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Volume 4 - No. 81 - March 21, 1941

Flames Over Norway

Mar1941

Flames Over Norway

Lofoten's Oil Tanks Fired by the British. During the brilliant raid on the Lofoten Islands carried out by British forces on March 4, 1941, 26 oil plants in the islands were completely wrecked. Briti

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The Navy Knocks at Hitler's Back Door

Mar1941

The Navy Knocks at Hitler's Back Door

Swooping out of the blue on the Lofoten Islands, a joint British and Norwegian force delivered a lightning thrust at Hitler's power in this northern extremity of his realm. Below we tell the story of

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Full index of this magazine

  • Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Flames Over Norway
  • Once Again Bulgaria Takes the Wrong Turning
  • In the Balkan Ferment Turkey Stands Fast
  • The Navy Knocks at Hitler's Back Door
  • Pages from the Prison Diary of a British Officer
  • Though in Enemy Hands They're in Good Heart
  • 'Pages of Glory' Written by Men of Free France
  • Now the Watchword is: 'On To Addis Ababa!'
  • How a Filter Beat the Libyan Sands
  • When the Captain Orders: 'Make Smoke Screen!'
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Still the Greeks Are On Top in Albania
  • In Skirts or Trousers, Good Soldiers All!
  • I Was There! - 'Our Boys of the Grom Behaved Splendidly'
  • I Was There! - We Left Norway to Fight Beside You!
  • Then as Now in the Empire's Service
  • 'Tell Us What It's Like to Bale Out!'
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest