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The Sphere
SCENES from the HEAVY FIGHTING in RUSSIA
... 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
... 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 ...
HEROIC WORK AS A U.S. TRANSPORT BURNED AT SEA: The Scene as the Wakefield Caught Fire Off the U.S. East Coast
... HEROIC WORK AS A U.S. TRANSPORT BURNED AT SEA The Scene as the Wakefield Caught Fire Off the U.S. East Coast IN pre-war days, the 24,000-ton liner Manhattan was the queen of the United States merchant fleet: to-day she is little more than a charred hull awaiting attention at an American East Coast port. She was built at Camden, in New Jersey, in 1932, at a cost of £2,500,000 sterling, and very ...
A NAVAL BLIMP CRASHES IN THE U.S
... A U.S. NAVY PATROL BLIMP COLLAPSES IN MID-AIR over Daly City in California A picture taken as the airship came down in a city street U.S. TROOPS PLUNGE THROUGH FIRE AND WATER during their toughening- up exercises in Louisiana This impressive picture comes from Harding Field at Baton Rouge, in Louisiana. It shows an American soldier on the point of leaping from a 20-ft. platform into a flaming ...
The COUNTRYSIDE in WARTIME
... iETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR'S FARMING RECORD The Essex War Agricultural Committee is making strenuous efforts to get a return from every acre in the County. Derelict land, and land which has for years been covered with rough scrub is now being got ready for next year's great effort. In order to bring scrub-land under cultivation a new mechanised wonder is being used in appearance it is ...
WATCHDOGS OF THE CONVOYS: Corvettes are Tough Babies; New York a Hundred Years Ago; From the Roaring '20's to ..
... WATCHDOGS OF THE CONVOYS By Vernon Fane Corvettes are Tough Babies; J\[ew York a Hundred Years Ago; From the Roaring '20's to Dunkirk George Augustus Sola FOR the last seven months I have been hoping to see just such a book as Mr. Nicholas Monsarrat's H.M. CORVETTE (Cassell. 2s.). I specify the period because it was just about that long ago that I had some first-hand news about Corvettes ...
AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH YEAR: A Review of the Chief Events of the Three Difficult Years Which Have Just Passed
... 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, ...
CLOSE SUPPORT in the DIEPPE OPERATIONS
... 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
... 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: Rocket-wires versus Bombers at Sea
... 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 ...
WRECKING the OIL-FIELDS: How a Highly-Technical Job is Carried Out
... WRECKING the OIL-FIELDS How a Highly-Technical Job is Carried Out During the past few weeks the whole region north of the Caucasus appears to have experienced a heat-wave. Whilst the dry weather lasts, cross-country movements are possible, but as soon as rain sets in the transport of heavy vehicles is wellnigh impossible once the few macadamised rocks are left. Winter brings a doubtful respite ...