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Volume 4 - No. 100 - August 1, 1941

I Was There! - For Days We Fought the Nazi Parachutists

Aug1941

I Was There! - For Days We Fought the Nazi Parachutists

How our troops in Crete tackled the Germans on the ground but were overwhelmed by their bombing planes is vividly described in this account of the fighting by a wounded Maori sergeant. On the after

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Full index of this magazine

  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • The Russian People Are Now Our Allies
  • Russia's Tank Corps Is the World's Largest
  • Four Weeks of R.A.F. Non-stop Fire and Fury
  • Nine Millions in History's Greatest Battle
  • Victories but No Victory for the Nazis
  • Peace in Syria After Five Weeks of War
  • Our Diary of the War
  • India's First V.C. of this War
  • Now We Know Why King Leopold Surrendered
  • I Was There! - I Was in Moscow When War Was Declared
  • I Was There! - We Never Have a Square Meal in France Now
  • I Was There! - For Days We Fought the Nazi Parachutists
  • I Was There! - We Cheered Like Mad for the British Navy
  • I Was There! - Our Fleet's Barrage Beat Off the Enemy's Air Attack
  • The Editor's Postscript