... (See also pp. 298-301 of this Issue DAWN OUTSIDE DIEPPE Wednesday, August 19. The Channel was crossed under cover of darkness, and the principal attack was launched at dawn. The naval vessels engaged were protected by a strong air umbrella, which covered the landings and allowed the withdrawal to take place as planned. A feature of the whole raid was the absence of enemy surface craft to ...

... What Happened to the Twenty-eight Fighting Vehicles Landed on the Beaches How They Behaved During the Great Raid And the Possibilities of the Tank in Further Similar Operations Special Sphere Drawings and Notes ONE of the most interesting features of the Dieppe raid was our employment of tanks during the operation. Their landing from special craft at the water's edge, awkward crunching up the ...

... AIR-CONDITIONED TANKS? Methods the Germans May Have Adopted in Libya TRAVELLING at the equivalent of naval action stations, a tank is almost completely battened down. Direct visibility is limited to a few square inches of bullet-proof glass, and direct ventilation to what air can be induced through ventilation louvres on the under side of the tank-- those on the upper deck, so to speak, ...

... CAN MERCHANTMEN DESIGN BE IMPROVED? The Construction of the Tanker and the Freighter Compared 1 1 A considerable number of suggestions have been made from time to time concern ing methods to circumvent torpedo attack on merchantmen. Many of the suggestions such as giant submarines, or vessels lying so low in the water as to be almost awash, and others are not immediately practical but here is ...

... Before and After its Bombing by the R.A.F. in Occupied France Official Air Ministry Photographs The following is a key to the damage done as indicated in the photograph on the right 1. Main shop of nine bays area 3,000 by 130 ft. One hit, and possibly a second. A large area of the roofing has been stripped and part of the west wall shattered. 2. Long building, area 500 by 40 ft. Roof damaged ...

... GENERAL MONTGOMERY, COMMANDER OF THE EIGHTH ARMY, PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE FORWARD AREA as he looked out from the turret of his American-built tank to witness his men pursuing the fleeing Afrika Korps on Wednesday, November 4 This picture was sent by radio from Cairo it was taken a few hours before London and the world received from Middle East Headquarters the dramatic communique which told of ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 167 i, New Oxford Street, W.i. A Grand Job in the Desert.-- We are entitled (fire works on Guy Fawkes Day!) to be proud of our Army in Egypt. Alex ander's Ragtime Band, which the Duce's very latest slogan condemned to be kicked in the pants by the advanc ing Italians, has, under Montgomery, won lasting glory. The boot was on the other foot and the pants on the other ...

... The U.S. Landings in North Africa Where the American Forces Landed; and the Officers in the High Command TTn Sunday last the announcement was made that Allied expeditionary forces had converged on a number of ports and strategic points on the Atlantic and Mediterranean shores of Northern Africa. It is interesting to note that they are all within the Atlas Mountain region, Saffi being the most ...

... BOMBS ON GENOA The Port from which Rommel in North Africa is Reinforced ^enoa is the North Italian port from which supplies and reinforcements are shipped to the Axis forces in North Africa. These official Air Ministry pictures were taken after the raids on the nights of October 22-23 and October 23-24 and this damage has been increased in subsequent raids Most of the damage is due to fire, ...

... GUADALCANAL The Fierce Struggle for the Smallest Theatre of War Xhe big aerodrome on Guadalcanal forms a not inconsider able portion of the small area held by U.S. forces on the island. From east to west this fiercely-contested plot of ground measures but six miles it extends inland to a depth of three miles. On all three land sides, the area is flanked by tropical forest growth and palm ...

... AMERICAN INDUSTRY BECOMES GEARED UP What is Going On in the Vast Industrial Centres of the United States To-day Described by CHARLES GRAVES THE United States has always enjoyed a reputa tion for mass production, but from the latest information received in London it would appear that if Hitler, Göring and Goebbels were taken on a conducted tour of the war factories over there they might, in all ...

... . . (/(tttit t'lt'Ctl t o 4 If these were the piping days of peace this would just be a photograph of a happy little boy. Until then, it is a picture of the unobtainable a banana. But wait Isn't it a symbol of all we are fighting for Not merely that a banana may be a commonplace, but that children can be happy and grow up to live sensible, useful lives with never another war to come grasping ...