... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... . 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 ...

... 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 ...

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... UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE Some Suggested New Tactic How British Positions in Malaya and Elsewhere Overseas Might Have Been Held By DONALD COWIE IT is possible we have concentrated too much in this war upon defects of strategy and supply, such as apportionment of forces to various theatres, and output of weapons and trained men. Have we paid suffi cient attention to the actual use made of material ...

... SYNTHETIC RUBBER IS COMING SOON And All Our War Needs will be Met Within Twelve or Eighteen Months, According to Mr. Averell Harriman NOW that Japan has stretched out her tentacles over the Pacific, the Allied sources of supply of that precious com modity, rubber, shrink. World production in recent years has reached about 1,500,000 tons two-thirds of this vast amount was grown in the Malay ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 128 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Best Claret.-- Critics of our one-man Government were put in their places in The Great Debate, kissed the rod (as we thought) and left the House a Band of Brothers. In that debate, as I said, Mr. Churchill never once went on his knees. He elected for a Minister of Production, first and foremost because his visit to America satisfied ...

... HAWAII NOW PREPARES UNDERGROUND POSITIONS Native workmen and United States troops are here shown at work on new underground installations and dug-outs in Hawaii. This is an advanced first-aid post, equipped to perform surgery right at what may be the front line in any invasion of the island. This picture has been approved for pub lication by the War Department in Washington j THE PACIFIC CHIEF ...