... The OPENING of the GERMAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST RUSSIA The Attack on the Kerch Positions in the Extreme Eastern Tip of the Crimean Peninsula, Long Expected as the Prelude to the Enemy's Spring Offensive which has Forced the Soviet to Withdraw to the Caucasian Mainland WITH THE FALL OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD LINES OF DEFENCE ON THE KERCH PENINSULA, THE TOWN ITSELF BECAME UNTENABLE At the ...

... The RETREAT from MANDALAY And How it was Carried Outbythe British Forces Special Sphere drawings WHEN the British forces on the River Irrawaddy and in the Meiktila valley retired in front of heavy Japanese pressure by superior forces, it was necessary to carry out a rapid movement northwards towards the Mandalay area, and then, almost without pause, on to Monywa. A little south ot Mandalay is ...

... CAN INDIA be INVADED from BURMA? The Mountain Frontier Region which Cuts Off the Eastern Part of India from the Jap Invaders AT the middle of the month of May, Japanese advance col umns had reached the northern area of Upper Burma; and later messages gave the news that the enemy had actually crossed the frontier into India at one or two points. An examination of this frontier shows that it is ...

... BOMBERS from AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS? Was the Bombing of Tokyo Carried Out by this Means A Consideration of Some of the Many Difficult Factors Involved YY/HEN the British cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall were attacked off Ceylon and sunk by the Japanese, it was noted that the enemy did not make use of torpedo- carrying aircraft, but used dive-bombers alone. The comment was then made that this was ...

... Below VY/hen the Japanese forces succeeded in capturing Lashio there was some doubt as to whether they would then strike towards China or towards India. It was soon evident, however, in the opening days of May, that the intention was to strike northwards from Lashio to the Chinese frontier. This movement was strongly resisted, but the enemy succeeded in reaching Wanting, the frontier position ...

... By DONALD COWIE A FORTNIGHT ago the Coral Sea was comparatively unknown save to travellers in the Queensland-New Guinea region; to-day it is famous as the scene of a naval battle that may eventually rank with Trafalgar, or at least Jutland. But still the man in the street is no better informed than he was before about its exact topography. Briefly, then, the Coral Sea is that stretch of water ...