... 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 ...

... PANZER WARFARE of TO-DAY-II The Counter-Attack is Developed Tin incidents should be taken in numerical order. A small arrow has been affixed to each circle pointing towards the next number to be consulted. 'Phe river which is seen in the foreground of Diagram i KT (on p. 271) is shown at the head of this drawing. And the taction is now being continued. Increased congestion has taken K place on ...

... The GREAT OFFENSIVE in LIBYA Where the British Forces have Launched a Big Push against the Combined German and Italian Armies in Cyrenaica TWO FAMOUS BROTHERS-- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, C.-in-C., Mediterranean Fleet, and Lieut. -Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, Commander of the newly-formed Eighth Army The latter is fifty-five years of age, and is in command of the Libyan forces he is the ...

... The SECOND CAMPAIGN in LIBYA Where British-Imperial Forces are Now Ranged Against the German and Italian Enemy ON November 18, British and Allied forces, after careful preparation, advanced against the Axis forces which for over six months have been a threatening factor on the Egyptian frontier. The enemy's main defensive line, the northern part of which had been heavily fortified, extendi ...

... The NEW MILITARY LEADERS The Recent Changes in the Army High Command and the General Staff The military changes announced last week, which may have appeared to some as somewhat disconnected, take on a very different aspect when they are set out in diagrammatic fashion. What is apt to be termed a reshuffle now assumes a more logical aspect. The movements seen on the left, for instance, indicate ...

... pVER since the entry of Russia into the war, comn nt has been made on the weather and the effect of the vussian winter on military operations. Mr. Maisky, among others, has pointed out that General Winter must not be relied on too much as an ally, yet the general weather conditions n w pre vailing in Russia are having an effect, and a big one, on the German military plans. It is well known, ...

... The Meaning of. a Warship's Flags Described by FRANK C. BOWEN FLAGS, ensigns and pendants mean an immense amount to a warship in the most serious phases of her war-work, and are not merely decorative, as many landsmen imagine; but, at the same time, their moral value is very great, both from their significance and also from the colourful etiquette, inherited through many centuries, which means ...

... THE VALUE OF A TARGET The Different Nature of British Bombing Raids: and their Cist in Aircraft Lost during Opeia- tional Flights Special Sphere Diagrams and Drav, :ngs THE employment of the huge new four-engined bombers of the R.A.F. in the night-raiding of industrial Germany has rendered acute the problem of the military value of Strategic Bombing. Losses in the earlier part of the year ...