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HOW THE ATTACK WAS LAUNCHED BY THE GERMANS

... ■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 ...

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... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 222 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BEHIND the LINES with the BRITISH ARMY in HOLLAND: Some of the Sights and Scenes Within the Battle Areas

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 583 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

YOUR VERY GOOD HEALTH!

... _ 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 The answer is surprisingly cheerful, to judge by a perusal of the as yet unpublished findings of the Ministry of Health.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 ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1741 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

TERRY

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 84 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

Dramatic ACTION-PICTURES from the PACIFIC

... THE ACTUAL CAPTURE OF YONTAN AIRFIELD, ON OKINAWA ISLAND, on the opening day of the assault in the Ryukyus in this aerial view American tanks can be seen sweeping across the field, whilst American gunners are already manning the captured anti-aircraft installa tions. From a military point of view, the Yontan airfield was one of the salient objectives in the Ryukyus it is only a mile from the ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 676 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A.M.G. in ACTION in OCCUPIED GERMANY

... ^verywhere i n Germany extra ordinary scenes have I been witnessed on the roads since the entry of the Allied armies. The volume of civilian I traffic has varied from a few peasants seated I on their piled-up goods to long columns of men and women liber ated from slave occupations and seek ing their homes in distant countries. Uur soldiers have been guiding these people in the general I ...

IN THE OTHER BATTLE ZONES

... RANCE'S YOUNGEST GENERAL IS AN ACE RUGBY PLAYER He is General Jacques Chaban-Delmas, formerly in the French Underground Service, and just over thirty. During the rising in Paris, it was he who received the surrender of the beaten Germans. In the Rugby match against the R.A.F. in Paris in November last, he scored the only points for France THE NEW CHANCELLOR OF AUSTRIA-- Dr. Karl Renner He is ...

Advertisements

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G.E.C

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Published: Saturday 10 November 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 115 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

HIGHLAND QUEEN

... Hichland Oueeh Queens bu iamciii QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA by Vandyke. Lady Wantages Collection GRAND LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY by ^(l£acdix7iaMHtUiiX Only the hand of a master, guided by long experience, inspired by genius, could produce the blend and harmony of colour which give this portrait immortality. So too, in Highland Queen Grand Liqueur the experi ence of generations has ripened into ...

Published: Saturday 10 November 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 95 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

AMERICAN BASES in the ATLANTIC

... (^ne result of the war on America has been her desire to possess air and land bases In the Atlantic, which has now become a frontier to the United States. One big base was con structed during the war on the island of Bermuda by agreement with Great Britain. A well-found aerodrome has, of course, peacetime uses and the future of the Bermuda base is awaited with interest. This is one of the most ...

Published: Saturday 06 October 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 452 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs