... THE BURSTING OF. THE DAMS What Aerial Reconnaissance has Revealed of the Flooding which Followed the R.A.F. Attacks on the Eder and Moehne Dams in the Ruhr THE MOEHNE DAM BEFORE THE ATTACK This picture shows the Power Station behind the powerful retaining wall it also shows the torpedo-net defences put up to prevent such an attack as that successfully carried out by the R.A.F. on May 17. Now ...

... F^uring the final stages of the Tunisian campaign, frequent mention was made of Tedder s Carpet and ol the part it played in the battle for Massicault, the hinge of von Arnim's armies. At this spot the First Army, aided by the R.A.F., blasted its way through the Axis forces and within a matter of hours had broken the enemy's power to continue the fight in North Africa. The carpet was laid (as ...

... The Coming of the Escort Carrier A Fast Vessel of New Type Built in the U.S. for the Protection of the Atlantic Convoys in the Mid-Ocean Gap These pictures show H.M.S. Battler, American-built cargo vessel converted to carry aircraft to protect the Atlantic gap, the 600 mile stretch in mid- ocean not at present capable of being covered by shore-based planes. Battler is of all-welded ...

... THE CASE OF FRANCO'S SPAIN Living Conditions for the Populace in a Country Where Things Have Gone from Bad to Worse with the Passage of Time Described by FERDINAND TUOHY IN writing about General Franco, I feel that whatever your politics may be, there must be a bond between us. If you are a Tory Imperialist, Franco has sided decisively with men bent on liquidating the Empire. If you are a ...

... 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 CLEARANCE OF THE CAPE BON PENINSULA IN TUNISIA: North African Campaign TWO BRITISH INFANTRYMEN STAND ON THE CLIFFS AT THE VERY TIP OF CAPE BON, the final stronghold of the Axis in North Africa which was so swiftly overwhelmed by the Allied Forces. Out beyond the Cape stretches the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Italy. It was to the rocky, scrub-covered hills on the Bon Peninsula that the ...

... THE FREEING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN NARROWS The Work of British Destroyers and Submarines in the Sea which is Once Again Open to our Ships Special Sphere Drawings wrrnmwmmi On right A Destroyer's Second Kill Early this year the Hursley, in company with another destroyer, sank an Italian submarine after it had been bombed and disabled by aircraft. The story of the Hursley's share in a second ...

... Some of the Newest Implements of War THI IS AN AMERICAN MOBILE ANTI-AIRCRAFT POST. The gun is a 37 mm., mounted on a half-tracked vehicle, and is nicknamed Duckshooter. It somewhat resembles the Chicago Piano, or multiple pom-pom, of the Royal Navy THE NEW GERMAN MORTAR-PROJECTORS captured at Medjez-el-Bab. These are a great advance on the ordinary mortar-thrower. Each weapon contains six ...

... THE TASK OF THE R.A.F. WAS NOT AN EASY ONE, OWING TO THE WEATHER HAZARDS. Bad weather conditions persisted to the very last days of the campaign in Tunisia. Although the actual entry into Tunis was made in sunshine, heavy rains during the preceding days had alternated with Scotch mists to make flying conditions very difficult. It was frequently found to be impossible to carry out certain ...

... IN wax, more can often be learned from the mistakes of the enemy than from our own failures. It is well established by now that in the campaign which has just ended in Tunisia, errors of strategy and tactics on the part of the Axis have been abundant, while the planning of the Allied Command and the generalship of the commanders of the Allied armies have compelled universal admiration. From El ...

... THE GERMAN SURRENDER AT BIZERTA Some of the 25,000 Axis prisoners who gave themselves up to the U.S. troops in the Bizerta area on May 7 and the succeeding day. They left behind them a burning port, and came in their thousands to surrender after a whirlwind campaign which left them dazed How the German prisoners streamed into our lines in the country outside Tunis, the day before that city ...

... Pictures taken during the action On May .17, a Nazi convoy consisting of six supply ships and eight escort vessels was attacked by Beaufighters of Coastal Command whilst steaming north off the fcutch coast. The R.A.F. wing was led by Wing-Commander H. G. N. Wheeler, D.F.C. (who comes from London) the torpedo-carrying Beaufighters were commanded by Squadron-Leader G. D. Sise, D.F.C., a New ...