... HOW THE AMERICAN ENVOYS TOOK THE SURRENDER OR DIE ULTIMATUM to the German Commander in the city Two American lieutenants, accompanied by a private carrying a white bed-sheet on a pole, crossed from the American First Army positions near the Aachen-Cologne railway, which runs just south of the city boundary, and carried the Surrender or Die ultimatum to the historic city of Aachen. On arrival ...

... BITTER STREET-FIGHTING AMIDST THE RUINS OF AACHEN AN AMERICAN DETACHMENT PICKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE RUBBLE AND DEBRIS IN ONE OF THE MAIN STREETS IN THE CITY. The men are moving slowly towards the centre of Aachen, mopping up as they go and paving the way for other detachments to follow in their wake Fighting of the intensest nature has been going on in Aachen, first German city of ...

... THE NEW TEMPEST And the New German Jet and Rocket Aircraft HThe Tempest is a single-seat, low-wing monoplane. fighter produced by the famous Hawker Company and designed by Mr. Sidney Camm. It is powered with a supercharged Napier Sabre engine of 2,200 h.p., and has a four-bladed pro peller. Its armament consists of four 22-mm. cannon guns the span of the aircraft is 41 ft. length, 33 ft. 8 ins ...

... THE NATURE OF THE COUNTRY IN THE ARAKAN AREA Looking towards the enemy positions in the Kalapanzin Hills. This picture was taken from Wembley Hill, near Maungdaw. The Valley beyond the British positions is No-Man's land. We will fight on through the monsoon. With these words, the forces under the command of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten learned that that which had hitherto been regarded as ...

... On September 15 the American plans in the Central Pacific were taken a step further towards completion. On that day American Marines and Army assault troops landed on Peleliu Island, in the Palau group, in the Western Carolines. The landings were made under the command of Vice- Admiral Wilkinson, commanding the Third Amphibious Force, and of Major-General Julian Smith, of the U.S. Marines. ...

... The flying bomb was designed to dive to destruction with the engine running at full throttle, according to an expert who has had opportunities of examining these German weapons. The interruption of the engine note just before the dive, which gave such effective warning of imminent danger, was never intended by the designer. This feature, which must have saved innumerable lives by enabling ...

... THE ALLIED CONVOYS NOW SAIL UP AND DOWN CHANNEL IN WATERS CLEARED OF THE ENEMY'S E-BOATS AND OTHER WARSHIPS They can even hug the French coast, if it suits them, without fear of interference from guns or aircraft- -Drawing by W m. McDowell Now that the French Channel ports are in Allied hands, British vessels can sail up and down Channel without coming under fire from German batteries on shore ...

... THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT TO STEP FROM HIS PLANE on arrival in Moscow on October 9 for his discussions with Marshal Stalin a picture received by radio THE GROUP AT THE AIRFIELD AFTER MR. CHURCHILL'S ARRIVAL From left to right are seen Field-Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Mr. Churchill Mr. Anthony Eden (behind) M. Maisky, Assistant Foreign Commissar (in uniform) and ...

... The GLIDER which Carries TANKS Details of the British Hamilcar Used for the Arnhem Expedition (^\ne of Britain's first-class tanks is the specially-designed airborne Tetrarch. In June 1940 the General Staff at the War Office, together with experts from the Ministry of Supply, foresaw that there would be a need for an airborne tank when we invaded the Continent, a tank which could be carried in ...

... working with the troops, helping to dig deep trenches, which are defended by mines and heavy wire. The rapid advance over the Seine and Marne was halted at the Moselle, when rain descended and the river rose, making the construction of bridges difficult, causing a general delay and thus giving the enemy the breathing-space for which he was longing. The enemy resistance became stiffer and there ...

... 'Fhe Siegfried Line runs for a length of about 300 miles from near the Swiss border up into Holland. Over the whole of this length it will have to be manned by the Germans, for nowhere are they safe from the threat of invasion by the British and American armies. Unlike the Maginot Line, the Siegfried has been built in depth, with gun emplacements and infantry positions of every kind, pill ...

... THE FUHRER REAPPEARS AFTER THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. This picture was taken on August 27, five weeks after the bomb attempt during which he was slightly wounded. On that day he received fourteen soldiers of the German Army and Army S.S. at his headquarters, and awarded them the Golden Pin for man-to-man combat. The Fiihrer is now noticeably plumper in appearance than at the outbreak of war of ...