... BATTLESHIP GUN-POWER And Details of the New German U-boats Operating in the Atlantic The German policy of warship design is to build a battleship which is as fast as is consistent with very heavy protection, subdivided into as many compartments as possible to reduce the possibility of sinking by torpedo attack, and to rely for hitting power on the accuracy of gunfire. Consequently, the Tirpitz ...

... AIR-BORNE TROOPS IN THE DESERT The Vital Importance of Using Them Properly in Desert Warfare IT has been suggested often that General Auchinleck should use air-borne troops for raids behind the German positions; and, conversely, it has been advanced that at any moment the Germans might themselves land in the desert substantial air-borne reinforcements from Crete. But such developments have not ...

... LOGGING in the HIGHLANDS Canadian Lumberjacks at Work in the Forests of Scotland Vast quantities of timber of all descriptions are needed in wartime for use in the Services and for essential construction work in industry. All this takes up valuable shipping space owing to the efforts of the Canadian Forestry Corps now at work in these islands, however, the space I required is cut down to a ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 153 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Threats and Boasts. --I said my say the other day about the policy of threats and boasts. Propaganda is a subject I don't understand-- nor like. If boast and threaten we must, I would rather it were done by the Service Chief than by the Minister of the Department concerned. Albeit, threat and boast are foreign to the nature and inclination ...

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... The Probable Reasons Behind the Present Policy of the Luftwaffe, Discussed by PATRICK HAMILTON OVER half the German fighter strength, and possibly 25 per cent, of the bombers, are still in Western Europe. The fighters are kept well occupied-- the R.A.F. sees to that. But what occupation has Goering been able to find for the bombers, and why are they retained in Europe when they would obviously ...

... 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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... FOUR P.CTURES FROM THE EGYPTIAN DESERT THE RESULT OF A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK LAUNCHED BY THE NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE EL ALAMEIN AREA A destroyed German 88-mm. anti-tank gun found in an enemy laager. These guns are of a type too heavy to move, and were therefore blown up by our men New Zealand troops in the Alamein area recently made a most successful attack on the enemy, surprising and wiping out a ...

... The Rising Tide of Anger against Nazi Excesses is Leading to Demands that We Play Rough with the Enemy, Instead of Fighting on more Traditional, Honourable Lines. Comparison is here Made Between the Methods of Warfare Pursued by Germany and Britain To-day By FERDINAND TUOHY JAN MASARYK, Czechoslovak Deputy Prime Minister and man of insight and punch, pro vokes a remunerative line of thought ...

... THE OLDEST DESTROYER IN THE ROYAL NAVY H.M.S. Skate-- 900 tons, built in 19 17-- which has Just Celebrated Her 25th Birthday at Sea An impression (from personal knowledge) of the veteran vessel whilst on her present task of guard ing the Northern Convoys- -By Montague Dawson J^ritain's oldest destroyer is H.M.S. Skate which has iust celebrated her Silver Jubilee afloat twice torpedoed in the ...

... 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 ...