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The ROOSEVELT--CHURCHILL MEETING at QUEBEC

... The ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL MEETING at QUEBEC THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER, AND MEMBERS OF THEIR PARTIES, on the terrace of the Citadel overlooking Quebec. In the background can be seen the towers of the Chateau Frontenac. In the front row are Mr. Mackenzie King, Canadian Prime Minister President Roosevelt and Mr. Winston Churchill. Behind them, from left to right, are General Arnold, ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 286 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The BEAUFIGHTER as a BOMBER

... The Bristol Beaufighter has had a fine record of service with the R.A.F. since the early days of the war as a long-range day and night fighter. Recently, it was announced that it was fulfilling a new role that of a long-range bomber, and specialising in attacks on enemy shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean and nearer home. Presumably, its bombs are stowed in external racks under the wings, ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 407 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The REVIVAL the MINE as an INSTRUMENT of WAR

... The REVIVAL 01 He Mine as an INSTRUMEI] of WAR A Drawing to Show Che Vcfie the Allied Advance, antlt --Special Sphere Diig'0 StL Axis to delay 'b 0^.riIAtJeyareOperated (Artist s Copyright in U.S.A.) HThe diagrams reproduced on these pages demonstrate the manner in which mines are sown by the Germans, and the particular type of damage inflicted in roads, fields and beaches these effects are ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 615 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Photographs 

BRITAIN'S NEW GUN-HOWITZERS: The B.L. 4.5 and B.L. 5.5 Weapons, Details of which have just come off the Secret List

... BRITAIN'S NEW GUN-HOWITZERS The B.L. 4 5 and B.L. J-5 Weapons. Details of which have just come off the Secret List Mr. Churchill said, On the six-mile front of attack we had a 25-pounder gun, or better, to every 23 yards. Or better meant the 4.5 which is a medium gun, and the 5.5 which is also a medium gun; either of these will fit the common 4.5/5.5 carriage. At the beginning of the war ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1263 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 208

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 208 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. An End Achieved.-- Here is a thought for comfort at a juncture in this, long war when we await the climax and the fruits of Allied plannings and conferences from Casa- blanca to Quebec. As we wait on the issue, we assess (we are advised to assess) the trials and obstacles strewn ahead of us on the long, uphill road to victory and peace at ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1817 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

The RAPID CONQUEST of the ISLAND of SICILY: The latest pictures from the Fighting Front where the British, ..

... The RAPID CONQUEST of the ISLAND of SICILY The latest pictures from the Fighting Front where the British, Canadians and Americans are pressing on to the Final Victory MEN OF THE EIGHTH ARMY STORM A SICILIAN RAILWAY STRONGPOINT Making a bayonet charge up the line O The seasoned desert fighters hurl themselves forward to the assault of the concealed Axis defenders Infantrymen concealed behind a ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 731 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SOLIGNUM

... THE RISKS THEY RUN This is a message of grateful acknow ledgement to the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, and all those who go down to the sea in ships, for the risks they run in bringing their precious cargoes to these shores. Once here it is our bounden duty to see that they are not wasted. Amongst the thousands of tons of goods daily pouring into the country, Timber has its rightful place. ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 165 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

The PRIME MINISTER in CANADA: And the Raising of the Normandie in New York City

... The PRIME MINISTER in CANADA And the Raising of the Normandie in New York City MR. WINS 1 CHURCHILL WITH SOME OF THE CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE who were on duty the station when he arrived. Mr. Mackenzie King, Canadian Premier, is seen in the ackground on the right The Prime Minister's visit to Canada is for the purpose of holding Victor onferences with Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Mackenzie King and other ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 473 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOW MUCH SHOULD AN ARMY BE TOLD?

... The Importance of Letting the Troops in On the Inside Without Divulging Secrets to the Enemy By FERDINAND TUOHY UNLESS Hitler's Fortress is split open from the air, it is a fair hypothesis that the next phase will show its defenders at bay before en circling Allied armies more and more implanted on the mainland, and that this situation may conduce in the south and the west to something of ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1798 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

ATTACK by DAYLIGHT

... ONLY A PART OF THE TERRIFIC POUNDING OF HAMBURG! Ont of th day raids by American Flying Fortresses actually in progress, showing the target area enshrouded in a huge pall of smoke Nothing like the terrific attack on Hamburg has ever before been witnessed in any theatre of war by day and by night the attacks have gone on. by the R.A.F. and by the American Air Force. Systematically, and piece by ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 837 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

How the BATTLE for CATANIA BEGAN: The Allied Line Around Mount Etna as the Powerful Allied Forces Opened their ..

... Just before the launching of the big attack on the German positions in the Plain of Catania, the Canadian and U.S. forces were steadily fighting their way towards the north-eastern tip of Sicily, gorge by gorge and hill-top by hill top. Most of the towns within this area to the west of Etna are, indeed, rock-perched in highly picturesque fashion. The country through which the Canadians have ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 999 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs