... ijjjfH Qut of the mass of pictures taken during the course of March 24, we have selected those reproduced here to illustrate the manner in which the great river barrier to the very heart of Germany was pierced by the Allied Armies. For the task a volume of equip ment had been assembled such as has never before been witnessed in the history of warfare. In addition to the river crossing, Allied ...

... The contested crossing of a wide river such as the Rhine is not a light undertaking. Apart from the railway bridge at Remagen, all the permanent structures across the river were blown by the retreating Germans therefore, our heavy equipment and armour had to be taken across over pontoon bridges, often under heavy fire and in despite of a fairly swift current, which did not ease the engineers' ...

... AN IMPRESSION OF THE NEWEST TYPE OF BRITISH DESTROYER Ships of the Z class steaming fast through northern waters on the return from Norway Drawing by Montague Dawson Although not given in the usual authoritative reference books, the British Navy now has destroyers of the Z class, which must obviously be of the very newest type. This became apparent when the announcement was made recently of ...

... THE TRUTH ABOUT DEMO CRACY.-- For some years now I have been a voice crying in the wilderness for a definition of that word Democracy which is for ever on the tongue (in cheek) of statesmen and politicians. Recently Lord Quickswood tried his hand and, as I think, made a good job of de-bunking our brand of Democracy. A f a nv rate he made verv clear to me that the ideal of Democracy is one ...

... RO]OL AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT rOR .PASSEN8ER AIRCRAFT R 0 T 0 L LIMITED CLOUCESTEP. i j 9 RA.164 There comes a tide in the affairs of Empire, as of men, which taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune. That tide of air transports will How over the post-war world, and those transports which will carry the citizens of Empire should be the fruit of their brains. The Ri. Hon Son mill fi/litHS ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER No. 292 t Nf.w Oxford Strf.f.t. W.C.t. Getting Across. Our hearts are there, to the exclusion of all other thoughts, with our own men on the east bank of the Rhine above and below Wesel. They have made a wonderful landfall by water and from the air. The B.B.C. rightly judged the public craving for early and vivid news and prepared what must be a new record in the modern ...

... IT may not be long before Field-Marshal Mont gomery's forces find themselves spread far across North-Western Germany, allotted zone for Britain's share in the Occupation. Mr. Roosevelt has told how an American supply corridor will cross the British area to the sea at Bremen. Of course, Crerar's Canadians will be along too-- though probably not for long, if the acute anxiety to get home ...

... A few days ago, Just after the Rhine crossing by Field-Marshal Montgomery's Army, it was announced that Hitler had called an emergency meeting of his Ministers and Gauleiters. And, of course, they were told to meet at Berchtesgaden, at the famous Berghof, or 44 Mountain Court, which the Fiihrer has for many years made his headquarters. It is from this spot that he will direct his last stand ...

... SECOND only in interest to the exploits of the B.L.A. and the Americans across the Rhine is the coming General Election. Almost entirely unnoticed by the newspapers, every constituency in the country is humming with activity. More politics are being talked than at any time since 1938, or even earlier. Members of Parliament, who a few months ago did not expect nor secure audience of more than ...

... A 1,000-TON WARSHIP IS LAUNCHED BROADSIDE ON AT A SOUTHERN SHIPYARD H.M.S. Rippon, a Fleet Air Arm ferry, safely afloat. The heaviest ship ever launched by the broadside method in England left the slips a few days ago at a southern shipyard. She is the Rippon, a vessel of 1,000 tons, which has been built as a ferry for the use of the Fleet Air Arm. In order to ensure her safety during the ...

... GERMAN CITIES ARE BEING PULVERISED TO DUST THE RUINS OF WESEL, KEY POINT ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RHINE, after it had been captured by British Commando troops four hours after they had crossed the river as the spearhead of the Twenty-first Army Group on March 23, before the main crossings were launched \A/esel was probably the most strongly-defended German position ol V V all across the Lowetr ...

... The Third Army's advance, after the penetration of the Moselle- Coblenz area, took them to the famous, wooded, castle-crowned heights of the Rhine Gorge, where once, according to legend, the Lorelei maidens sang. Bingen and Oberwesel were captured on the same day. The former town lies at the point of junction of the Nahe River with the Rhine. This second river obstacle was rapidly crossed and ...