... :!E JEEP IS NOW SERVING ON EVERY ALLIED WAR FRONT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Here a convoy of them is seen on a winding, hilly road, carrying supplies into the heart of the Burma jungle. The road has been carefully graded and strengthened by British engineers some of their baulks of timber and supplies of petrol have been left by the roadside. The U.S.-built jeep, as is now well known, can travel ...

... THE FEAR OF INVASION GROWS New Pictures from Enemy Sources showing how the West Wall is Going Up around the Coastline of Europe ii THE OLD PORT OF MARSEILLES BEING CLEARED BY THE NAZIS FOR DEFENCE WORKS The first explosions after the beginning of the demolitions On January 24 the inhabitants of the Old Port of Marseilles were ordered to evacuate their homes within the hour. As the time given ...

... The Work of the Imperial War Graves Commission, Begun in 1917, Still Goes on. By CHARLES GRAVES NOW that the Axis has been forced out of North Africa, the Graves Registration Units will be very busy classifying and checking the wooden crosses of the troops who have fallen in action. These Units work in close touch with the Army Casualty Branch, and it is their business to register the dead and ...

... P'nemy air losses in Tunisia have been heavy and wastage has been terrific. According to Air Chief-Marshal Tedder, in a statement made a few days ago, 520 aircraft had been counted as captured 250 at El Aouma, 90 at Sidi Ahmed and 180 at Cape Bon aerodromes. Many of them were in good con dition but some were wrecked. Towards the end of the campaign, the destruction wrought by Allied bombers at ...

... THE STORY OF SHANGRI-LA --Or the Bombing of Tokyo from an American Aircraft-Carrier on April 18, 1942 A Full Series of Pictures which Have Only Just been Released, Following on President Roosevelt's Recent Statement ON THE DECK OF THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT-CARRIER HORNET (the Shangri-La mentioned by President Roosevelt) Major-General (then Lieut.-Colonel) James H. Doolittle (on left) ...

... THE GREAT RAID ON STETTIN On April 20, when 150 Two-Tonners Laid One Hundred Acres in the Town Waste Official Air Ministry Photographs THIS HEAVILY DAMAGED AREA AT STETTIN INCLUDES THE HAUPT BAHNHOF SIDINGS, where about twenty-five goods wagons are destroyed and sidings sheds gutted. In the bottom left is the Griefenwerft G.M.B.H. engaged on the assembly of tank-landing craft, where several ...

... The Successful U.S. Attack on Two Heavy Cruisers on April 10 and the Heavy R.A.F. Raid on Spezia on April 18 Official reconnaissance photographs of the damage wrought during these two heavy air attacks The attack on La Maddalena On April 10 a heavy attack was made by Flying Fortresses from North Africa on the Italian naval base at La Maddalena, on the northern coast of the island of Sardinia ...

... DESPITE all evidence of film and fiction to the contrary, wireless telegraphy (Morse trans mission) is still more important in all air forces than wireless telephony (speech transmission). Most planes, other than single-seater machines, now have both. Ordinary fighters work within so small a radius of their base that a short-range speech set is quite adequate. the pilot s hands are too busy, ...

... THE mounting of some 25-pounder gunhows, best of our light field- guns, on the chassis of Valentine Mark III tanks, takes the developing controversy between the tank and artillery schools of thought another step further. In the drawing on the right we show how this latest jointure has been effected. The 25-pounder is an exceedingly versa tile gun, capable of firing like a howitzer with ...

... THE FIRST ARMY AT THE DJEBEL ANG The Capture of the Key Hill Position, where the British Infantry Proved of the Same Fighting Capacity as their Comrades of the Eighth Army Special Sphere Drawing THE FAMOUS LONG-STOP HILL, as seen from a neighbouring cliff-top. Longstop is the black ridge in the middle distance. It lies five miles to the east of the Djebel Ang, and was captured by the First ...

... SUBMARINE VERSUS AEROPLANE And Other Aspects of the Wartime Work of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and in the English Channel A HIGH-SPEED LAUNCH SETS OFF FOR A RESCUE AT SEA A fine study of the crew at their stations as they start off from their base to patrol waters near the English coast to pick up airmen who may have come down in the drink Below The Navy plays a great part in the work ...

... NEW LAUNCHING METHODS FOR NEWLY-DESIGNED CONCRETE-AND-STEEL BARGES A new launching method, tried for the first time, was used when the barge Primus was launched from a Thameside yard. In this method, the barge is built up over the water on collapsible concrete piles. Jacks are placed in position along the side. When ready for launching the jacks are turned simultaneously, giving the vessel a ...