... 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 ...

... Xhis year the monsoon in the Indian Ocean has produced very bad weather. Nevertheless, the R.A.F. have flown many sorties to attack the Japs at points in Burma and Siam. On the occasion when the two accompanying pictures were taken, Liberators undertook a flight of 2,000 miles. In the picture on the left, a dense cloud of smoke is seen rising from a 10,000-ton Japanese tanker located 300 miles ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 305 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. A Good Riddance.-- when this note sees print, the General Elec tion will be decided; a new Govern ment will be clearing the decks for action and some at least of the tumult and the shouting will have died. I am not a betting man; if I were, I should wager a shade of odds on the return of the Conservative-National Government-- perhaps ...

... THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISER WHICH WAS HIT BY JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANES IN THE PACIFIC A view of the port side of the R.A.N. S. Australia, showing the damage caused to the bridge and deck. This damage has now been repaired in New York WHERE THE SUICIDE PLANE STRUCK THE SUPERSTRUCTURE The battered Jap motor lies in the foreground These two pictures have only just been released. They were taken in ...

... IN the full flush of last August, Very Important Americans decided that the war against Germany would finish in October. This conviction operated so strongly at rarefied level that the late President Roosevelt's right-hand man, J. F. Byrnes, ordered a partial switch-over to peacetime production. It took the Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee differently. These high-ranking American and British ...

... s On right During the eighty-two days of intense fighting on Okinawa Island, the U.S. Navy assisted the land forces in every possible way, both by sea and on the land. The risks the ships ran in their day-to-day tasks is now made evident by the preliminary figures. Al though the suicide bomb ing attacks were beaten off time and again, there were occasions when the enemy pilots burst through. ...

... ■lgMgpmpi|| 17 xperts m this country are now in possession of most of the German naval secrets. The latest vessels to be examined are the newest type of E-boat, of which a number have arrived at Portsmouth from Den Helder, their former base on the Dutch coast. One of these fast craft has been brought to London for a more complete examination. Little has so far been made public concerning its ...

... YY/hen the Nazis finally achieved absolute power in Ger many, not the least evil thing they did was to stamp out or attempt to stamp out Religion. Now that they have gone, religious feeling is again unfettered through out the Reich. This year, the Corpus Chnsti procession in Munich was carried out with all the pomp and pageantry of former years before the great evil descended on Germany. The ...

... A DEMONSTRATION BY THE BRITISH ARMY IN PARIS The French people are shown modern methods of training with the Scottish caber Twenty physical-training students of the British Army have been showing the Parisians how our soldiers were trained before their landing in France and how they are being trained for their battles in the Far East. These men are from the Army Physical Training School at ...

... NOW that the votes have been cast, it is worth while reflecting on what happened before, during and after the last khaki election. Within three days of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, it was announced that a General Election would take place exactly a month later. Polling day was fixed for December 14, but votes would not be counted until December 28, to enable the troops overseas to ...