... For years now before and since the opening of the war people in the I free countries of the world have doubted many of the atrocity stories brought out of Germany by anti-Nazis. Some have thought them lies, others have thought them gross exaggerations. The pictures reproduced here have been taken by Allied photographers accompanying our armies in Germany, and they have been officially circu ...

... Jhe incident depicted in the drawing above occurred a few week-ends ago. On two successive nights, the enemy sent out strong forces of E-boats. On both occasions they were intercepted. First contact was made by a Wellington of R.A.F. Coastal Command. In the early hours of the follow ing morning, the enemy was engaged by a British destroyer and frigate. A fierce action then ensued, during which ...

... The diagram-drawing reproduced above has been made to illus trate the co-operation between tanks and infantry which has marked the British advance into Germany at those stages where definite enemy resistance has been anticipated. The column of infantry plods phlegmatically forward the men carry all sorts of light equipment to meet the diverse situations which may lie ahead rifles, pistols, ...

... More than four months after the great German battleship Tirpitz was sunk in the Tromso Fiord, in Norway, by 12,000-lb. bombs launched from Lan caster of R.A.F. Bomber Command, vertical and oblique reconnaissance photographs of her wreck were secured on March 22. The pictures show that much of the hull of the capsized battleship is covered with snow, which has been only partially cleared away ...

... s the Allied ground forces advance into the heart of Germany they are seeing more and more evidence of the devastation and destruction wrought by our bombers among import ant enemy towns and indus trial and communications centres, which have in many cases been almost com pletely obliterated The three R.A.F. recon naissance photographs repro- duced here are only a few out of many such. Wherever ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 293 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Waterloo Run.-- The hunt is up, and some of the field have thrown caution to the winds. But the Master and the Whips know that even a Waterloo Run is liable to checks. I would not wave aside the possibility that the Nazis may yet establish a check-line between the western spearheads and Berlin. Mean while, when every day a glittering prize ...

... CHAMPION SPARKING PLUG COMPANY LIMITEC , In the grim struggle for Aachen or that peace time tour by Arundel's historic castle wherever engine performance really counts, there's always Champion dependability. FELTHAM, MIDDLESEX ...

... The four official photographs reproduced here are the first to be released of the new Gloster jet -plane, the E 28/29. Construction of this air craft began in 1940, and the first flight took place on May 15, 1941. It is a small, low-wing monoplane, with a single fin and rudder owing to the absence of a propeller, a short tricycle undercarriage has been installed, the nose wheel retracting ...

... INVASION WRECKAGE LITTERS THE SHELVING BEACH after victory had been won by the Americans This was the scene two days after the U.S. Marines had stormed ashore, and when it was known that success was to crown their efforts. Some idea of the stiff opposition put up by the Jap defenders is indicated by this picture of wrecked landing-craft lining the shore. When the Jap batteries had been knocked ...

... A BRITISH COMMANDO PATROL OF THE FIRST COMMANDO BRIGADE setting off to round up snipers in Wesel The first of the surprise crossings of the Rhine took place at 10 p.m. on the night of March 23, when British Commandos went over in assault craft to prise open the hinge of the German line on the east bank. They crossed under a terrific barrage of 1,500 guns to form the spearhead of the British ...

... IN GERMAN SILESIA A scene in the town of Christian- stadt. German civilians are mobilised for the construction of a military bridge across the River Bober IN THE GERMAN TOWN OF NAUMBURG, civilians who remained after the retreat of the Nazis are made to tear down the defence barricades in the streets SOVIET SAPPERS IN THE FIGHTING FOR BRESLAU An assault group, carrying explosives, make their ...

... r. -rr MAKES THE BESI V OF UTILITY w Desire for lovely lace-trimmed Lingerie will be allowed expression when the world is at peace again. Meanwhile, the plain fashion of war-time Lingerie in Celanese is satisfying the fabric is still lovely, the quality excellent. Gracing the festive boards of those civic rituals which have distinguished English life for generations, Minton China continues ...