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Volume 4 - No. 94 - June 20, 1941

Why, O Why, Did it Happen in Crete?

Jun1941

Why, O Why, Did it Happen in Crete?

Perchance Official Optimism Is a Greater Menace to Our Cause Than 'Dangerously Unorthodox' Methods of the Nazis Let us be fair. The Germans have learnt to use the air in war in a way never before a

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I Was There! - How Our Catalina Shadowed the Bismarck

Jun1941

I Was There! - How Our Catalina Shadowed the Bismarck

American-built Catalina flying-boats of the R.A.F. Coastal Command played a vital part in the tracking down of the ill-fated Bismarck. On occasion they encountered heavy fire from the battleship, as t

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I Was There! - I Saw One Vast Explosion - The Hood Had Gone

Jun1941

I Was There! - I Saw One Vast Explosion - The Hood Had Gone

The end of the 'mighty Hood' was described as an almost unbelievable nightmare by Reuter's special correspondent, who was on the bridge of one of our warships when the Hood went down with her guns sti

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