... The New Secret Weapon of the Germans The Wireless-Controlled Projectile Which was First Described by the Prime Minister Last Month A Drawing by Roland Davies of the Rocket- Assisted Glider Which Releases Its Bombs from a Height and Directs Them to Its Target T n last speech to the House of Commons September 21, the Prime Minister ga, tails of still another German secret v.v jn. He said ...

... The OFFENSIVE ACROSS the SANjGRO RIVER How the Bridgeheads on the North Bank were Established and the Mountain Country which Now Flanks the Eighth Army's Left Wing Special Sphere Drawings The easternmost section of the Eighth Army (operating with its extreme right flank touching the Adriatic coast) is flanked on its landward side by a huge and impenetrable mountain mass known as the Majello. ...

... ■■Fffijol- y --:vr- VHFRF I HE EIGHTH ARMY OFFENSIVE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THE SANGRO BRIDGEHEADS Thp Ca^nli-Orcnona-^an Vim arps nvprrnn hv Rritish frnnn? in thp first days of the attack and partially regained by the Germans later. The attack started from the river level and climbed to 1,000 ft.- -Drawing by E. G. Lambert ollowing General Montgomery s announcement that the Germans were to ...

... NOW that it is possible to see the Afrika Korps great retreat in its proper perspective, we can realise that it falls into four stages. The first period lay between El Alamein and El Agheila, starting on November 4 last year, when Rommel realised that he had lost the battle and must retreat with all speed to save the remnants of his army. General Montgomery had hoped to put the Axis forces in ...

... The Mediterranean Islands now in Allied Hands And a Note on Allied Strategy in the Battle of Salerno Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams 'Fhe drawing given on the right illus trates one of the most important considerations governing landing opera tions on a hostile coast, such as those at Salerno. 4 4 The Battle of the Salerno Beaches was fought for five miles of sand, one military ...

... ENNA, the Centre Point of Sicily ndOneof the Strongest of Natural Fortresses Cas rogio^nn jt or Enna, as it has been called during the am ,an campaign, lies almost in the centre of Sicily 2 5^7 hills. Standing on a level plateau some h'gn, with almost precipitous sides, it occupies a J'lon. not on'y of a remarkable notural fortress, but also of the r 7tl|,reS^Ue hcaUty* 0n,y °Pen on lhe ...

... Now that the war in Africa is over, certain details connected with the surprising collapse of the Axis have emerged. It would appear that the rapidity of the break-through by the British First Army and U.S. Second Corps on the morning of Friday, May 7, was such that a complete breakdown in communications took place between the various Axis com mands which had been holding the many sectors of ...

... A NEW OIL SUPPLY FOR THE EMPIRE Discovered in North-West Canada and Linked Up with the Great Alaskan Highway IDerhaps it was oil that prompted the switch of the Alaska Highway to a more eastern route than that originally intended, for the final choice brings the Road within what would appear to be a practicable approach to a proved oilfield of great potentiality. Following the discovery and ...

... The Increasing Importance of the Now-vulnerable Eastern Seaboard of the Italian Mainland. Described by FERDINAND TUOHY IT doesn't matter where the Allies attack between Sardinia and Rhodes; even if they don't attack at all, but choose some other part of the Axis perimeter-- the Adriatic Sea is back in the war. One might almost say that this A marissima-- most bitterly loved sea of D'Annunzio ...

... The Hill Town of RAGUSA Captured by Americans and Canadians on July 1 3 The Canadians advanced from the south-east and the Amer;. ins from the west, both forces converging upon the town. Its position was of considerable importance to th Allies, being a road and railway centre. Two railways from Syracuse. eady occupied by the British forces, united Ragusa with the famous port. One railway came ...

... Well inside the Tunisian border lies the Mareth Line, the forti fications which the French built some years ago as a retort to Italian threats against the North African French colonies. Its capture by the advancing Eighth Army is considered to be just a matter of preparation and time. Rommel, therefore, has to be sure of effecting a junction with Arnim in eastern Tunisia away to the north. And ...

... Ttaly figured to a marked degree amongst the bombing targets j tor the month of December Turin, Milan and other northern 1 cities felt the weight of the R.A.F. operating from Britain. And, in the south. Naples also came in for a two-way attack I Middle East bombers, operated by the U.S. Air Forces, blasted I the docks and shipping by daylight (a form of attack in which they seem to specialise ...