... 1 1|| i^j H IJ K\TiT?l7?riiT^ WiT'jX^'l lirMMlillllMlMf ^^n^^T77[ riii-L* amM The first of the War Criminal trials to be held in Germany began on September 17 at Lnne- burg, when Josef Kramer, the Beast of Belsen, appeared in a specially-prepared Courtroom. With him were 44 other men and women all are accused of the ill-treatment of Allied prisoners at the notorious concentration camps at ...

... THOUSANDS OF GERMANS ARE TURNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES on the Eastern frontiers of Europe and now face starvation Owing to the displacement of millions of former residents of Poland and Czechoslovakia all Germans who have been compelled to evacuate their homes, hundreds of thousands of refugees from these terri tories have arrived in Berlin. Most of them have been forced to leave again, as there ...

... Had not the Japs decided to sur- render when they did, the whole might of the Allies and especially America would have been directed towards invasion. Here are new pictures of the two bases which would have taken the greatest share in the enterprise- Luzon and Guam. At both, and in the other 400 bases in the I Pacific area, stores and men were jj piling up ready for the operation which the Jap ...

... EVERYTHING points to a boom in sport in this country. For six years the public has worked very hard and played, or even watched, very few games. And if the Trades Unions' idea of a 44-hour- week materialises, there will be more and more leisure, and therefore more and more time in which to watch or play games, visit race-tracks and generally enjoy oneself. If this were not obvious, the sale 01 ...

... If*' ROLLS-ROYCE j st Car in the World ...

... British scientists have found a way of in creasing the natural surface tension of water, making it technically possible to build a mid-Atlantic aerodrome or a floating cross- Channel bridge. One practical result of the discovery is the production of man-made islands which can be built to any shape or length required, and which can be easily dismantled, transported and reassembled. Another, ...

... ONE YEAR LATER-- the nijmegen paratroops return to the old BATTLEFIELD TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY A general view, showing General W. Gavin, Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, laying a wreath in the cemetery. In the background, the white crosses mark the graves of those who died THE LONG TREK HOME TO RUSSIA-- a scene in a Berlin street Liberated Russians, with their ...

... THE INCREASING FURY OF A TROPICAL STORM High tides and wind lash the waterfront at Miami as the hurricane increases in tempo. Much damage was done to the popular Florida resort by this latest visitation of Nature. Every so often the coasts of Southern Florida are swept by tropical hurricanes, which wreak considerable damage and frequently cause loss of life. The latest swept in from the sea on ...

... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. A Hard Peace?-- a hard peace for the Japanese-- that sounds fair enough. A hard peace for the Germans --that, too, is reasonably fair and cer tain; though already Humanity and common sense have clearly indicated that mercy and justice are one and indivisible. A hard peace for one ally at the hands of another or others That does not ring true, and must not come true ...

... ^he Duplex-Drive tank was officially born in 1941. The principle of flotation em ployed was remarkably simple. It consisted of a collapsible canvas screen fitted to the hull of a tank and raised or lowered at will. When erected, the screen completely surrounded that part of the tank above the tracks and, based on the principle of displacement, enabled the tank to float. At the touch of a ...

... Now that the war is over, the mine sweepers are as busy as ever, sweep ing up the mines around Britain to make the fairways safe for peacetime shipping. H.M.S. Foam is nearest to the camera in this picture with H.M.S. Bramble behind in the dis tance is a British escort carrier MINESWEEPERS ARE HARD AT WORK TO MAKE THE SEAS SAFE AGAIN FOR MERCHANT SHIPPING A MIXED FLOTILLA OPERATING FROM THE ...

... VT agasaki, on the island of Kyushu, IN was a city of 250,000 people. It was an important port, a major ship building and repair centre, and the chief supply base for Japan's Manchurian Army. On August 9 the second atomic bomb to fall on Japan was dropped from an American aircraft and the citv ceased to exist. The pictures reproduced on this page were taken, from the ground, by an American ...