... (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 ...

... What Happened to the Twenty-eight Fighting Vehicles Landed on the Beaches How They Behaved During the Great Raid And the Possibilities of the Tank in Further Similar Operations Special Sphere Drawings and Notes ONE of the most interesting features of the Dieppe raid was our employment of tanks during the operation. Their landing from special craft at the water's edge, awkward crunching up the ...

... AIR-CONDITIONED TANKS? Methods the Germans May Have Adopted in Libya TRAVELLING at the equivalent of naval action stations, a tank is almost completely battened down. Direct visibility is limited to a few square inches of bullet-proof glass, and direct ventilation to what air can be induced through ventilation louvres on the under side of the tank-- those on the upper deck, so to speak, ...

... CAN MERCHANTMEN DESIGN BE IMPROVED? The Construction of the Tanker and the Freighter Compared 1 1 A considerable number of suggestions have been made from time to time concern ing methods to circumvent torpedo attack on merchantmen. Many of the suggestions such as giant submarines, or vessels lying so low in the water as to be almost awash, and others are not immediately practical but here is ...

... Before and After its Bombing by the R.A.F. in Occupied France Official Air Ministry Photographs The following is a key to the damage done as indicated in the photograph on the right 1. Main shop of nine bays area 3,000 by 130 ft. One hit, and possibly a second. A large area of the roofing has been stripped and part of the west wall shattered. 2. Long building, area 500 by 40 ft. Roof damaged ...

... 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 ...