... WHEN the NAVY CARRIES OUT A BOMBARDMENT The Terrific Detail Work Involved, in which all Branches Must Co-operate Described by FRANK BOWEN WHY DESTROYER LOSSES are HIGH Vulnerability Caused by Specialised Design By F. B. THE destroyer service is one of the most popular in the Navy, but nobody can pretend that it is either restful or safe. As it is impossible to give a destroyer any armour ...
... The M.L.s of the ROYAL NAVY The New Motor Patrol Vessels Used for Convoy Duties and Against the German E- Boats ET very night, the German E-boats lie in wait in the dark Channel waters, lying low until a convoy comes along. And every night, from bases on the East Coast, Britain's new pocket destroyers the motor torpedo- boats go a-hunting in pursuit of these commerce raiders. To ferret out the ...
... THE WAR IN THE AIR Beating the Night Bombers by Nignt nghters THE KING WITH THE NIGHT FIGHTERS Talking to a crack pilot, who has already been decorated for his prowess in attacking the enemy night raiders AN ENEMY RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN BY A NIGHT FIGHTER One of the 124 bombers brought down in ten nights over Britain. Pilots of seven nationalities are now engaged on the task of combating the ...
... The NEUTRALITY PATROL 0f the ATLANTIC by the U.S. How it will Operate, and the American Naval Vessels which will Take Part NOTES ON THE U.S. PATROL AND CONVOY CONVOYING by U.S. ships first suggested for 300-mile neutrality zone round America, fixed by the Pan- American Congress at outbreak of war, but not taken seriously as the zone had no standing in International Law. Neutrality patrol by U ...
... A Description of the Country and of Its Vast and Rich Stores, Which has Caused the New State of Iraq to Become One of the Centres of War-- a Special Sphere Section KIRKUK, the jumping-off place for the Iraq oil-fields, lies some 200 miles to the north of Bagdad by rail. Since the opening-up of the fields it has developed tremendously, and is to-day a busy centre. Kirkuk, however, is very ...
... The Oil Wells of Kirkuk and Mosul Described by A. BEEBY THOMPSON IRAQ is permeated with historical associations dating back from Assyrian and Babylonian days when great cities like Nineveh (Mosul), Nim- rina, Babylon, Ur, and a host of others acquired world-wide fame for their magnificence and opu lence. Overrun and ruled in turn by Greeks, Persians, Romans and Turks, the vicissitudes and ...
... ..But the PILOT is SAFE. These Pictures Show why this Statement in Air Ministry Communiques can be Made so Often I7ROM all these flights, only one of our L aircraft is missing, but the pilot is safe. One often reads these words, but how many realise how this has been achieved Here we show pictures illustrating the rescue of an airman forced down over the sea. It was recently announced that ...
... Other Things Than War Of J.M.B. And of the Luckiest Graftsmen Generally With a Note on Our Private Vaticans J.M.B.-- It is always a question whether the most exhaustive and admirable biography of a well-known public figure, written after his death but during the lifetime of his contemporaries, can ever tell one anything essential of his character which the public do not already know. The ...
... The LATEST from the UNITED STATES The Huge Boeing Super-Clipper, and the P. 38 Single-Seat Fighter With Further News of the Activities of Our Own Fine Flying-Boat, the Very Big and Capacious Short Sunderland On left THE COLOSSAL TAIL OF A SHORT SUNDERLAND An idea of the huge size of these flying-boats can be gained from this picture. The top of the fin is 32 ft. I0J in. from the ground at the ...