No. 17 - The War Illustrated

Volume 1 - No. 17 - December 29, 1939

Dec1939

I Was There! - I Saw The 'Graf Spee' Attacked

The first big naval engagement of the war was the battle of the River Plate, fought on December 13 between the German pocket battleship "Graf Spee" and the British cruisers "Exeter", "Ajax", and "Achi

Dec1939

I Was There! - We Were Prisoners On the 'Graf Spee'

On board the "Graf Spee" as prisoners were the captains of six British merchant ships, who were uncomfortably aware of the action although they saw nothing of it. These accounts are due to the "Daily

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Britain's Army Is in the Front Line Again
Finland Was Not Stalin's Birthday Present
No 'Picnic' in Finland for the Red Army
British Submarines' Best Week - So Far
They Singed the Fuehrer's Moustache!
'The Glorious Battle of the River Plate'
'Incredible Audacity' Wins the Day for Britain
Some Secrets of the Convoys Revealed
The Commonsense View of Gas Attacks
Poland is the Nazis' Jig-Saw
Words That History Will Remember
I Was There! - We Flew from Germany on Clipped Wings
I Was There! - I Saw The 'Graf Spee' Attacked
I Was There! - We Were Prisoners On the 'Graf Spee'
I Was There! - I Scuttled My Ship to Avoid Capture
Our Diary of the War
Easy French Phrases for British Soldiers - 6

Volume 1 - No. 17 - December 29, 1939

I Was There! - I Saw The 'Graf Spee' Attacked

I Was There! - We Were Prisoners On the 'Graf Spee'

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