Volume 8 - No. 187 - August 18, 1944
Aug1944
In the Front Line near Cagny
In the front line near Cagny, south-east of Caen, men of the 2nd Army await the order to attack. Each carries a pick or shovel ready for instant digging-in on reaching new positions, and a D.R. stan
Aug1944
I Was There! - We Shelled German Targets at 11 Miles Range
There is at least one German who can vouch for the accuracy of the guns of the cruiser H.M.S. Arethusa during the bombardment of Normandy. This unfortunate Hun was perched on the top of a chimney stac
Aug1944
Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 12 - Gambia
Linked with Britain for over 350 years, since 1588 when Queen Elizabeth granted a patent to English merchants to trade with the country, is Gambia in West Africa, which became a Colony in 1888. After
Full index of this magazine
- The Battle Fronts
- The War at Sea
- In the Front Line near Cagny
- They Tend the Front Line Sick and Wounded
- 'Red Duster' Flies Again in Swedish Ports
- Views & Reviews
- Catapults give R.A.F. Pilots a Flying Start
- I Was There! - How We Ran the Blockade in the Gay Corsair
- I Was There! - I Dodged the Germans for Five Weeks in Caen
- I Was There! - We Shelled German Targets at 11 Miles Range
- I Was There! - In a Burning Plane I Crashed in Yugoslavia
- I Was There! - Our Unwanted Cargo was an Unexploded Mine
- Our Diary of the War
- The War in the Air
- Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 12 - Gambia
- Editor's Postscript
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