... The old Austrian Empire, before 1914, ram shackle though it might be, was a Great Power, giving the protection of a famous historic Empire to all its dependent peoples. It included the Kingdom of Hungary, an equal partner, of which the Emperor was the crowned King, and the one-time Kingdom of Bohemia, with its Czech people. Beyond these chief divisions, there were Poles in Galicia, a portion ...

... monsoon conditions east of waw BRITISH SOLDIERS i WORK THREE DAYS NON-STOP TO BEAT THE MONSOON Hauling part of a Bailey bridge into position at Waw during a dry spell. The two pictures given here were taken while Sappers and Miners were working hard against the weather in monsoon conditions to put up a Bailey bridge, 174 ft. long, across the Pegu Canal at Waw. The bridge was of immediate ...

... For nearly two years of the war the Royal Navy used a phantom fleet of wooden warships fitted with dummy guns to hoax enemy reconnaissance aircraft and bombers. They were merchant ships with elaborate superstructure of plywood and canvas, painted to transform them into replicas of R-class battleships and an aircraft-carrier. They were used as bait for U-boats, and as aerial decoys to draw air ...

... THE MAN WHO IS TO BE PRINCE OF THE SALTEE ISLANDS Michael Neale looks at his island from the Irish mainland. A quarter of a century ago Mr. Neale sold newspapers In London later, he became a street navvy and dish-washer now he is to be crowned Prince of Saltee Islands. He is thirty-four years old, and he lives in Green Park, Dublin. His island, situated off the Irish coast, is three miles ...

... AMERICAN INVASION SHIPS ARE LOADED UP IN THE MARIANAS FOR ONSLAUGHTS AGAINST JAPAN American lorries are here seen hauling supplies to waiting Tank Landing Ships at a port in one of the Marianas group of islands in the Central Pacific. From the warehouses in the background a steady stream of lorries carry equipment and provisions for the U.S. troops en route to combat areas. The Japanese were ...

... WHEN the General in the conference-room at Frankfurt observed that 29 per cent. of Bavarians had been found to be Nazis as a result of the screening system, which was working well, I put out a finger. While not a new one on me, this verb to screen had constantly been cropping up in Germany, and I wanted to know more about it. It was just as well that 1 did, because what the General had in ...

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... LSSc^xTtZAcxXy u tlAJ vsCASS It is frequently the humbler members who do most to keep the scheme of things together. During recent years their work has not always been easy. Behind the comparative calm of the outward scene, desperate emergency measures have often been in operation. Today the situation is im proving. Besides the bare essentials we are slowly getting back some of the pleasanter ...

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... j t was early in June that the Allies made their first landing in British North Borneo, capturing the island of Tarakan. Later in the same month landings were made in Sarawak to seize the oilfields of Sena and Lin, which the enemy had abandoned after setting the oil wells alight. Many of them retreated into the interior, where they met rough treatment from the Dyaks. General MacArthur himself ...