... 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 ...

... n the dark days after Dunkirk and the occupation of the Channel ports by the Germans, the Thames Estuary was vulnerable to enemy attack by sea and by air. As one of the counter-measures against this new menace, and to keep the Port of London open to shipping, great sea-fortresses were built at Gravesend, towed out by tugs to selected spots and sunk to the river-bed. Upon the towers large steel ...

... THERE was so much excitement at the Labour Party Conference last month over the question of Greece when Mr. Bevin supported the Cabinet, that most of the resolutions passed unnoticed in the general clamour. By and large, however, it seems that the Labour Party wants to nationalise almost everything worth having. This includes banking, land, coal-mines, the railways and all other kinds of ...

... IF YOU CABLE THEN- See that your correct Christian name or initials are telegraphed with your surname. Uncertainty as to sender's identity causes anxiety. Mark your cable 'VIA IMPERIAL' EASE THE BURDEN CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED ELECTRA HOUSE LONDON Introducing wimM-rrMTM A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN MAZDA FLUORESCENT LIGHTING OUTSTANDING feature of sunlight according to their psycho- the Mazda ...

... -i;:f v.. THE LAST REMAINING STRONGHOLD IN THE GtRMAN BULGE IN THE ARDENNES: A VIEW FROM THE AIR SHOWING ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE TOWN OF ST. VITH after the Germans in possession of it had been subjected to a saturation raid carried out by Allied bombers To all intents and purposes, the once-considerable German bulge into Belgium can now be regarded as finished in Field-Marshal Montgomery's ...

... AS THE GERMAN ARMIES APPROACHED THE POLISH CAPITAL IN SEPTEMBER 1939: A group of Warsaw citizens, mostly boys and girls, but with a sprinkling of middle-aged men, set out to dig trenches for the defence of the city. At that moment the German hordes were sweeping across the Polish plains, backed up by the then all-powerful Luftwaffe A RING OF TRENCHES AROUND WARSAW With hundreds ol thousand: of ...

... A very big force of all amis of the U.S. Sixth Army landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf. The distance to Manila, capital of the Philippines, is 110 miles. Several roads and a railway lead across a wide plain southwards to Manila Bay and the city and dockyard at Cavite. The view given on the right is taken from the north, with Santiago Island and the Zambales Mountains closing in the scene on ...

... Tn a previous issue of The Sphere, the advance of the 5th Indian Division and the 11th East African Division upon Kalenyo was described. These troops pressed on to Kalewa, meeting stiff opposition from the enemy in the narrow gorge of the Myittha River, which runs into the Chmdwin at Kalewa. A bridge head was made to the eastern side of the Chindwins. Meanwhile, the British 36th Division, ...

... With the coldest month of the year, February, still to come, the working girls of Paris are having a bad time in the homes, offices and fashion salons of the capital. The temperature has been near to zero and no relief is yet in sight. Warm clothing is scarce, coal is non-existent even in the black market, and the small quantities of wood are hard to get and prohibitive in price. The 1945 ...

... MAKE AND MEND.-- I cannot expect to live to see the new cities and towns which will arise one day on the ruined sites of the old cities and towns I knew. I am sorry for this, because I feel the keenest interest-- tempered with some anxiety-- about these results. The diffi culties ahead are tremendous, the problems complex. Ihe authorities who will be responsime snouia an De composed 01 super ...

... WHEN PADDINGTON STATION WAS HIT BY HIGH EXPLOSIVES It can now be made I public that on March 3, 1944, direct hits were made on Paddington Station by German high explosives and a large incendiary. One bomb exploded on Platforms Six and Seven, j making a crater 40 ft. wide and 12 ft. deep. This picture was taken as workmen were i filling in the big hole. By evening of the same day all the ...