Volume 6 - No. 135 - August 21, 1942
Aug1942
Along the Battle Fronts
Readers are asked to remember that the articles on the War by Land, Sea and Air, specially written for THE WAR ILLUSTRATED by our expert contributors, should be read with at least a fortnight's perspe
Aug1942
The Home Front
"Is that a utility suit?" demanded an Hon. Member of the President of the Board of Trade the other day when the Commons were discussing the annual "Vote." "No, sir," replied Mr. Dalton, "because I am
Aug1942
I Was There! - Our Convoy Went Through 6 Days of Bombing
A six-day battle against attacking planes recently fought by one of the largest convoys to reach Russia with war supplies was described by British seamen on their return to this country. For nearly
Aug1942
I Was There! - We Picked Up Forty-Four Unhappy Italians
Here in a few words Petty Officer Nicholas Symmons tells of an incident that came to break the monotony of a spell of convoy duty. At a time when the menace of the U-boats is being stressed in Press a
Full index of this magazine
- Cover
- Along the Battle Fronts
- When It Was 'Sitzkrieg' for the Nazis in Libya
- The War in the Air
- U.S. Commanders on the World's War Fronts
- The Home Front
- Rommel: The Man and the Myth
- The War at Sea
- Woman's War Work and How It's Paid
- I Was There! - I Saw the Indians Go into Action in Libya
- I Was There! - It's So Nice to See the Nazis Gorge in Oslo!
- I Was There! - Our Convoy Went Through 6 Days of Bombing
- I Was There! - We Picked Up Forty-Four Unhappy Italians
- Our Diary of the War
- Editor's Postscript
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