... Germany's Submarine Campaign AGAINST THE MERCHANTMEN United States Shipping Losses in the Battle of the Convoys A Very Serious Situation and the Possible Remedies Discussed by DOUGLAS GLEN SURELY the few published facts, made available to us mainly through the candour of the American Press, are enough in themselves to drive home to everyone the extreme gravity of the shipping position. Off the ...

... The strong German attacks at Rostov, the advance to the south-east of this town and towards the town of Stalingrad on the Volga indicate that Hitler's drive towards the Caucasus is now definitely in process. The ultimate objective of the Germans may be Baku but whether this is so or not, the enemy incursion into this rich oil-bearing 'region may well be extremely serious .for our Soviet ally. ...

... THE SMOKE-SCREEN in LAND WAR How Tanks and Infantry Use Artificial Fog in Attack and Defence THE use of smoke-screens by our tanks in Libya and of large scale artificial fog by the Germans and Russians has been mentioned increasingly by war correspondents. And now from Berlin comes a report of how General Auchinleck attacked with 100 tanks under cover of artificial fog in Egypt. The front ...

... \mm mTg ''^0- 6Y appointment to I ;y s-{ I H.M.KING GEORGE VI I THE ONLY GIN THAT HOLDS THE BLUE SEAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE ...

... (make-believe to'day In ten years time she'll be on the threshold of a new life, eager to strike out into a new world and full of enthusiasm for her new responsibility that of helping to guide the destinies of all we have loved and fought for. Give her every chance to succeed For now is the time to save for the future of your children by cutting all spending to the bone and starting the ...

... ON THE WAY OUT OF BURMA A Picture which has Only Just Been Received in this Country HOW BRITISH AND AMERICAN OFFICERS ESCAPED FROM THE JAPS With Burmese nurses in the party, the men are helping to build shelters on the rafts which took them down the Uyu River to the Chindwin Photographic material in illustration of the Allied withdrawal from Burma is very scarce it is for this reason that the ...

... SMOKE-SCREENS at SEA The Pros and Cons Discussed By ARTHUR BARRETT NAVAL actions are so rarely fought under conditions of perfect visibility, and the consequences of poor visibility from any cause are so disturbing to gunnery and manœuvre, that it is not surprising that much attention should have been given to the art of producing bad visibility conditions at will by smoke-screens. Any steam ...

... THE BUSY SCENE AT A NORTH RUSSIAN PORT, as ships bringing war supplies arrive and unload their precious cargoes at one of the now ice-free harbours HOW THE AMERICAN TANKS ARE CONVEYED as deck cargo to North Russia: Hoisted above the deck is one of the new life-saving rafts ready for instant launching THE WEATHER ON THE NORTHERN ROUTE TO RUSSIA CAN BE INTENSELY BITTER The decks of the trawlers ...

... THE AMERICAN ARMY IN BRITAIN What is Being Done for Their Welfare and Amusement in Special Clubs and in Sports, in Canteens and in Entertainment. With a Description of the Work of the Special Service Branch of the American Expeditionary Force By CHARLES GRAVES IT is quite apparent that very large numbers of American troops have arrived in this country-- soldiers, gobs, and airmen, and there ...

... WAR on the RUSSIAN PLAINS Contrasts Between This Year's Campaign and Last Year's The winter of 1941-42 forms a convenient dividing- line for the study of the Soviet-German War. In fact, it is a rather misleading distinction, for operations never really ceased on the front as a whole, though the centre of gravity naturally shifted south in the winter. Thus, while the atten tion of the world was ...

... Which has Just Suffered its First Attacks from the Germans Special drawings and diagrams l i ICELAND has just experienced her first contact with actual war. A German plane dropped bombs on the island on August 3, and a lighthouse was attacked two days later. Single Nazi planes have flown over, obviously on reconnaissance work, preparatory for a new phase in the German Atlantic campaign, ...

... A TELLING PICTURE FROM THE RUSSIAN BATTLE-FRONT RUSSIAN FARMERS, DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE PATH OF THE GERMAN ADVANCE, NOW HUDDLE IN CRUDE DUG-OUTS ON THE PLAINS, SEVERAL FAMILIES SHELTERING IN EACH rreat tracts of territory have had to be surrendered to the Germans on the Eastern Front although not much reference has been made to the subject, the civilian population of our Soviet ally ...