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THE ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING

... -- -By Sea and by Air THE R.A.F. ATTACK ON A GERMAN CONVOY IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT, ON JULY 30-- a direct hit amidships on a 500-ton ship which was left by the bombers well alight. The Blenheims taking part in the attack flew almost between the masts of the vessels they were attacking (See also picture below NAZIS FIRE THEIR SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC: The Battle of the Atlantic is not always defence of ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 179 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MEDITERRANEAN CONVOY WHICH GOT THROUGH AFTER A THREE-DAY ACTION

... A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CONVOY STEAMING ON ITS WAY THROUGH A HEAVY BARRAGE PUT UP BY OUR OWN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS The convoy was an important ore it was subjected to attack by Italian and German submarines and aircraft over a period of three days but it nevertheless got through safely, despite wild Italian cla ns A BRITISH DESTROYER PICKS UP A DINGHY During the air fighting three of our naval ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 410 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

VICHY IS CARRYING ON AN UNDECLARED WAR

... Without Coming Out into the Open, Vichy Policy is Now Being Directed in All Parts of the World Against the Democracies This Situation is Discussed in the Following Article By FERDINAND TUOHY ON the eve of the Syrian campaign Mr. Eden proclaimed that we would attack the Nazis where we found them and that their assembling on allegedly neutral territory would not protect them. It is high time a ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1905 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

GUERILLA WARFARE in RUSSIA: How the German Invaders are Met by the Soviet Soldiers in Bitter Fighting Behind ..

... GUERILLA WARFARE in RUSSIA How the German Invaders are Met by the Soviet Soldiers in Bitter Fighting Behind the Lines RUSSIAN GUERILLA TROOPS, PURPOSELY LEFT BEHIND DURING THE GERMAN ADVANCE, ATTACK A TRAIN BEARING ENEMY TROOPS- -Drawing by T. Walker The Russians have introduced a new element into their campaign that of the guerilla band. Hitherto the Germans have terrified their opponents, ...

WHEN OUR TURN COMES .

... WHEN OUR TURN COMES These are the Methods which will be Used by the British Army when we Invade the Enemy's Territory. All these are Official Pictures and were Taken During Recent Operations in Britain PACK ANIMALS CAN GO WHERE LORRIES CANNOT During recent exercises in the Western Command, Indian troops with pack ponies and mules were used in certain of the operations. The object of this was ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 636 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CHINA IS STILL IN THE FRONT LINE

... The Move Southward by Japan Not Only Involves British and American Interests in the Far East It May Also Carry Grave Implications for China, Against Whom Japan Has Been Waging Unavailing Warfare for Years By F. E. DEAN WHAT does Japan's southward move portend for China? Well-informed Chinese believe that China continues to be the main objective, whatever else may lie within the orbit of ...

THE SMALL CRAFT OF THE NAVY

... These Vessels are Doing a Great Amount of Work All Round the Shores of Britain. Two Phases of this are Shown in the Drawings Given on this Page From time to time mention is made in the Press of the work done by the small and fast motor vessels of the Royal Navy. But what is not appreciated by the general public is the amount and the variety of this work. Mr. Dawson here indicates two phases of ...

Published: Saturday 23 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 295 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Article

... ring of Spanish airfields (e.g. at Los Barrios) within a few minutes' bombing distance of Gibraltar Town and Harbour. It is conceivable that Gibraltar might be rendered untenable by ships, its town and dockyards destroyed by land and air bombardment, and its defenders driven to shelter in the snarirms subterranean caverns and nassaaes while maintaining stubborn resistance if overwhelming air ...

Published: Saturday 23 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 893 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN THE WESTERN DESERT

... FROM THE DESERT TO THE SEA Shaking the desert sand from their clothing before stripping for a plunge into the sea BEFORE THE BATHE South African soldiers, back from the desert, work up an appetite on the beach before taking the plunge After seeing little but a vast waste of sand for months, the average desert campaigner's idea of Paradise is a plunge into the cooling waters of the ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 284 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 102

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 102 I, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Signs and Portents.-- it is difficult, even while we accept the hard truth that the shots in Hitler's locker are very many and very devastating, not to feel the dawnings of a new optimism, which even counterstrokes and bitter setbacks cannot altogether banish. The Russian business had, in the seventh week, thrown on the screen of Europe the ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2009 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

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... TWO AIR MINISTRY PICTURES WHICH DEMONSTRATE HOW THE R.A.F. CARRY OUT THEIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING T widespread range of operations carried out by our bombers is well exemplified in the two p! es above. The one on the left shows an aircraft of the Bomber Command attacking a vessel o; 00 tons off the west coast of Holland two hits were scored on the stern of the ship, w!.. ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 410 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WARFARE--ITS CHANCES AND RISKS

... V WARFARE-- ITS CHANCES AND RISKS The Revolution by Radio, in which the Subject Peoples of Europe are Being Schooled to Organise Against Quislings, Occupation Troops, New Orders, etc., is Here Discussed in All Its Implications By FERDINAND TUOHY I HAD come to associate the V sign with a mysteri ous Colonel Verdun, first to begin courageous underground operations against the Germans in ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1979 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Photographs