... 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 ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 157 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Duke of Kent.-- The nation, in all sincerity, shares in the grief which has befallen the Duchess of Kent, Queen Mary and the Royal family by the death, on war duty, of the Duke of Kent. This was a young man of great charm and promise, and, already of fulfilment. there was. indeed, a singular charm about this handsome couple which had ...

... What Jacques Doriot, Most Ardent Turncoat and Collaborationist of Them All, Will Do If and When He Achieves Power. The Career of This Extraordinary Quisling and His Adventures in Russia and Germany are Here Traced in Detail By FERDINAND TUOHY OFFICIAL Washington enjoys special pipe lines of information from both zones in France, and it will not be surprised if Laval shoots his bolt very soon ...

... THE AMERICAN TROOP-CARRYING GLIDER Now in Mass Production in the United States Now that the Americans are in the war, with a will, it is only to be expected that they should press forward with the production of aircraft of all types. Above is one of the first pictures of the U.S. Army Air Force new glider, for carry ing Commando troops wherever they may be needed in the many battle zones in ...

... FREAKS of the DESERT ARTILLERY How Our Gunners Overcame Great Difficulties to Hold Rommel at Bay By DONALD COWIE THAT it was primarily the work of our gunners which halted Rommel's drive towards the Nile Valley now seems certain. Metaphorically digging its heels into the sand at El Alamein, the Royal Regiment-- and this goes also for its Aus tralian, New Zealand and South African branches-- ...

... AWAY FROM THESE WARS. Memories and Thoughts 01 the Years Between --A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. SPORT IN THE POST-WAR WORLD.-- My heart warmed and my hands responded to a recent appeal by the Duke of Beaufort and Lord Middleton for books on sport to be sent out to prisoners of war. I have for some time been dispersing a small collection of books on sporting subjects, mostly on shooting. Yet ...

... (See also pp. 298-301 of this Issue DAWN OUTSIDE DIEPPE Wednesday, August 19. The Channel was crossed under cover of darkness, and the principal attack was launched at dawn. The naval vessels engaged were protected by a strong air umbrella, which covered the landings and allowed the withdrawal to take place as planned. A feature of the whole raid was the absence of enemy surface craft to ...