... MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL AT THE GREAT VICTORY PARADE IN BERLIN IN THE UPPER PICTURE, GUNS OF THE THIRD REGIMENT, ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, HAVE JUST FIRED THE VICTORY SALUTE AS MR. CHURCHILL ARRIVED BACK AT THE SALUTING BASE AFTER INSPECTING THE RANKS BEFORE THE PARADE. IN THE LOWER PICTURE, THE PRIME MINISTER IS SEEN ON THE STAND IN THE TIERGARTEN with him are Field-Marshal Montgomery, Field ...

... When war came in 1939, the Queen Elizabeth was lying unfinished in the Clyde. Under Admiralty orders, work on the world s largest liner was hurried forward and, early in 1940, she slipped down-river out of Greenock. In March 1940 she was safe in New York Harbour. Thereafter she disappeared from the public gaze. It has now been disclosed that she made thirty-six wartime crossings of the ...

... AFTER a year of frus tration and many set-backs, the army in China started to wage war upon the enemy in real earnest. Hitherto they had been fighting defensive actions, but at the end of May the Japan ese were attacked and driven out of Nanning, the capital of Kwangsi, the most southerly province in China. The Chinese advanced to wards Liuchow, the former American air- hase which had hppn ...

... JUST BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER LEFT HENDAYE FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE WITH MRS. CHURCHILL, HE POSES FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON THE BEACH, wearing his famous siren suit and with bare legs. He arrived in Berlin by air on July 15 The Prime Minister's pre-Conference holiday at the Chateau de Bordaberry, near Hendaye, came to an end on Sunday last. On that day he flew to Berlin straight from the South ...

... FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY WITH THE TWO RUSSIAN MARSHALS HE DECORATED IN BERLIN On the left is Marshal Rokossovsky, invested with the K.C.B., on the right is Marshal Zhukov, invested with the G.C.B. On Thursday of last week, the two leading commanders of the Red Army Marshals Zhukov and Rokossovsky and two other Russian generals, were decorated by Field-Marshal Montgomery on the orders of the ...

... The pictures reproduced I here were taken a few da\i I ago from an Allied aircraft I flying over the centre of Ber- 1 lin. They show in a manner I hitherto not attempted tk I great devastation caused bj I the big Allied air raids ct I the German capital durinr I the closing stages of l£ I European War. All observer! I agree that, whereas the re- I moter suburbs escaped sen- I ous damage, the ...

... Wednesday, July 4, 1945, was a remarkable day for j North Rhine Province of Germany, inasmuch as fromti date the people of this large part of Germany rectij the first civilian representative Government since 1 advent of Nazi dictatorship. At 1 1 a.m. a meeting held in Dusseldoif at Military Government H.Q., Colonel J. A Barraclough, Commander of the Militi Government of the North Rhine ...

... 1 1 B Mill MTHuwn ENEMY FIGHTERS ADOPT NEW TACTICS OVER THE JAP HOMELAND WITH VERY FAST AIRCRAFT, THE JAP PILOTS HAVE HOW DEVELOPED A TWO-PLANE METHOD OF ATTACK against the slower and more heavily-laden Mustangs Drawing by Roland Davies The surprising recent emergence of Japan's hoard of first-string aeroplanes and pilots in defence of the enemy homeland has given American Navy airmen cause ...

... mw ■■■AiAHHM This is a typically Japanese device even the Nazis in their most desperate moments never evolved such an air weapon as the Baka Bomb. In reality it is a glider and it is carried beneath a parent aircraft for conveyance to the scene of action. As indicated in this drawing, it is fitted with wings, tail and cockpit the nose contains the charge. After launching, it is guided to the ...

... HB A massive concrete wall, topped with glass spikes, stands along the promenade at Scheveningen, the former fashionable Dutch seaside resort. This town was selected by the Nazis as a probable point to be attacked by the invading Allies, and every yard of the front was protected by barbed wire entangle nents, 44 dragon-teeth anti-tank obstacles, mines and guns. German troops quartered in the ...

... The work of carrying out first-aid I repairs to historic edifices in the City of London is now being performed by ex- perl stonemasons. Within the shadow of St. Paul's a huge pile of masonry dumped on a bombed site is being used in the work of preserving the fabric of churches damaged in the blitz. Ornamental stone which decorated the roofs is also being replaced. Engaged on this task is James ...

... IIMNWhP CRISIS AVERTED IN INDIA BY THE CALLING OF THE CONFERENCE AT SIMLA Lord Wavell, the Viceroy (in civilian clothes), talking to Tara Singh, Leader of the Sikhs (in Sikh costume), in the garden of Viceregal Lodge. On the left of Tara Singh is Mr. A. Jinnah, Leader of the Indian Moslems THE CROWD OUTSIDE THE VICEROY'S PALACE, AS GANDHI ARRIVES BY CAR to attend the Simla Conference With him ...