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... THE INVASION ARMADA GATHERS IN THE NORTH AFRICAN PORTS. THE AMAZING SCENE IN ONE OF THE HARBOURS AS THE GREAT ALLIED FORCE MASSED FOR THE JOURNEY TO SICILY Some of the men are resting on the beach whilst others board the new-type landing craft FOR months before the actual invasion date, landing craft had been gathering in the North African ports. They nestled in small harbours strung all along ...

... HE ARMADA SETS SAIL The Great Fleet of Invasion Craft Heads for Sicily in the Evening of July 9 po ntbs before July 9 the day on which the invasion armada sailed hips had been gathering in the North African ports. When the gre came, the little ships came out of their harbours and steamed through the Mediterranean towards Sicily vast convoys of them extending for miles, and each ship packed ...

... Htc -w I* 'iW the CANADIANS I -iDE their LANDINGS at PACHINO THE ROADS FROM THE BEACHES ARE LEVELLED FOR THE SCORES OF TRANSPORT COLUMNS FROM BEACH-HEAD TO THE INTERIOR. Bull-dozers were used for this task, and soon the roughly-hewn roads were swarming with vehicles hurrying to meet the enemy. Note in this picture the amazing array of shipping anchored off the Sicilian coast and entirely ...

... The SUSTAINED ATTACK on COLOGNE Heavy Attacks on the Industrial Districts on the East Bank of the Rhine (in foreground) Follow Those on the West Th\ r ...

... THE SPERRY AUTOMATIC COMPUTING GUNSIGHT which is carried in each Fortress. This is a super-adding machine which works out the height, range, speed, etc., of enemy fighters for the air gunners. Deflection, gravity pull, the relative speeds of the two aircraft, are all calculated in the plane by these wonderful mechanical brains A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SPERRY COMPUTER SIGHT, which enables tk ...

... It would appear that, for the attack on New Georgia, the island of Guadalcanar had been selected as the operational base: to this spot, ac cordingly, a big American convoy sailed carrying men, munitions and supplies. En route, it was heavily attacked from the air, but the Japs were unable to arrest its progress, or even to slow its pace. It is probable that the vessels used for the New Georgia ...

... Third of a Series of Special Articles Dealing with the Response of the British Commonwealth of Nations By CHARLES GRAVES NO words oi praise can be too high for the part played by New Zealand in this war. Although her population is only 1,641,000, she has 157,000 men in the armed forces, who have won over Soo decorations as well as 420 Mentions in Dispatches. And throughout the war she has ...

... Two Sisters ai d Their Children The Countess of Birt nlieacl and Lady Sherwood with It eir Families The Countess of Birkenhead had her sister, Lath Sherwood, and her two boys, Philip and Christopher Chctwode, staying with her at Audlcy Wood, near Basingstoke, when these pictures were taken. She herself has two chil dren, Viscount Furneaux and Lady Juliet Smith. Lady Birkenhead and Lady ...

... Mission to Moscow An -Authentic Picture of Contemporary History Dedicated to the Free Men of the World The film Mission to Moscow which is now showing at Warner's Theatre, Leicester Square, is the pictorial record of the journeyings of Mr. Joseph E. Davies, who was sent by President Roosevelt to learn the truth about the U.S.S.R. the people, their leaders and their purpose. Mr. Davies, a ...

... Lawn Tennis at Queen's Club I Spectators and Players Give Their Support to the Red Cross The chief attraction at a recent meeting at Queen's Club, organised in aid of t he Red Cross, was an exhibition match between Mrs. E. W. A. Bostock (Jean Nicoll that was) and Mrs. F. H. Vivian (the former Peggy Seriven). The match went on for two hours (Mrs. Bostock having won the first set 7-5) without ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen First Novel RIGHT away in the country, out of reach of the new books, and not yet reached by any of them, I have celebrated a week of summer and holiday by roving round the shelves of my own library and re-making the acquaintance of old friends. There is some thing timeless-looking about these rows of book backs: sunshine coming in through the big windows has faded reds, ...