... ■Ml ■nans i THE NEW BRITISH AIR POLICE IN OCCUPIED GERMANY, and the tvDes of famous aircraft which thev are flying Spitfire, Typhoon and Mosquito- --Drawing by Roland Dovies The British Air Force Occupation authorities in Germany will enforce a complete ban on German civil flying, designing or construction, in accordance with the Allied terms of surrender. Announcing this, Air Chief-Marshal ...

... The great Allied armada was drawn up in three great columns across the broad Sagami Bay whilst preparations for the first seaborne landings on Japanese soil were being made. Forty miles away to the south-west could be seen the towering peak of Fujiyama piercing the thick, white clouds. Before the Fleet was a picturesque, green, hilly shore. Our destroyers stood close in to the attractive ...

... Before the end of the war, Japanese balloons, carrying high-explosive and incendiary bombs, landed in densely wooded areas of British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces. Here is the chandelier which carried the balloon's mechanism and bombs. The balloon itself is constructed of tough papier, 33 ft. in diameter and carrying 1 9,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas it was designed to operate at a ...

... The Jap surrender of Penang and Singa pore was signed on August 29 on board the British warship Nelson. It was arranged at this meeting that envoys would be sent from Singapore to give information which would help the British East Indies Fleet to make a safe passage down the Malacca Strait for the entry into Singapore and Penang THE ALMOST COMPLETE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE SECOND ATOMIC BOMB ...

... THE ALLIED FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY IN BERLIN The four Commanders stand at the salute outside the Kammergericht, where the Military Governors of each zone meet. General Eisen hower, r leld-Marshal Montgomery, Marshal /.hukov and Ueneral Koenig were the principal figures in the Allied Flag-raising Ceremony held in Berlin on Monday, August 20. Here they are seen at the salute as the flags are ...

... The city of Nanking lies on the right bank of the Yangtse, a little to the west of the region of large lakes which lies inland from Shanghai. The city, as one sees it to-day, is still sur rounded by its ancient walls, but these are partially broken in many places. As will be seen in the above view, the form of the city is irregular, differing in this way from such cities as Peking and Mukden. ...

... RITAIN Four German Pictures Taken in the Year 1940 Here is a flashback to the autumn of 1940, when the Battle of Britain was at its height and London was adjusting itself to the shock of the Luftwaffes assault on the capital. Londoners soon learned to recognise the Dorniers and the Hein- kels that came over in their hundreds until their power was smashed by the R.A.F. These pictures were taken ...

... THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ARRIVES IN JAPAN-- GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUST AFTER HE HAD SET FOOT ON ENEMY SOIL AT ATSUGI AIRPORT AFTER HIS FLIGHT FROM MANILA He is surrounded by newspaper correspondents, included amongst whom are a number of Japanese reporters, distinguishable in the above picture by their distinctive jockey caps At two o'clock in the afternoon of August 30, General MacArthur ...

... I The three pictures given here have just been received from H.M.S. Victorious after her aircraft had been in action in the last days of the war against Japan. She took part in attacks with American and British carrier- based aircraft against Japanese shipping and installations, when attacks were made on July 28 on an area ranging from north-eastern Kyushu, through the Inland Sea and Southern ...

... The Japanese Prime Minister, Prince Higashi Kuni, has given the facts of the Allied bombing of Japan. Our losses in both naval and aerial strength were so enor mous as to obstruct seriously the prosecution of the war, he said. Meanwhile, air raids on Japan proper were steadily intensified. In August the Allied forces started to use the atom bomb. The ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are too ...

... NEXT week the London Missionary Society is celebrating its triple jubilee; in other words, its 150th anniversary. In these days of atomic bombs and aircraft which can fly from Australia to London in less than three days, the missionary might appear to be somewhat of an anachronism. Television and radio, not to mention the internal- combustion engine, have failed, however, to promote practical ...

... WHAT IS TRUTH PERSONAL EARTH is Flat, believers please write (names not divulged). Write Box N.176, The Times, E.C.4. This item appeared in the Agony Column of The Times during the nine days of wonder when the atomic bomb was released. It was not its first appearance, I believe. But it was an apt appearance and gave me a great deal of pleasure. I like to think that there is still on our ...