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Volume 6 - No. 132 - July 10, 1942

The War in the Air

Jul1942

The War in the Air

In the fast-moving panorama of the air war, some events appear to invest themselves with the significance of isolation. Dramatic as these happenings ofter are, it is a mistake to regard them as things

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The War at Sea

Jul1942

The War at Sea

One more the importance of ample air support for naval forces operating in narrow waters has been emphasized. So far as can be gathered from the various accounts that have been published of last month

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I Was There! - What the Americans Told Me About Midway

Jul1942

I Was There! - What the Americans Told Me About Midway

These first eye witness stories of the Japanese defeat in the sea and air battles off Midway Island on June 3 and 4 were told to Reuter's correspondent by American participants in the action. It wa

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Full index of this magazine

  • Along the Battle Fronts
  • The 'Fighting French' at Bay at Bir Hacheim
  • The War in the Air
  • Britain and Russia Allies For Twenty Years
  • Tobruk Was Taken By Storm at Last
  • The War at Sea
  • Dutch Harbour: War at the 'Top of the World'
  • I Was There! - 'Give Me a Moonlight Night and My Hurricane!'
  • I Was There! - What the Americans Told Me About Midway
  • I Was There! - The Germans Caught Me As I 'Snapped' Them
  • I Was There! - I Went to France With the Commando Men
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Editor's Postscript