... INSIDE TOBRUK New Australian Official Pictures of the Defence of the Stronghold in the Western Desert WIRE DEFENCES ACROSS THE EL ADEM ROAD This road approaches Tobruk it is strongly guarded by barbed- wire defences and blockhouses. The sentry seen on guard here is Private Earl, who comes from Waverley THE SCENE OF ACTIVITY IN TOBRUK HARBOUR Unloading stores from a transport for the further ...

... The general public impression is that the modern submarine exists solely for under-water attack: this is quite wrong. The latest types of British submarine-- as evidenced by vessels of, say, the Severn class-- can attain a surface speed of 22 knots, as against a submerged speed of less than half. The Severn and her sister, Clyde, were, in point of fact, the first Diesel-driven submarines to ...

... MEN and MORE MEN for the R.A.F. Thousands are Entering for Service with the British Flying Services BRITISH FLYING CADETS NOW IN TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES Taken at the U.S. Civilian Aviation School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, these British flying cadets are being fitted out with American-made caps prior to embarking on a period of training for the R.A.F. under the new scheme just inaugurated ...

... THE AIRCRAFT-CARRIER'S ROLE IN THE WAR The Newest Type of Naval Vessel has Triumphantly Vindicated Itself in the Present Conflict By F. BOWEN BEFORE the outbreak of the present war, there were quite a number of authorities who advo cated the abolition of the aircraft-carrier as being the most expensive naval type, untried in war, and terribly vulnerable to all forms of attack, especially from ...

... THE NAVY PLAYS A GREAT PART IN THE ADVANCE INTO SYRIA British destroyers bombarding French positions and tanks massing for the attack around Sidon, during the advance of our forces towards Beyrout- -Drawing by VV. McDowell Owing to the geographical situation of Syria, the Royal Navy has been able to lend a very big hand in the advance of our forces towards Beyrout along the coastal road. In ...

... : A British airman returns from a daylight raid, and his plane is immediately prepared for another flight whilst the pilot gives details to the Intelligence Officer I ed by veterans who won the Battle of Britain last year, the R.A.F. have now mastered the sky over the Occupied area of Northern France. Last year the air battles were taking place over South-East England, and the ratio of enemy ...

... The Growing Strength of the R.A.F. and the Superiority of British Fighters are now Making Possible the Daylight Bombing of Important Areas of Occupied France and of Coastwise Enemy Shipping OUT from the coast of England a small formation of Blenheim bombers sweeps high towards the coast of France. Around the Blenheims cluster a cloud of fighters-- Hurricanes close in guarding the formation ...

... ilNGAPORE and MALAYA CAN PUT UP A GOOD SHOW LAST February Singapore and Malaya were promised an unceasing flow of men and munitions sufficient to ace the whole territory in a position to resist any possible gression from Japan, who had recently joined the ripartite Pact and had announced her own far-reaching hemes for overlordship in the East. The promise of the nperia Government has been ...

... The Daylight Sweeps Over France The Pilots Who Have Been Driving Back the Luftwaffe in the Biggest Offensive Yet Undertaken by the R.A.F. A BRITISH FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT, still covered with the fumes of battle, relates to the Intelligence Officer exactly what took place his hands indicate the various attitudes he and the enemy pilot assumed during the combat TWO CANADIAN PILOTS DISCUSS THE RAID ON ...

... THE BATTLE-FRONT ALONG ITS WHOLE LENGTH-- FROM PETSAMO TO THE BLACK SEA, showing the main thrusts and counter-attacks from June 22 to June 30 A special Sphere map Germany's unannounced assault upon Russia began at 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 22, and has continued with varying success and failure during the period under review here, which covers only the first week of fighting. Attacks were made at ...

... A Further Series of Analyses of Vapour Trails by a Sphere Expert We have previously published in The Sphere a series of analytic studies of the fascinating trails traced by fighter aircraft. Here are some further studies, with full explanatory notes IN the picture on the right the trails have the typical cloud-scape background of cirro-stratus at (1) merging to cirrus (2), between heights of ...

... THE drawing above represents an incident which was the basis of a recent Air Ministry bulletin in connection with the Battle of the Atlantic. An Australian-manned Sunderland flying-boat of Coastal Command encountered two German float-planes: immediately the pilot of the Sunderland went low down over the water when the enemy were sighted some miles off: in this position it was, of course, ...