... The North Africa Landings How the Troops were Conveyed by Sea Towards the New Mediterranean Battle Zone HThe occupation of French North Africa was begun by U.S. Rangers on November 8, when strong Allied forces were landed simul taneously at strategic points on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. This great undertaking was the biggest sea-borne expedition in history its object to sweep the ...

... yi CDIIITC r\t \1 1 rTADV German and Italian prisoners stream into our camps after I ne rnUI I J Ol V I V I V/ 1\ I the Eighth Army's decisive victory in the Egyptian Desert AT THE FAMOUS ALAMEIN CORNER Prisoners wait at the roadside for a lorry to take them into the P.O.W. tamps behind the lines. The great majority German and Italian alike were only too anxious to give themselves up and only ...

... Air Ministry Photographs Taken During the Actual Attack on Lorient by U.S. Flying Fortresses During Daylight on the 21st October, when the Big American Bombers were Supported by R.A.F. Spitfires AS THE ATTACK ON LORIENT, IN BRITTANY, BEGAN: A PAIR OF HEAVY BOMBS FALL TOWARDS THE TARGET immediately after their release from a Fortress. The U-boat shelter can be seen on the right (in a line with ...

... LIFE llsf NEW YORK Under War Conditions The first thing which must strike any Briton visiting New York is the lack of black-out. There is certainly a lessening of the brilliance of pre-war days, when lights flashed and blazed in Broadway, but the dim-out seems negligible to the inky blackness of London after sunset. Shop windows arc, however, no longer illuminated at night and the Neon ...

... U.S. and British Officers who are in Charge of the Widespread Operations A s has previously been stated /i. in these pages, the Allied land operations on the North African coast are under the supreme command, of Lieut.- General Dwight D. Eisenhower, of the U.S. Army. Under him, as second-in-command, is Major- General Mark Clark just pro moted to Lieut. -General by the President for the secret ...

... THE NEW WEAPON WHICH HELPED TO BEAT ROMMEL'S PANZERS IN EGYPT THE GENERAL SHERMAN TANK, BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES-- a picture taken when the new tank was shown to the Prime Minister and senior Officers on the Horse Guards Parade some time ago The General Sherman is a new American heavy tank which might be described as the perfected General Grant. It is said to be the most powerful Allied ...

... EVER WARMER FOR QUISLINGS What the Future Holds for the Men who Betrayed Their Countries to the Nazis By FERDINAND TUOHY A RISING from the forcetl-labour-in-Germany decrees and the prospect of a terrible winter of hunger, cold and terrorisation, the latest grindings of revolt on the Continent will naturally receive great impetus from the Mediterranean campaign and the holding victory of ...

... THAT drumfire of the night of November 1-2 was, perhaps, the decisive blow-- a concentrated barrage not only of shells, but also of bombs, on an Axis army which, for all its strong system of field fortifica tions, had no adequate protection against it: indeed, little psychological defence, either, for hitherto these young Germans and Italians had known chiefly a different kind of war. lowering ...

... THE MEN AND WOMEN OF BRITAIN The First of a Series of Three Articles on the Country's Man and Woman Power and the Work of the Ministry of Labour By CHARLES GRAVES A SERIES of compliments has recently been paid to British industry and the British nation by American experts. They voice astonishment at the efficiency of woman labour and the amazing output per head of the population. The Cabinet ...

... playing at it I to- day- w To-day he plays to-morrow he lives for he's one of the people of To-morrow. His turn will come. But will his chance come Will he have that opportunity which will enable him to plunge wholeheartedly into the career that really interests him. Or will he be a square peg in a round hole? Now is the time to save to give him that chance Start saving to enable your ...

... Lucky you dropped in YOUR OLD FRIEND IS HERE The name Old Angus recalls many memories of peacefu pre-war days and, more lately, of trying times when i friendly glass brought very welcome cheer. This nobI ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 168 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Radiant Dawn.-- In the radiant dawn which comes at last after the longest, darkest night we have known, he is a remarkable man who dares not rejoice and sing, a very sick man who does not think sanely, clearly and serenely again. It is a positive duty tor eacn 01 us calmly and thankfully to assess the possibilities of the mifaculous ...