... The Implications behind the Bombing of Axis-Controlled Workshops in Occupied Territory. Here are Facts and Figures which Tell Plainly of the Methods Pursued by the Nazis in Recruiting for their War Effort in France By FERDINAND TUOHY NOW that the R.A.F. has been given a mandate to bomb factories, mines and plant in Western Europe whose employees, inhabitants of occupied territory, are turning ...

... WARFARE BY MORTAR IN THE JUNGLE How it has been Waged by the Japanese in the Malayan Campaign Touring the campaign in Malaya, and now again in the Burmese fighting, observers have been greatly impressed by the manner in which the Japanese have made use of the mortar. This weapon, which achieved great fame during the trench-fighting of the last war, has now been skilfully adapted by the enemy ...

... NOW IN THE PACIFIC WAR ZONE- AUSTRALIA: And Her Ten Greatest Years By WILLIAM HANNA (A Western Australian now in Englanc) ALL along the waterfront, behind the Customs sheds, you see-- no matter which is your port of arrival in Australia-- names like Elder Smith, Dalgetys, and Goldsborough Mort. They are not just advertisements for somebody's plonk (strong wine), or a new brand of soap. They ...

... THE U.S. ARMY ADOPTS GLIDERS Training Pilots in the New Art in California Qince the outbreak of war, gliding has been greatly developed by the Germans, who have employed this arm with great success in many of their campaigns. The United States has now decided to train Army personnel in this method at picturesquely-named Twenty-Nine Palms, in California, they have inaugurated an Army Aviation ...

... THE RIDDLE OF THE VICHY NAVY Recent Movements by Darlan which appear to Foreshadow Action By PATRICK HAMILTON WHILE Hitler was able to make short work of the French Army and Air Force, Vichy's Navy still survives virtually intact in the sense that most of the pre-war fleet is still afloat and in French ports. This accounts for its present position as the most prominent pawn in the dubious game ...

... mc-rc WF MAKE TO THE GERMAN INTELLIGENCE STAFFS Some of the Vital Information which we Gratuitously and Needlessly Present to the Enemy and thus Acquaint Him with Our Intentions and Methods during Coming Operations By FERDINAND TUOHY THERE is no harm in periodically reminding ourselves that somewhere across the Channel there continues to exist a West Front Headquarters, at which a Nazi General ...

... OOZ How the Enemy has Swept Through the Whole of the South-West Pacific-- -Described by ROBERT FINCH WITHIN three months, the Japanese have become masters of the south west Pacific, and conquerors of vast rich territories in south-east Asia and the East Indies. They chose their time well: their first blows were treacherous, sudden and successful; they sent huge and heavily- protected convoys ...

... Broadcasting is the Only New Weapon of this War, and its Use Has Been Fully Exploited by all the Axis Countries. Now it is Becoming Our Opportunity of Letting the Enslaved Countries and the Enemy) Know the Exact Truth By CHARLES GRAVES THE sum of £1,300,000 voted for Empire and foreign broadcasting has come very late in the war. Let us hope that it is not too late. Broad casting is the only ...

... Repairing Planes in the Desert The job of the Repair and Salvage Units of the R.A.F. in the Middle East is to locate crashed aircraft in the wastes of the Western Desert and to bring them back to the base, where, in a short time, the least twisted wrecks are transformed back into fighting machines. The task is a hard one skilled officers and airmen who are engaged on this important duty are as ...

... The AMERICAN NAVY ATTACKS in the PACIFIC First Pictures of the Assault on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands DAWN PATROL OVER HONOLULU An Army heavy bomber of the Hawaiian Air Force checks the identity of a warship cruising in the Pacific below. Aircraft ar now co-operating with the U.S. Navy in patrolling the vast areas of the mid-Pacific In the continuous task of guarding the vast mid-Pacific ...

... FIGHTING METHODS OF TO-DAY An Examination of the Lessons of the Far East in Dealing with Attack from Land and Air By DONALD COWIE LITTLE has been said about the actual ''style'' of the fighting in Far Eastern theatres, though undoubtedly the methods adopted may have been responsible in large measure for our disasters. Major-General Gordon Ben nett, of the Australians, was the best local ...

... A U.S. AIRCRAFT-CARRIER AT SEA The First Major Engagement Between an American Fleet at Sea and an Attacking Japanese Air Force THE official announcement of the first major engagement between an American fleet at sea and an attacking air force was recently made by the U.S. Navy Department in Washington. In this engage ment, in which pilots from an American aircraft-carrier flew through a hail ...