... THE GERMAN PENETRATION OF NORTH AFRICA The Tragic Story of the Crumbling of an Empire THE eleven months which have elapsed since the capitulation of France to the power of Germany have been uneasy ones for the French Empire in North Africa. Though stunned for the moment at the news of the surrender of France, the Empire soon roused itself to assume readiness to continue the struggle, relying ...

... The HISTORIC MEETING in ST. JAMES'S PALACE Where Britain and the Empire and the Representatives of Nine Exiled Governments Affirmed their Determination to Prosecute the War Against Hitlerism Until Victory is Achieved MR. CHURCHILL ADDRESSING THE ALLIED STATESMEN On the Premier's right is Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary and on his left is M. Pierlot, Belgian Prime Minister At the end of ...

... MOSUL AND THE CITIES OF IRAQ The Oil Centre is a Picturesque City Which is Now Linked with the Outside World by Rail A Special Sphere Section MOSUL, astride the River Tigris, some 270 miles north of Bagdad, is looked upon as the centre of the Iraq oil industry. The famous oil-fields, so eagerly coveted by the Axis Powers, are situated here, and also at Kirkuk, about a hundred miles to the ...

... By Lieut.-General Sir GEORGE MacMUNN K.C.B., K.C.S.I., D.S.O. THE recent eulogies that the Prime Minister has passed on the services and successes of the Indian Army during the present war are heartily echoed by all those with whom they are serving and all who realise what these Indian troops have been doing for us. They are but an extension of countless similar services outside India which ...

... DAKAR AND SFAX, the two rr,,| Possessions in Africa Which are Strongly in the War Newl SFAX is the Tunisian port owned by France through which, it is believed, Axis troops and supplies have been sent to Libya. It is here that the R.A.F. have been in action (according to Vichy reports) against Italian merchantmen. Until 1897 little besides an anchorage existed opposite the town of Sfax, which ...

... WAIFS STRAYS The WAR and HOMELESS CHILDREN Where do we go now 1372 CHILDREN TAKEN FROM DANGER AREAS INTO 51 SPECIAL WAR NURSERIES 5700 CHILDREN TO FEED AND CLOTHE EVERY DAY SOCIETY OLD TOWN HALL KENNINGTON, S.E.11 Bankers Barclays Ltd. ...

... THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC GOES ON THE RESCUE OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH MERCHANTMAN AFTER THEY HAD BEEN ADRIFT IN THE ATLANTIC FOR SIX DAYS IN A SMALL OPEN BOAT r\n May 1 9, a British freighter, the s.s. Marconi, of 7,402 tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine the merchant man was one of a convoy when she was sent to the bottom. Some of the crew managed to launch two lifeboats, and for six ...

... The two amazing pictures reproduced here were taken by R.A.F. photographers over Maleme aerodrome in Crete, after its occupation by the Germans. In the upper picture over sixty aircraft can be counted on the landing-ground and it would be safe to say that each and every one was damaged in some way. Some of them (as the lower picture corroborates) will never fly again wings, fuselages and ...

... FRANCE: TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB? There are Areas in France which are Being Built Up into a Big Arsenal for Hitler Should the War Factories be Allowed to go Unmolested in this All-in, Totalitarian, Warfare? By FERDINAND TUOHY IT'S a pity that the Ministry of Economic War fare has a reputation for over-optimism as exemplified in its recurrent joke about German oil reserves. The department's ...

... Latest Official Pictures Taken During Anti-Invasion Manoeuvres A TANK GOES INTO ACTION AT SPEED IN THE SAND DUNES Moving off to take up position. As an indication to the others, this tank is clearly marked H.Q. Note the streams of sand thrown up by the massive tractors MACHINE-GUNNERS OF THE R.A.F. Now that aerodrome defence has taken on an even greater significance in view of what happened in ...

... THE CRUISER versus AIRCRAFT in NARROW WATERS A Note on Our Losses During the Operations off Crete ALTHOUGH the Axis claim that at least a dozen British cruisers, in addition to smaller warships, had been sunk during the Cretan operations was grossly exaggerated, the loss of the Gloucester and Fiji was bad enough, but with fighting at a disadvantage and taking the big risk inevitable in the ...

... THE WAR AT TOBRUK- Official British Pictures THE FIRST SIGN TO GREET THE NEWCOMER a graphic notice on the outskirts of Tobruk which warns incoming troops when an enemy air-raid is in progress. Needless to say, these raids are a very frequent occurrence over the town AN EPIC OF THE DESERT Many soldiers of the Western Desert Forces cut off by the Germans have made their way back to Tobruk most ...