... STALINGRAD TO-DAY A Picture from the Air of the Great Citv on the Volga Under Bombardment by the German Luftwaffe T^or the past few weeks the very hub of the World War has been Stalingrad, great City of Steel on the right bank of the Volga, which the Germans thought they would overrun within a few days. Until the outbreak of the present war, little of the actual city was known to the outside ...

... The AMERICAN 60-TON TANK The Problems Met in the Development of this New and Colossal Super-Weapon. Described by Brigadier-General G. M. Barnes (U.S. Army) THE armour carried by the tank makes it possible for the vehicle to live on the battlefield. Naturally, the designer would like to equip his tank with armour of such thickness that it would be impossible for any type of projectile to ...

... The BATTLE of BISCAY Coastal Command's Warfare on the U-Boats In the Bay Special Sphere Drawings and Diagram 'The diagram-drawing on the left has been prepared with the special object of emphasising one important part of the Prime Minister's recent speech to Parliament in which he outlined the new method of employ, ing our big aircraft-carriers in combination for a special object. Referring ...

... I HOV TO CROSS A RIVER BY MEANS OF AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE MADE UP OF ROPES Part of the 'tough training at the Army School of Physical Training. The soldier, it will be observed, s carrying full kit note the clever way in which he has employed wooden pegs to aid his passage and to prevent himself from falling into the water beneath THE EQUIPMENT CARRIED BY A BREN-GUN CARRIER The tools and ...

... BEHIND BRrBED No words can describe the lot of our men who are Prisoners of War-- most have now entered their THIRD YEAR of captivity. Faced with a vastly increased number of prisoners, we: beg readers of THE SPHERE not to forget these men at this time of their greatest need. Please complete and post the form below, Bending what you can-- £5 will send regular parcels and cigarettes for a year. ...

... BY APPOINTMENT TO v. H.M. KING GEORGE VI t7, I i iViT#rj THE ONLY GIN THAT HOLDS THE BLUE SEAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE IN QUEST QF GOOD HOTELS ADVICE BY ASHLEY COURTENAY Letters accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope for reply should be addressed to him c\o The Editor, The Sphere, Commonwealth House, i. New Oxford Street, London, W.C.i. BOUKNE HALL HOTEL, boumehoutii Offers shops, ...

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... Cince Russia's entry into the war in June 1941, the world has learned of the heroism of the Red Army at Leningrad, Moscow, Sebastopol and now Stalingrad. For weeks the mightiest German armies have been battering at the great industrial centre on the Volga, and for weeks the Red Army has withstood the whole might of the invader's massed divisions. Day by day the Germans have poured in fresh ...

... I! /w* READY-FOR-SERVICE or ft h MADE-TO-MEASURE in YOUR OWN MATERIAL /J With or Without Patch Pocket (f I,, ee Koneray type perman- ised pleats front, one back, each pleat tapering off to give snug fitting material at the hip line. No gaping, no bulky seams, no stitched- up pleats to come unstitched. Just that slenderising, so very attractive streamlined effect. Supplied with or without ...

... THE PRESENTATION OF THE GEORGE CROSS TO THE ISLAND OF MALTA: THE GOVERNOR MAKES THE PRESENTATION TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE in the bomb-scarred City of Valetta, amidst the ruins of Palace Square It was a proud day for the people of Malta when they received the George Cross awarded by the King an occasion unique in British annals. The actual present ation took place in the Palace Square, where a ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 161 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Attrition. --One prophecy of the pundits has come true. The last weeks before the Russian winter sets in were to be weeks of crisis and of bitter intensity beyond anything the world has ever experienced. It is so. The bulk of the nation finds itself obsessed to the exclusion of every other thought with half-a-dozen battle fronts on which ...

... WHERE the CANADIANS FOUGHT at DIEPPE The Regiments Which Took Part and the Points at Which They Landed A special drawing which gives the full details for the first time Details of the Dieppe Raid are now to hand: they have been given in a long report by Colonel J. L. Ralston, the Canadian Minister of National Defence. It will be remembered that the landing forces were preponderantly Canadian-- ...