... A Sphere Section Dealing with the Fighting Along the El Alamein Front With special drawings and diagrams After a series of attacks and counter- attacks along a line extending from the sea just north of Tel-el-Eisa station, on the Mersa Matruh railway, down to the Qattara Depression, a more extended attack was made towards the end of last month by General Auchinleck; and there were hotly- ...

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... An Official Series of Photographs Taken During the Combined Operations Raid the Largest yet Under taken Against the Enemy on the Occupied Coast The part played in the Raid by the Special Commando Troops and by the Royal Navy In preparation for the attack on the Dieppe area, a large military force was embarked on board naval vessels and transports; this force assembled and negotiated a most ...

... The RUSSIAN FLEET in the BLACK SEA How it is Made Up, and its Prospects for the Future UNTIL the loss of its chief naval base at Sebastopol, the Russian Fleet was in full command of the Black Sea. There was no opportunity for normal naval activity, for there were no enemy warships to attack, but the Fleet has been busily occupied in supporting the armies on land wherever possible, and in ...

... THE NEW INVASION BARGES MADE FOR THE U.S. MARINES This picture was taken in a south- eastern State in America during invasion rehearsals by the U.S. Marines. The barge is open-topped and runs on caterpillar tracks these have been Fitted with projection blades to carry it over land or through the water at a good speed. A tank in itself when operating on land, the barge can ferry troops to the ...

... One of the Most Remarkable Air Adventures of the War The Story of a Bomber Crew Who Were Marooned for Forty-five Days An aircraft crew of the R.A.F. Ferry Command, who were missing for forty-five days, have just been brought back from Greenland in a United States Navy flying-boat. The flight, disappearance and rescue comprise one of the most remarkable air adventures of the war. The crew, who ...

... THE MAIN STREET ON THE WATERFRONT AT DUTCH HARBOUR, the U.S. naval base in the Aleutians. The church is Russian and so are the oid cannon both were left behind after the purchase of Alaska by the United States. Dutch Harbour was attacked by units of the Jap Air Force on June 3 and again the next day, but damage was reported to be slight THE S.S. NORTH WESTERN, depot ship at Dutch Harbour, is ...

... T n last week's issue we published pictures of the F.W. 1 90 in flight and on the ground these can now be supplemented by the detail- drawing by Mr. Wood reproduced above. The new aircraft is acknowledged by experts to be the best produced by German designers, and it has proved a formidable challenger to the Spitfire the latter has, nevertheless, been proved to be more manoeuvrable. In proof ...

... AFTER THE FIFTY-MINUTE DELUGE OF BOMBS ON DUSSELDORF ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 31: WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY RJ\.F. RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TWELVE HOURS LATER IN DAYLIGHT, THE CITY WAS STILL BURNING A great number of Lancasters, as well as a great force of all the other types of heavy and medium bombers, attacked Dusseldorf. It was probably the most concen- trated attack that Bomber Command ...

... C^)n Tuesday, July 28, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris broadcast one of the grimmest warnings yet delivered to Germany and the German people. During the course of it he declared that soon we shall be coming every night and every day, rain, blow or snow we and the Americans, and that our losses over Germany less than 5 per cent. would not affect the issue. You thought, and Goenng promised you, ...

... A LARGE CLASS OF SOVIET OFFICERS AND MEN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF THE LATEST TYPE OF ANTI-TANK GUN at a Reserve Training-Camp behind the fighting line. Within the Red Army there are now special Tank Destroyer units armed with this weapon they have already achieved notable successes with this new long-barrelled gun, which is carried on the march, and into action, by teams of two men ...

... BOMBS High-Explosive and Incen diary for Delivery by the R.A.F. to Germany 7hen London was standing 'up to heavy punishment at the hands of the Luftwaffe over a year ago, there was often speculation as to the size of some of the heavier German bombs. It is very doubtful whether any of these were as big as those now being used by us over Germany On the left is a 2,000-lb. specimen packed with ...