... ■MMgHIKH L iluS|JHylaEjU IYIA1 f;HJ J 7 Drawing by W. G. Whitaker It was clear from comments made in the -'J-JfrW J£r/ JPW HE GERMAN ARMOUR GOES FORWARD IN THE ECHTERNACH AREA IN DEEP SNOW THE sccas ON THE BOURSCHEID ROAD, beneath a picturesque ruined castle, and made a penetration into iAm ...

... THE BRITISH ARMY VERSUS THE E.L.A.S. IN ATHENS: a DISTANT VIEW OF MOUNT LYCABETTOS, WHICH IS NOW IN BRITISH HANDS; in the foreground a soldier scans the rooftops for hostile snipers in the city streets below Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden have been to Athens and returned to London the Archbishop Damaskinos has been appointed Regent in place of King George of the Hellenes and yet ...

... Just before Christmas, many of our soldiers who were lucky enough to get leave to England paid a visit to the Brussels shops and market-places for toys and presents to take home. Others who were not so lucky never theless did a tour of the shops and posted their gifts home. Busy scenes were to be witnessed in all the shops and stores, where a good supply of articles was to be found. There were ...

... _ 0 AS we are now entering the sixth year of war, it is time to hold a National Health stocktaking. How do we stand, physically and mentally, after all this total warfare, with its attendant blitzes, nerve strain, rationing and direction? The answer is surprisingly cheerful, to judge by a perusal of the as yet unpublished findings of the Ministry of Health. Arrnrdinrr to the pvnprts the most ...

... f j I 'l ^Hj WJ Jm /wSEN PEACE When Anglepoise Lamps be gin to light up writing desk, reading corner and knit ting circle we shall know that peace is here. Until then we crave your patience (you have been very very patient). Then you will enjoy its amazing obedience and flexibility, its many A\\ angles of lighting focussed on Ij the object not in your eyes. Ill On sale with Victory /i SOLE ...

... CTarly in December 1944 the French in Alsace reported that they had destroyed a number of a new and improved German tanlv This was the Royal Tiger, successor to the formidable Tiger already known to our armies on the Continent. The specimens knocked out in November were found to bear dates as late as November 15, thus indicating that they were going into service almost straight from the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 281 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Lifting Clouds.-- The dim ness of the Christmas 1944-45 holidays may now be acknowledged. The clouds are lifting a little; the light is filtering back in nature and in the Allied. war situation. We may safely admit now that the clouds and fog of war were heavy and grievous. Once more we may hope that the worst is over. But that hope ...

... THE EXTRA WORK BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE SNOWS The men of the tank companies have taken to using whitewash on their armoured vehicles to make them blend with the white background. Here is an American M4 Sherman which has just been treated in this manner THE TYPE OF COUNTRY IN THE ARDENNES through which our men have been fighting the ground is very broken, with woded hills which give every advantage ...

... NEW YEAR'S DAY ON THE WESTERN FRONT A scene in a British sector, as men gather round a fire in the open. In the background, is the entrance to one of the fox-holes which forms their temporary home Below THROUGH THE ARDENNES FOREST TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE GERMAN SALIENT General Patton's men fight their way through snowstorms and tall pine forests towards the Bastogne area-- -Drawing by W. G ...

... The fiercely-contested battle for Budapest, capital city of the Hungarians, resolved itself in its later stages into a struggle in which each opponent endeavoured to checkmate the other. Intense fighting went on inside the city, until the Red Army reached the very core of the enemy positions. The Germans countered by forcing back the Russians from Esztergom, on the Danube to the north of the ...

... Correspondents on the Western Front have repeatedly described attacks and counter-attacks in the strength of at least a platoon, or with ten tanks and a hundred men. This has applied to the big pushes such as von Rundstedt's, as well as to smaller actions. Does this mean that all fighting nowadays is done in small pockets, and that there is no scope under modern conditions for massive ...

... A POIGNANT PICTURE TAKEN ON CHRISTMAS EVE Holy Night, Silent Night being sung by men of the 1 0 1 st Airborne Division in Bastogne whilst besieged by the Germans. Shortly after this picture was taken enemy bombers broke up the midnight service t ■anrii imirmnrwnn 1 1 iwn-- BRITISH TROOPS IN HOLLAND SKATING ON THE FROZEN CANALS AND DYKES with young Dutch boys and girls as teachers. Among the ...