... A TANK BATTLE ON THE RUSSIAN PLAINS A dramatic picture of a Soviet counter attack as seen from the air. The terrain is criss-crossed with tank tracks, and over all is the smoke and glare of battle GENERAL OF THE SOVIET ARMY, G. K. ZHUKOV, who has been appointed Vice-People's Com missar for Defence, and thus becomes Stalin's right-hand man. He is the son of a peasant and last year he defended ...

... THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL The First Picture of a British Catafighter in Action On page 307 of this issue we reproduce a drawing showing a British Catafighter (or catapult-launched Hurricane) landing in the sea after a flight over a convoy. These pilots have already made their presence felt in the Battle of the Atlantic and at the moment of writing not a single ship has been lost from any convoy ...

... AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH YEAR A Review of the Chief Events of the Three Difficult Years Which Have Just Passed By CHARLES GRAVES THREE years of war! It seems longer since Neville Chamberlain announced, in that sad, tired voice, on the radio that Armageddon had begun; a statement followed almost immediately by the first wail of the sirens. Everyone stared at each other in wild surmise, ...

... I CLOSE SUPPORT,, in the DIEPPE OPERATIONS A New Phase in our Air Warfare Exemplified by the R.A.F. in Their Support of Ground Operations The new R.A.F. close-support tactics were put into operation in Western Europe for the first time The Times 'i ll I WHERE are our planes? This has been the constant question of our men in almost every battle of the war. Often the answer has been, as in ...

... FLYING FROM AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS From the Point of View of the Pilot Much-- possibly too much-- has been written of aircraft-carriers from the strategic angle. Very little has been written about them from the pilot's or operational angle. Before doing so, though, it may be as well to put on record that they are popular ships with flying personnel, that the air-crews themselves know full well the ...

... THE AXIS ASSAULTS ON ALLIED CONVOYS And the Counter-blows to Defeat the Attacks of Bombers and Submarines Rocket-wires versus Bombers at Sea: THE revelation that some of our merchant ships are now carrying rocket-guns marks a step forward in the progress of this weapon, which, against all expert opinion in former years, seems destined to play an increasingly-important part in warfare. The ...

... LET'S (JET DOWN TO EARTH AND EXAMINE THE ADDED SAFETY PROVIDED BY FERODO LININGS This is one way of getting out of difficulties. Down to Mother Earth where safety is more easily achieved if wise precautions are taken. But if the safety-first rule is to be followed in this high speed world, the foremost essential for road users is to install efficient brake linings. Ferodo Linings T provide ...

... THE BATTLE FOR THE POSSESSION OF THE SOLOMONS: HOW THE U.S. MARINES LANDED ON GUADALCANAL ISLAND IN THEIR SPECIAL AMPHIBIAN TANKS £lsewhere in this issue we publish some special drawings and photographs in connection with the U.S. and Australian operations against the Japs in the South-West Pacific. The picture above was taken at Guadalcanal Island, in the Solomons, where the U.S. Marines ...

... MOUNT HIMEINAT Where Rommel's Afrika Korps Launched their Big Offensive in the Desert C* 1 Himeinat lies about 25 miles south of the British positions at El Alamein in the Egyptian Desert. It is a hill some 200 ft. in height on the fringe of the Qattara Depression. For some time before the German offensive was launched, patrols had been busy in this region a minefield had been laid by the ...

... What are we Going To Do to Keep Our Own Army, and the Canadians and Americans, Occupied During this Coming Winter of Black-out The Local Little Hitlers in Some Parts of the Country are Already at Work Cutting Down on Entertainments and Forcing the Troops Back on to Their Own Limited Resources. By FERDINAND TUOHY AS the Russians have been reminding us, Hitler looks upon Britain as a huge ...

... From GERMANY to CANADA Within Twenty-four hours of Bombing Saarbruecken, a Canadian Crew Arrives in Canada A Wonderful Feat lust Carried Out by the R.C.A.F. the night of September 1, an aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force took part in the heavy bombfng attack on Saarbruecken, in Western Germany on the night of September 3, the crew of this aircraft made a personal appearance at the Maple ...

... The AMERICANS in ACTION in the SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC The Battle of Milne Bay f at the Eastern Tip of New Guinea And the Struggle for Supremacy in the Solomon Islands When, on Wednesday, August 26, the Japs made a landing in strength in Milne Bay, at the extreme south-easterly tip of New Guinea, it at once became evident that the idea behind the landing was to attack Port Moresby from the land. ...