... THE MIDGET SUBMARINE OF THE NAVY Used Against the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Alten Fiord T'he midget submarines, known as X craft, are like ordinary sub marines but much smaller and even more cramped. They have no conning- tower, the only super structure being a guard rail for the two periscope- tubes and a mast-like air- vent to this is attached a steel arm with a strong leather belt, ...

... On right Ever since General Stilwell, commanding the Chinese troops in Burma, drove the Japanese out of the Hukawng Valley, he has been advancing south towards Mogaung. But progress has been slow, due to the narrowness of the valley and also to the stiffness of the resistance. It has been difficult to follow the various actions as the area is little known and the maps do not show all the ...

... IT wasn't long before Hitler replied to the drastic new security measures aimed at sealing up the Allies Second Front secrets inside Britain. While Denmark was cut off from the outside world, German- controlled Vichy fell upon certain diplomatic pouches leaving for Madrid, Lisbon and Berne; and more with the same end in view is to be expected. Yet the battle for secrecy cannot turn in favour ...

... HT owards the end of April, General MacArthur made the dramatic announcement of the capture of the Humboldt Bay region in New- Guinea and the occupation of Hollandia. In the latter area, the air bases used by the Japs were captured and are now being used for further operations against the enemy. Paving the way for the huge Allied landings on April 22 on the northern coast of New Guinea, the ...

... THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FOUR DOMINIONS PRIME MINISTERS in the Cabinet Room at No. 10, with Mr. Winston Churchill Field-Marshal Smuts, of South Africa, is seated on the left Mr. Mackenzie King, of Canada, is on the Premier's right Mr. John Curtin, of Australia, on his left and Mr. Peter Fraser, of New Zealand, on the extreme right. This historic camera record was taken at the first meeting of ...

... The drawing by Mr. Osmond on the right illus trates one of the most successful raids carried out by British troops in the bridgehead during recent weeks. It was made by a force of infantry men, supported by tanks and tank-destroyers, who took sixty-one prisoners, killed nineteen Germans, wounded many more, and wrecked enemy strong- points three miles behind the enemy's lines across the Pontine ...

... J He road from Anzio to Rome is so vital for the enemy to p Hold, so important to prevent an Allied advance, that the Jgntrng has been persistent in that area, never ceasing by ?aV or night. There have been heavy direct attacks at intervals, but when these were repulsed the Germans con- jnued a constant artillery activity, with patrols keeping up he effort to find a weak spot. The main ...

... The speed, range and arma ment of the midget submarines of the Royal Navy are still secret. But certain other details have been made public by the Admiralty, and these are shown in the pictures reproduced here. As stated last week, the crew of each vessel consists of three officers and one rating the length of the submarine is 40 ft. Nor mally, the crew work under the orders of the captain, ...

... Under Tito's organisation the fighting in Yugoslavia never dies out, but flares up into greater activity every now and again. The Germans, too, make special efforts, at intervals, to round up the guerilla army and bring some kind of rest to their forces in the Balkans. They started an. offensive in considerable force, aided by tanks and the Luftwaffe, at the beginning of April, but the ...

... SECOND FRONT TROOPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PREPARING FOR THE COMING OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE NAZIS IN EUROPE. The British, American and Allied Armies of Liberation are now massing for the opening of the Second Front. 41 Last-minute 44 preparations are being made all over the country, and Britain now resembles an armed camp filled with fighting men and fighting equipment of all kinds. This picture, ...

... A characteristic of the fighting on the Allied fronts has been the tremendous and growing weight of shell-fire employed. Not only is there almost continuous artillery duelling throughout the day, but there may occur intensifications of fire such as have occurred around Cassino's Monastery Hill. Advances of troops have been preceded by intensive poundings which have literally shaken the earth. ...

... Although it is generally known that the amount of Lend-Lease material sent to Russia by Britain and the United States has been very great, few people in this country can have realised what enormous quan tities have, in fact, been dispatched. A recent report from America shows what the contribution of the United States alone has been. In January and February 1944 more than 1,000,000 tons of ...