... SUPPLIES into RUSSIA BY WAY OF IRAN How Vital Materials to our Ally will be Sent by the Trans-Iranian Railway WHILST other ways and means are being discussed of sending aid to our Russian ally, work is proceeding on the scheme whereby the Trans-Iranian Railway can be vastly improved to carry an enormous volume of traffic direct into Soviet territory. Already much valuable material is passing ...

... J7or several months past, American-built Catalina flying-boats have been patrolling the Indian Ocean and China Seas, operating from bases in the Far East- Their work takes them on long-distance patrols, from the civilisation and modernity of Singapore to sparsely-inhabited islands of the Southern Indian Ocean. Their watch for enemy raiders and submarines is ceaseless and very little of ...

... THE FOUNDRY IN WHICH THE BOMB-CASINGS TAKE SHAPE The labourers here are men, although great numbers of women are employed in the factory on other operations during the manufacture of the bombs ON THE BOMB-PRODUCTION LINE The casings are machined hydraulic presses have hollowed out the billet and squeezed it out to twice its original length. Before the tail is shaped, the inside of the casing ...

... PRISONERS ABOARD A BRITISH BATTLESHIP: GERMANS AND ITALIANS, FORMER SUBMARINE AND MERCHANT CREWS, BEING PUT TO WORK ON THE UPPER DECK DURING THEIR PASSAGE TO AN INTERNMENT CAMP AFTER CAPTURE AT SEA This is one of a series of pictures (others appear on page 135 of this issue) taken on a British warship recently. In this series are seen a number of German and Italian prisoners of war, formerly ...

... BRITISH PARACHUTE TROOPS in TRAININ A WONDERFUL PICTURE SHOWING TWO MEN ACTUALLY IN MID-AIR The parachutes are attached by a cord which quickly pulls them open, so that jumps can be made from a low altitude THE SUPPLIES FOLLOW THE PARACHUTISTS The darker-coloured para chute has a long, cylindrical container not a man attached to it. This contains necessary supplies and is opened by the men on ...

... By JAMES BELLAMY THE Russian Revolution did not begin in 1917, nor did it end in that year. In 1940 it was still proceeding, having passed into a phase of tolerance and stability from which, in the hearts of all its friends abroad, great things were hoped. There have been few more terrible tragedies in history than the battle now raging from Murmansk to the Sea of Azov. A few more years would ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 114 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.t. Criticism from Armchairs. --I have not yet fallen to criticise strategy or propound strategic plans from my armchair. I confess that I regard the armchair and amateur strategist as little better than a half wit. Not, I think, because he cannot comprehend the range of possibilities so well as a trained military chief, nor entirely because he ...

... AN ALLIED MERCHANT FLOTILLA ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOUR This picture shows part of the great fleet of 114 merchant vessels which arrived recently in New York. It was made up of ships of British, Dutch, Norwegian, and other Registry, and was the greatest mercantile flotilla for years. In the foreground can be seen Staten Island Docks in the background, the Bay Ridge shore RVIVORS OF A STRANDED ...

... Home Life in the Big Bombers READY TO GO HOW THE CREW ARE DISPOSED IN THE HALIFAX-- The pilot is aloft, and behind him is the second pilot down below is Sparks, the radio operator The firm of Handley-Page have been making big aircraft since the very earliest days of aviation. To-day they are producing one of the biggest aircraft yet operated by the R.A.F. The HALIFAX is a four-engined bomber ...

... How Prepared are the Army and the Civilian Population of These Islands for a Big-Scale Invasion on Totalitarian, All-in Scale A Review of the Whole Position in the Light of Lord Gort's Despatches Telling of the Experiences of the B.E.F. in Flanders By FERDINAND TUOHY EXTRACT from an unbroadcast address on Invasion: Hitler has two choices in this matter. He can try the invasion of Britain, in ...

... DRAWING THE EMPIRE CLOSE TOGETHER The Work of the' Mighty Organisation Now Known as Cable and Wireless Described by CHARLES GRAVES THE Englishman is famous for his habit of taking things for granted, even in wartime, and grumbling when service is not exactly 100 per cent. One of the many things he accepts as his rightful due is the Cable and Wireless. It never occurs to him that British ...

... Written and jllustrated by L. Ashwell Wood A tank which works on exactly the same principle as a caterpillar tracror moves, not on its wheels, but on an endless track which it lays down for itself as it goes. A part of the track coming into contact with the ground remains stationary whilst the tank pulls itself over it, releases it and passes it forward to be laid again. The weight of the ...