... BRAVING ATLANTIC TEMPESTS TO BRING SUPPLIES IN CONVOY TO GREAT BRITAIN, so THAT SHE AND HER ALLIES MAY CONTINUE TO STRIKE THE ENEMY WHEREVER HE IS ENCOUNTERED, AS MR. CHURCHILL RECENTLY DECLARED Bringing war supplies of ail kinds to Great Britain in Convoy in wartime is no easy task at the best of times but when gales of wind and rain, reaching almost hurricane force, descend upon the Convoy ...

... The Giant SUPERSTRUCTURE of a Modern MAN-OF-WAR The Massive Midship Section of the New King George V Class The drawing reproduced here, by Mr. McDowell, is an artist's impression of the towering mass of steel which is the modern counter part in a battleship of the cruiser's and the destroyer's bridge. It has been prepared to show how this huge mass towers up towards the sky, cul minating in ...

... Behind the Battle of Britain The Role of the Home Civil Defence Services Described By K. W. C. SINCLAIR-LOU TIT NEVER was so much owed by so many to so few. The truth of these words strikes home whenever September-October, 1940 comes up in retrospect. The few who gallantly fought off the German air fleets as they came to bomb London did so in an isolation which makes their gallantry all the ...

... The Noble Profession is Still Flourishing, But all its Prominent Exponents are Now Serving with the Armed Forces. Here is a Wartime Review of Boxers, Referees, Promoters and Others in the Fight-Game By CHARLES GRAVES THE manly art of fisticuffs is wisely encouraged by the heads of the three Fighting Services: They know that aggressiveness, quick reactions, stamina, resourcefulness and fitness ...

... THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S WORKSHOPS SMASH RECORDS TO AID RUSSIA- Mrs. Dolly Strover is a riveter in the workshops of the Southern Railway she is here seen at work, with men colleagues, on goods wagons destined for Russia. One thousand of these are now on their way, as the culmination of weeks of prodigious effort on the part of the men and women engaged on their construction. One hundred and ...

... Which Illustrate Some of the Enemy Tactics During the Campaigns on the Northern Sector and in the Ukraine THE THOROUGHNESS WITH WHICH COMMUNICATIONS WERE WRECKED BY THE RUSSIANS This picture is supposed to show how clever the Germans are in the work of reconstructing the devastated bridges of Russia but it also shows how thoroughly the Russians performed their self- appointed task of ...

... 44 PUSH AND PAUSE ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT Throughout the Present Campaign the German Advance has Followed a Set Programme Three Days of Furious Advance Followed by Ten Days to Re-equip and Remount the Plaited Offensive. Why this Method has been Imposed on the Germans is Described Here in a Series of Special Notes and Diagram Drawings AN analysis of the four and a half months of fighting on the ...

... Are We Using General de Gaulle as much as We Might, Both for the Good of his Country and of Our Own A Suggestion for the Creation of a General Staff to Deal with Mechanisation Alone By FERDINAND TUOHY THIS is a tank war, says Stalin to Lord Beaverbrook. But it 's also an aeroplane war, queries Lord Beaverbrook of Stalin. It will finish by being an aero-tank war, sums up Stalin. With all this ...

... THE COMING OF THE SEA OTTER The Cargo Vessel of Revolutionary Design and Construction for the Battle of the Atlantic THE drawing by Mr. Lambert, reproduced above, has been made from photographic material in THE SPHERE'S possession. It shows an 80-ft. model of the new U.S. Sea Otter class of cargo-ship, con cerning which the well-known American magazine Time has given the following details: ...

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... I On Board a British Submarine II 4 Mew Set of Official Pictures Taken During the Course of a Patrol Showing the Life and Conditions Below the Ocean THE SUBMARINE DIVES The two men are operating the levers whereby the hydroplanes are controlled. Their eyes are fixed on the dials above I THE TORPEDO GUNNER'S MATE STANDING BY TO FIRE THE TORPEDO His hand is gripping the torpedo pistol safety ...

... POLISH TROOPS ARE NOW HELPING TO DEFEND TOBRUK HUNDREDS OF THEM, RELEASED FROM SYRIA, RECENTLY LEFT A PORT IN EGYPT. This picture was taken on the quayside as the Poles embarked on a British man-of-war for the Desert Garrison WITHIN THE BATTLE-ZONE IN THE DESERT: A picture taken through the observation slit of a tank during a reconnaissance trip amidst the sand and scroll IN THE FIGHTING ...