... There can be little doubt that one of the major causes of the collapse of Germany towards the end was the breakdown of communications among the Wehr macht formations in the field. It will be recalled that during the later stages of the rapid advance of the Western Allies a black out on all details of places reached by the advanced forces was frequently imposed. This seemed irksome at the ...

... Through pipe-lines laid along the bed of the English Channel over 1,000,000 gallons of petrol have been fed every day to supply the Allied armies on the Continent. This triumph of British private enterprise, known as Operation Pluto (Pipe-Line Under the Ocean), was revealed recently. 1 he petrol is delivered trom a I ,UUU-mile net work of pipe-lines in Britain, running as far north as the ...

... Bodies of elegance and faultless craftsmanship built individually to customers' exact requirements by coachbuilders of more than a century's experience and continuous service to the Royal House. A wide range of Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Bentley and other makes, in normal times, will be on view in our famous St. James Street Show rooms. In the meantime we can offer a fine selection of pre- war cars ...

... Donington House, Norfolk Street, Strand, W. C.T PRESERVATIVE f PRESERVE ALL WOODW oTiT^ t BRUSHING --j i It matters little how you protect your fencing against rot and decay, so long as it is done thoroughly with Solignum Wood Preservative. Brush coating on exist ing fencing is the most effective way but even Solignum will not last for ever so give all your wood work an occasional application ...

... When the Japs realised that the recapture of Rangoon was imminent and that their line of escape was threatened, they collected all Allied prisoners in the old Rangoon gaol and carried them, with the exception of the sick, towards Pegu. Liberating troops found the sick prisoners in the gaol buildings, and the troops advancing from the north met up with the 400 comparatively fit men whom the ...

... THE SEALING-UP OF THE JAPANESE PASSAGES THROUGH THE GREAT INLAND SEA This is being accom plished by Super-Fortresses dropping parachute mines at many strategic points in a very vital area Drawing by Roland Davies. Of the total transportation of Japan, the huge total of 75 per cent, is water-borne. For this purpose, the arterial highway provided by the great Inland Sea plays a very large part. ...

... HOW THE GERMAN PEOPLE ARE BEING REMINDED OF THE BESTIALITY OF THE NAZIS German men and women are given first-hand information of the horrors and crimes of Dachau, Buchenwald and other camps by means of posters in their main streets. On these are reproductions of photographs and letterpress which describe the scenes witnessed by responsible persons at those places. This group was gazing at a ...

... Mass-production shipbuilding has enabled Britain to maintain her position in the shipbuilding world whereby ships, such as those illustrated above, are built in sections, or units, in factories scattered over a wide area and transported by road to the shipyard, there to be hoisted into position by huge cranes and welded together electrically. The vessel is then launched and the final fitting ...

... The Norwegians Have lost no time in putting the most notorious of all quislings on trial in Oslo Vidlcun Quisling, who had appointed himself Fiihrer in 1940 after Hitler had invaded Norway. At the trial he was accused of betraying his country, altering its con stitution and ordering the death sentence for Norwegians. At the end of his interrogation in Oslo, the judge ordered that he should be ...

... While the Japanese troops have been endeavouring to carry out a more or less orderly retreat into Siam, they have been forming armed camps and road blocks in order to check our advance. In spite of monsoon downpours, our troops have been giving them no respite, and flame- throwing tanks have been employed with great effect on the bunker type of defence which the enemy has been employing at ...

... On left Over the war lactone: of Japan the American bomber: are now using two deadly type: of incendiary the phosphorus bomb and the jelly bomb. It i ...

... THE PRIME MINISTER TOURS HIS CONSTITUENCY, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. CHURCHILL ADDRESSING A CROWD AT WOODFORD THROUGH THE MICROPHONE AND IN THE RAIN. Mr. Churchill's tour lasted for six hours, during which he addressed some 10,000 people The constituency which Mr. Churchill will contest during the coming election is Woodford this is the new constituency which has resulted from the splitting of the ...