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CONVOY TO RUSSIA: Through the Frozen Seas of the Arctic Ocean

... CONVOY TO RUSSIA Through the Frozen Seas of the Arctic Ocean IN FROZEN RUSSIAN WATERS A BRITISH WARSHIP LEADS THE MERCHANTMEN THROUGH A LANE CLEARED OF ICE-FLOES. This Convoy was carrying valuable supplies to our Soviet Allies and had to land them at a port in the Arctic. A Russian tug was ready to meet the supply ships and to pilot them into harbour ON THE COMPLETELY ICED-UP DECK fif A ...

Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 238 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

EUCRYL TOOTH POWDER

... fx [fUj( WHITENS J po I II H UJ WHITENS Jpo a THE WINNING SMILE PK?: i i v. Dear Sirs, Before joining the Land Army as being my war work I was on the stage, where I learnt the value of Eucryl Tooth Powder for keeping my teeth white and attractive. Although in an entirely different job I am still particular about the whiteness of my teeth and use Eucryl regularly. 1 enclose a photo taken by a ...

Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 147 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

THE FIVE-HOUR AIR ATTACK ON A BRITISH CONVOY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN--Official Admiralty Photographs

... THE FIVE-HOUR AIR ATTACK ON A BRITISH CONVOY IN THE M EDITERRAN EAN-- Official Admiralty Photographs The official Admiralty photographs reproduced on these pages have just come from the Mediterranean they illustrate phases in a recent action when over one hundred German and Italian aircraft (carrying torpedoes and bombs) made a fierce attack upon a British convoy, which lasted for five hours. ...

The TOOLS of VICTORY are PILING UP in the WORKSHOPS..

... The TOOLS of VICTORY are PILING UP in the WORKSHOPS I. SIDE BY SIDE THE GIANT FUSELAGES OF THE NEW STIRLING BOMBER PASS AN IMPRESSIVE PICTURE OF BRITAIN'S GROWING STRIKING 3. THE NEW 60-TON TANK OF THE U.S. ARMY :i. NEW AMPHIBIAN TANKS FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINES DOWN THE PRODUCTION LINES FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY- POWER IN THE AIR 4. TANKS BY THE SCORE COMING OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE IN A CANADIAN ...

THE ART OF COUNTER-ATTACK: Russian Methods Evolved for the Defeat of the Panzers

... THE ART OF COUNTER-ATTACK Russian Methods Evolved for the Defeat of the Panzers THAT the German Panzer attack was irresistible seemed to be the dominant fact of the war less than a year ago. In less than a year that fact has been disproved. Thanks to our Russian allies we no longer regard the Wehrmacht as an unbeatable army. It seems that what the courage of their men had first demonstrated, ...

Published: Saturday 14 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 612 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Photographs 

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... ONE OF THE HAZARDS OF WARFARE IN THE LIBYAN DESERT SOUTH AFRICAN SAPPERS GATHERING UP GERMAN ANTI-TANK MINES, WHICH THE ENEMY HAD SOWN IN THE DESERT SANDS TO DELAY THE PROGRESS OF OUR ARMOURED FORCES Cach area of conflict in the present war seems to bring its own type of warfare. In the Western Desert, where the ebb and flow of battle seems to be continuous, the Germans and Italians have ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 195 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FRENCH ADMIRALS ARE AT ODDS WITH THE LOWER DECK: The Navy under Vichy's Control is a Great Factor in the ..

... THE FRENCH ADMIRALS ARE AT ODDS WITH THE LOWER DECK The Navy under Vichy's Control is a Great Factor in the Mediterranean Situation: How it is Disposed; in What Strength and the Numbers of its Personnel and Their Morale, are Here Discussed By FERDINAND TUOHY I THINK we make a mistake in mentioning jointly the French Fleet and North African ports whenever the prospect is discussed of Hitler ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1950 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

MEMORIES OF FIFTY YEARS: An Experiment in Autobiography

... MEMORIES OF FIFTY YEARS- An Experiment in Autobiography By J. G. MY FATHER.-- To return to the first years of my grandparents' married life. My father, their eldest child, was born in '46, and was educated at Harrow, and afterwards finished in Paris, living in the house of M. de Flahault (Napoleon's Secretary, and Tallyrand's son), who was connected by marriage with the family. His Paris ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1836 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

The TACTICS of the TANK: What is the Best Employment for the Armoured Fighting Vehicle of To-day ?

... The TACTICS of the TANK What is the Best Employment for the Armoured Fighting Vehicle of To-day Behind the present tank struggles there is only about five years' really practical experience. The prevalent theory is that tanks should replace heavy cavalry as an attacking and scouting arm, and that theory we evidently subscribe to, since we have demounted and mechanised our cavalry. Recent ...

BARRAGE BALLOONS AND BLIMPS IN THE U.S

... . THE UNITED STATES REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFENCE ARE NUMEROUS Amongst them are the barrage balloon for cities and military points, and the Convoy balloon for merchantmen. Experiments with new types of both were being made long before America's entry into the war- --Drawing by W. G. Whitaker AN AMERICAN BLIMP, OPERATED BY THE U.S. NAVY, comes up for a close look at a freighter whilst on patrol ...

THREE DRAMAS of the SEA

... RESCUED BY THE R.A.F. AFTER 40 HOURS AT SEA-- A Danish jolly-boat with five men aboard after a torpedoing by U-boat The ever-watchful R.A.F. have again taken part in a rescue at sea. in' ,sTiir^e a^s^n were ^po°ted f. A-ho of the Co^Contn^ crew .the iatter signalM THE NORWEGIAN TANKER SUNK OFF THE AMERICAN COAST BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE On right A POIGNANT TRAGEDY OF THE WAR AT SEA A Chinese ...

Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 305 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

JOHNNIE WALKER

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Published: Saturday 21 February 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 20 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs