... AFTER THE SINKING OF THE REPULSE AND PRINCE OF WALES OFF MALAYA: CAPTAIN W. TENNANT, OP THE REPULSE, AND CANON S. BEZZANT, THE SHIP'S CHAPLAIN, JUST AFTER THEY HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE WATER This is amongst the first pictures to be received in London from Malaya after the Prince of Wales and Repulse j had been sunk by Japanese bombers soon after the out- I break of the war in the Far ...

... BARDIA, BENINA, BENGHAZI Bajgas-Tmrw AN AIR RAID ON THE HARBOUR OF BARDIA IN PROGRESS by planes of the South African Air Force A remarkable air view from directly overhead. The thick black line in the picture is a twisting road leading down to the sea and jetty THE TOWN OF BARDIA STANDS ON A HEADLAND OVERLOOKING THE SMALL BAY. Most of the buildings were severely damaged by land and naval ...

... The UNITED STATES NAVY GROWS The Remarkable Expansion Which is Now Taking Place in All Classes of War Vessels By FRANCIS McMURTRIE A REMARKABLE programme of new construction has been undertaken by the United States Navy, which, when completed, will much more than double its present strength. There are already under construction or on order 15 new battleships and 6 battle-cruisers, in addition ...

... BONE OF THE TIGRIS': and other War Items COMMANDER H. F. BONE, D.S.O., AND BAR, D.S.C., R.N., in the conning-tower of the submarine Tigris, whose successes have recently been publicly announced by the Admiralty TWO PICTURES OF THE AIR ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR These two pic tures have only just come to hand from Hawaii both were taken during the attack by Japanese bombers on the opening day of ...

... On This, and the Two Following Pages, we Give the Most Recent Official Photographs from the Eighth Army in the Western Desert THE CONQUEROR OF BARDIA AND HALFAYA Major-General de Villiers, M.C. (on left), with Lieut. -General Willoughby Norrie the former was in command of the South Africans who forced the surrender of both these places r ._r v .mi a .,c* u. BEDUINS OF THE LIBYAN DESERT ...

... The theatre of war in the south-west Pacific provides physical conditions for the fighting men which must be amongst the most onerous in the world. Dense jungle, swift-flowing streams, rice-fields under water, rubber plan tations all these hamper the free movement of troops and make tactical manceuvre a difficult and laborious business. In addition, there are the acute discomforts of climate ...

... BOMBS BELOW GROUND Where They Are Stored in Galleries Hundreds of Feet Down Until Wanted by the R.A.F. T ittle is heard of the Maintenance Command of the R.A.F., as their work is not of the spec tacular kind. It is none the less of vital importance, concerned as it is with the intake of all the material from the munition factories. The Maintenance Command might be described as the whole salers ...

... An Account of the Life that They Lead in Their Prison Camps, and What is Being Done for Them by the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation.-- Described by CHARLES GRAVES THERE are now 83,000 British prisoners of war in the hands of the Germans and Italians-- apart from any that the Japanese may have captured in the past few weeks. Of these, 7,000 are civilians. But, judging from all accounts ...

... The ISLAND of SINGAPORE, and its FAMOUS CAUSEWAY Pictures of the Island, its Naval Base at Seletar and the Strategic Strait of Johore AN EVACUEE VILLAGE BUILT FOR THE MALAYS AT SINGAPORE This unusual little town was built near Singapore for emergency occupation by Malays evacuated from the coastal areas. Although conditions might appear idyllic from this picture, it is not unlikely that the ...

... -AND THE DUKE OF YORK IS NOW AT SEA The announcement that the Prime Minister made his journey to the United States in H.M.S. Duke of York ,s the first intimation to the public that yet another vessel of the King George V class is now at sea with the British Fleet. This mighty battleship was laid down at Clydebank in May 1937 she was launched in September 1939. With a displacement of 35,000 ...

... HOW THE JAPANESE ARMY FIGHTS TO-DAY i ne pictures reproduced on tnese pages come trom widely dinerent parts 01 tne rar East Manchukuo, China, Indo-China and the present battle-zones in the South-West Pacific. All show different aspects of the Japanese Army of to-day, and its manner of t waging war in the modern style. For some years now the Japs have been able to per fect their military ...