... HOT WEATHER WARFARE Conditions in the Libyan Desert Amidst the Heat and the Sand Described by Major C. S. JARVIS OUR troops operating, in Libya are now experiencing the full blaze of the summer heat, which will continue with slight variations in intensity until the middle of September, when, with the approach of autumn, there will be an appreciable cooling off. The temperature in this desert ...

... ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES at SEA-- H. M.S. Tartar's Wartime Steaming Record THE Tyneside shipbuilders and engineers in Messrs. Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson's Yard share with all hands on board H.M. Flotilla Leader Tartar, of the Tribal class, intense pride in the astounding steaming performance of that ship, which claims to be the first to have completed 100,000 miles at sea since the ...

... WITH HIS UNDERCARRIAGE SHOT AWAY, A BRITISH D.F.C. PILOT COMES IN TO LAND after a daylight sweep over northern France: A Dramatic Picture Taken During a Recent Operation Once again the world is thrilling to the exploits of the R..A.F. After their heavy defeat of the Luftwaffe last autumn during the Battle of Britain, the pilots of the R.A.F. both fighters and bombers are now carrying the war ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 97 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. OUR ENVOY IN MOSCOW.-- The Government has expressed its gratitude to Sir Stafford Cripps for his work in Russia in the past year and the King has rewarded his services. The general public during most of the time of his mission did not envy him, regarded him as a man ploughing the sands and as a man often duped, con stantly cold-shouldered, ...

... MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL WITNESSES AN INVASION EXERCISE CARRIED OUT BY BRITISH TROOPS IN SCOTLAND Now that everybody is thinking and talking invasion invasion of German-held territory, not invasion of Britain more particular interest attaches to the picture reproduced here. It was taken during the Prime Minister's recent visit to Scot land, when he witnessed invasion exercises and also inspected ...

... A Note on the Latest Plans New Methods by American Shipbuilders to Provide Shipping Quickly -twa for the All-lmbortant BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC THE American shipbuilders, working against time in their effort to produce tonnage for the Battle of the Atlantic, are using the greatest ingenuity and are overcoming the difficulties caused by a shortage of skilled labour. lhe Americans are making great ...

... ^^TTfTkT^^| And the Many Shapes %#m/ I l^y _ and Sizes of Them in ww li 1 Modern Fighting Aircraft EVERY form of movement on or above the surface of the earth is affected in varying degree by the envelope of air surrounding it, but flight alone is dependent upon the mass of atmosphere not only for its support, but also for its progress. It is natural, therefore, that the development of ...

... THE R.A.F.'S NEW LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT The Wonderful Rubber Dinghy which now Forms Part of a Fighter's Equipment SAVING THE LIVES OF OUR FIGHTER PILOTS How the new life-jacket for airmen is worn and the new rubber dinghy which each fighter aircraft now carries New life- saving equipment for fighter pilots who are forced down, or have to bale out, over the sea has just been tried out by the R.A ...

... The FIRST PICTURES from RUSSIA As Usual, These Come from the Enemy They Have Reached Britain by Way of New York A NONCHALANT RIBBENTROP ANNOUNCES THE INVASION OF RUSSIA Germany's Foreign Minister is here seen reading the Note of the Reich to the Soviet Union in the Council Hall of the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. The speech was broadcast to the whole world. Seated from left to right are Foreign ...

... The Most Decisive Factor in Modern Warfare- THE TANK Fully Described and Illustrated IN the important phase now developing in the Russian theatre of war it is clear that the tank is destined to play an increasingly important part in deciding the issue. It is by no means certain that the Nazis are going to have matters all their own way, since they are opposed for the first time on any front by ...

... LENINGRAD HOME OF THE RUSSIAN NAVH By F. BOWEN EVER since the end of the last war Leningrad has been the real heart of the Russian Navy. It was founded by a stroke of the pen by Peter the Great in 1703 on a desolate marshland, which he had captured from the Swedes. The island of Kotlin, on which Kronstadt is situated, divides the two main entrance channels and protects them against attack by ...

... A Note by FRANK C. BOWEN ALTHOUGH the Russian Navy possesses a certain number of cruisers and three ancient battleships, and has long projected some of the biggest battleships afloat, its main strength is in its small craft, destroyers and submarines. The Russian Navy's policy has always favoured small craft. In the 'eighties they built up one of the biggest fleets of small torpedo-boats in ...