... THE arming of merchant ships on the outbreak of war is not a simple business. To be effective against a ruth less enemy like the Germans, it must be done quickly, as it is necessary to convince the enemy at once that attacking merchant ships by gunfire is too dangerous to be worth while. As manv merchant ships return to this country only at infrequent intervals, it is necessary for guns to be ...

... HOW THE BRITISH LANDINGS WERE MADE IN MADAGASCAR -special Sphere Drawings 'THE point selected for the invasion convoy was Courrier Bay. The British force arrived off the entrance at dawn on May 5 after a voyage which-- as Mr. Churchill has told us-- took two months to complete. The entire force, both naval and military (and its supplies) arrived at the appointed time without loss. It was ...

... THE WAR IN THE AIR Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams YY/HEN the Battle of Britain was being fought out over the eastern and |South-eastern counties in the autumn of 1940, pilots were constantly fighting aircraft and fighter pilots were few, and when a pilot landed he never knew whether or not he would be senl up again immediately. Sometimes fighters would take the air three, and more, times ...

... How British Railways and Railway men Carried on Throughout the Blitz A Story (Which Still can Only be Told Partially) of the Way in Which our Vital Inland Communications were Kept Open at a Critical Period By CHARLES GRAVES LONDONERS, and everyone else, who live some distance away from the coast, read daily reports of daylight mosquito raids by enemy air craft on our coastal towns. Guarded ...

... A PILOT DOWNED ABOVE THE SEA is rescued by a Walrus amphibian air craft from his inflated rubber dinghy. The latter may have been dropped from another spotting aircraft DINGHY FULLY INFLATED, AND THE PILOT AWAITING RESCUE He can use the paddles to propel the craft and stowed away around the dinghy's side are various necessities and stores PREPARING TO FOLD A DINGHY FOR SERVICE, after it has ...

... All over the country we are ready to supply UNIFORMS Just a part of the AUSTIN REED service 103-113 REGENT STREET, W.l 77 CHEAPSIDE, E.C.2 Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrogate, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton. ,4/.votfrAldershot, Amesbury, Barmouth, Bothwell, Coventry, Dunbar, Grantham, Hove, ...

... Vitabuoy Vita buoy And this man is st alive Most Naval men choose the Vitabuoy because its buoyancy might he invaluable in emergency. Paymaster- Lieut. R.N., lound its fire-resisting properties almost as valuable. After a long spell on the bridge, he lay down on the chart-house floor. Suddenly he woke. There was the dickens of a bang and a shower of sparks. The pistol ammunition in his pocket ...

... HOW COMMUNICATIONS WERE SPEEDED UP BEFORE THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN OPENED in their work behind our front-line positions, New Zealanders and Indian Corps have beaten all records in laying miles of desert railway. Supplies must reach the front line quickly, and the amount of food and material required is surprising. Tobruk, of course, serves as a supply port, but great quantities of food, water, ...

... BOMBER FERRY to AFRICA How the U.S. Air Forces Operate the New Supply Route by Air Across Africa to the Middle East A U.S. ARMY CANTEEN AT AN AFRICAN AIRPORT This is on the Bomber Ferry route to the Middle East from America; here U.S. planes en route to the fighting zones are serviced midway on their journey LOCAL COLOUR A native canteen worker whose building is labelled in a manner to attract ...

... /hen winter threatened in real earnest around Leningrad, a certain number of warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet left that region by means of the canal leading from Leningrad to the V :te Sea. But the larger vessels were unable to use the canal, and consequently remained im- nv bilised when the freeze-up came. Before the ice finally held the ships, it is possible that these wc e separated, ...

... HOW THE GERMAN TANKS ARE TAKEN INTO BATTLE ON SPECIALLY-BUILT TANK TRAILERS Despite its great fighting capacity over suitable terrain, the tank is only as strong as its tracks. And these cannot stand up to journeys of some hundreds of miles over uneven and rocky ground. Consequently, it is usual for both sides to bring their tanks to the scene of battle on specially constructed tank trailers ...

... The BATTLE of the CAULDRON The Three Phases of the Great Libyan Struggle, Showing how the Enemy Attack Developed Three Special Sphere Diagrams and Notes PHASE I. For some time during the month of May an attack by General Rommel upon the British position, south of El Gazala had been anticipated. It was actually on the night of May 26-27 that the general assault began-- starting from the German ...