... A FORTRESS in the SEA One of Britain's Coastal Defences in the North A GENERAL VIEW OF THE HEAVILY ARMOURED SEA FORT, showing mem bers of the garrison lined up on the deck below the searchlight windows and (top) gun turrets commanding every approach ON ONE OF THE FORTRESS'S PROJECTING BALCONIES Men of the garrison engaged in cleaning and maintenance work on one of the searchlights. In the ...

... SAVING OUR CRIPPLED SHIPS The Work of British Divers in Salvaging Valuable Vessels and Cargoes Lost at Sea through Enemy Action Described by CHARLES GRAVES IN the old days of manual tools, divers had to use the hammer and chisel, the saw or the brace and bit. To-day, new tools are employed. There are pneu matic chisels for cutting rivets; there are rivet busters and drilling machines. These ...

... Give up your Binoculars every pair is needed for National Servica KERSHAW'S BINOCULARS British and best, the world's standard of quality, will be available later. SO HO LTD., SALES DEPT., COLHAM MILL ROAD, WEST DRAYTON, MIDDLESEX (Branch of A. Kershaw fc Sons Ltd.) SPEED and the A m FOR CE How soon can you fix ine up with a greatcoat enquired an R.A.F. fighter pilot the other day. Now, we ...

... THE CANNON-GUNS OF A BRITISH FIGHTER AIRCRAFT THE WEAPONS WHICH HAVE BEEN USED BY THE R.A.F. DURING THEIR DAYLIGHT SWEEPS ON ENEMY TERRITORY AND FOR LOW-ALTITUDE ATTACKS ON GERMAN SHIPPING Dy day, fighters of the R.A.F. are carrying out daring sweeps over Northern France and Belgium they are also attacking enemy shipping all along the Occupied Coasts. Fighters armed with cannon such as that ...

... H.M. SUBMARINE UTMOST RETURNS After a year of very useful service in the Mediterranean THE BRITISH FLEET ON WAR SERVICE A DESTROYER HAS JUST RECEIVED A SIGNAL WHICH WARNS OF AN IMPENDING ATTACK BY HOSTILE AIRCRAFT: Gun-crews immediately take up their Action Stations and maintain a careful watch OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE CREW AT THEIR STATIONS, with the commanding officer at the periscope ...

... _ One of the answers to What is the American Ull Fleet Doing Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams PART OF THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC ARE BASED ON NEW ZEALAND At one time this area was considered a vulnerablf one, but it lies considerably to the south of the Australian continent in fact, south of the Roaring Forties Special Sphere Map Speculation as to where ...

... The CONQUEST of the PACIFIC With the Capture of Java, the Japs are now Masters of the whole South-West Ocean This conquest has been achieved within the incredibly short space of three months THREE MONTHS OF NON-STOP OFFENSIVE BY JAPAN, on land, by sea and in the air and what it has achieved for the I attackers month by month (see key in bottom left-hand corner). The map inset on the right also ...

... THE OUTLOOK FOR THE BRITISH SPORTSMAN Practically Every Sport and Popular Game Indoor as well as Outdoor is now being Affected by Wartime Restrictions and Shortages. This Article Goes Over the Whole Field and Shows the Difficulties from which All Types of Recreation are Suffering To-day By CHARLES GRAVES A SUB-EDITOR in the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald recently showed his flair for ...

... TWO NEW DANGER-POINTS in the BATTLE OF COMMUNICATIONS The Importance to the Allies of Fort Lamy, in Central Africa, and of the Vichy- Con t ro 1 1 ed Island of Madagascar By FERDINAND TUOHY OFFENSIVE action in defence of communi cations seems to epitomise the newest and most pressing task, self-recognised, of the United Nations. The best chance the Triple Axis has of winning is to cut as ...

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... More Pictures from Libya T V. eu.t-eneral N. M. Ritchie (in command of the Eighth Army) and Air Vice-Marshal Coningham (A.O.C. Air Forces in the Western Desert on left) studying the map at their Desert Headquarters MEMBERS OF THE CRACK GERMAN AFRIKA CORPS being searched by one of their captors, a member of the New Zealand forces serving with the Eighth Army in Libya A GERMAN PETROL DUMP ...

... HOW THE R.A.F. CONTROL THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN WATERS This picture shows the Italian island of Lampedusa, which lies between Sicily and the African coast, and behind which convoys for Tripoli and Libya were wont to shelter. A 9,00G-ton enemy merchant vessel had been attacked by Swordfish aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, and the stricken ship was beached on the island Blenheim aircraft were ...