No. 143 - The War Illustrated

Volume 6 - No. 143 - December 11, 1942

Dec1942

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Again the Union Jack flies over Tobruk. By Friday, Nov. 13, 1942, this Axis fortress was for the second time in our hands, South Africans being the first to enter. Taken during Gen. Wavell's advance

Dec1942

The War at Sea

In a series of closely contested actions, mostly fought at night, the United States naval forces in the Solomon Islands area, under the command of Vice-Admiral W. F. Hasley, inflicted a severe defeat

Dec1942

Victor of the Battle of Egypt

Hard on the heels of Rommel's shattered columns, the 8th Army's commander watches the pursuit from his tank turret. Thirty-four years have passed since Bernhard Law Montgomery joined the Royal Warwi

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The Battle Fronts
The War at Sea
Tunisia, the Key Country of North Africa
How They Prepared to Invade North Africa
Victor of the Battle of Egypt
Under the Swastika
The War in the Air
'Do We Intrude?' Let the Nazis Answer!
The Home Front
I Was There! - Off Algeria We Fought Waves of Nazi Bombers
I Was There! - We Blitzed the Nazi Convoys from 10 Feet Up
I Was There! - I Watched the General Decorate Our Heroes
Our Diary of the War
Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 143 - December 11, 1942

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The War at Sea

Victor of the Battle of Egypt

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