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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 ...

... (4) FEEDING the R.A.F. With Some Specialised Problems THE task of feeding the Royal Air Force at home and abroad is colossal. It would be a big enough undertaking under normal conditions, with sea routes unhindered and imports freely flowing, to cater for a force that has expanded to such huge proportions and is spread over half the world, from the Hebrides to Singapore. But now one can ...

... EXPRESSIONS AT A MOTOR-TRANSPORT DEMONSTRATION (See also picture on right The principal duties of the R.A.S.C. in an Anti-Aircraft Division are to deliver ammunition to the guns and deliver food to the troops. In addition, the R.A.S.C. are the Carter Patersons of the division and supply all transport requirements. They are experts in motor vehicles, and in addition to transport and maintenance ...

... What US. Naval Designers Plan a Ship Bristling with Twenty-Four Anti-Aircraft Guns in Special Turrets Fore and Aft Described by FRANK BOWEN THE design of a battleship is always a compromise, for even the biggest displacement is quite in sufficient for all the features which are desirable, but generally it is arrived at by arranging that each department shall sacrifice something. Now a number ...

... 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 ...