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Volume 5

Volume 5 - No. 101 - August 8, 1941

  • Moscow Calling! Message For Frau Kremer!
  • Russia's Canals in Their Background of Strategy
  • They Keep the Heart of Britain Beating True
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Russia's Magnificent Stand Against the Invader
  • Have the Germans Found Their Match at Last?
  • With the Royal Navy in the Syrian Campaign
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Air Views of Hamburg: What Do They Show?
  • Where the 'Bombed Out' Are Sure of a Welcome
  • I Was There! - We Went in a Motor-Boat from Crete to Africa
  • I Was There! - How I Plodded 200 Miles Across Libyan Sands
  • I Was There! - What a Pity the 'Enemy Ships' Were Dummies!
  • I Was There! - My First Flights Over the Enemy's Country
  • The Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 102 - August 15, 1941

  • Japan Still Treads the Aggressor's Path
  • American 'Liberators' Fly in Freedom's Cause
  • What Is Your Picture of an 'Offensive Sweep'?
  • The Convoy Got Through - But Not the Italians
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • 'The Worst War Germany Has Had to Fight'
  • Russia's 'R.A.F.' Is Very Much Alive!
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Indo-China Is Now 'Protected' by Japan
  • I Was There! - I Saw Beirut's Welcome to Our Victorious Troops
  • I Was There! - The Navy's 'Most Brilliant Convoy Action'
  • I Was There! - The Russians Shot All Our Tanks to Pieces
  • I Was There! - How We of the Red Army Smashed the Nazi Tanks
  • The Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 103 - August 22, 1941

  • The Tragic Irony of India at War
  • America's New Army in the Making
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Poles and Russians Are Friends Again
  • Now Was Launched the Third German Offensive
  • Behold the Beaufighter
  • R.A.S.C. - The Army's 'Maid-of-All Work'
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Should It Have Happened on Bank Holiday?
  • I Was There! - I Saw How Moscow Took Her First Air Raid
  • I Was There! - We Flew From Belgium in an Ancient Plane
  • I Was There! - The Dutch Waved to Us Over Rotterdam
  • London Bridge Cannot Fall Down
  • I Was There! - We Were 8½ Days in Our Rubber Dinghy
  • Sgt. James Allen Ward
  • The Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 104 - August 29, 1941

  • After Two Years: A Word to the Wishful
  • Soviet Women Have Their Place in the Vanguard
  • This Is the Ukraine That Hitler Wants
  • Thailand May Soon Become a Battlefield
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • 'Arabian Tales': Russia Ridicules the Nazi Claims
  • 'Wherever I Go, Bright Eyes and Smiling Faces'
  • Our Diary of the War
  • The Marines Fought Magnificently in Crete
  • I Was There! - The Norwegians Gave Us the 'V' Signal
  • I Was There! - It Seemed as if Our Whole Hospital Was Lifted Up
  • Winston Churchill
  • I Was There! - We Put the Bombs Right on the Dot in Mannheim
  • The Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 105 - September 10, 1941

  • Those Two Years: Things to Remember
  • After Two Months: The Russians at Bay
  • How Yugoslavia Upset Hitler's Time-Table
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Britain and Russia Take Action Against Iran
  • High Drama on the High Seas
  • The 'Atlantic Charter'
  • New Bombers for Britain's New Squadrons
  • Our Diary of the War
  • The Why and the How of the Syrian Campaign
  • I Was There! - We Met Mr. Churchill in the Atlantic
  • I Was There! - My Submarine Sank 17 Nazi and Italian Ships
  • I Was There! - I Spent a Raid Night in the Moscow Tube
  • I Was There! - I Flew Between the Chimneys at Knapsack
  • The Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 106 - September 20, 1941

  • From 14 to 8: Our War Aims Take Shape
  • How the Nazi Snake Was Scotched in Iran
  • The Red Army Holds On and Hits Back
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • There's Another Russia Beyond the Urals
  • Our Diary of the War
  • This is What Tobruk is Like Today
  • I Was There! - How We German Parachutists Captured Maleme
  • I Was There! - The German Officer Shot Me in Cold Blood
  • I Was There! - I Posed as a Traitor to Get Out of France
  • I Was There! - My First Six Months as a Land Girl
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 107 - September 30, 1941

  • But Even Now America Is Not At War
  • In Capturing a U-Boat the Hudson Made History
  • This is how Russia Deals with German Bombs
  • Caucasus: Land of the Oil that Hitler Must Have
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • From Leningrad to Odessa the Battle Raged
  • War in the Arctic: The Spitzbergen Raid
  • Our Diary of the War
  • I Was There! - My Visit to One of Moscow's A.A. Batteries
  • I Was There! - How We Sweep the Channel for Our Convoys
  • I Was There! - We Slipped Over to Have a Look at Calais
  • I Was There! - We Sank a German Ship on Hitler's Doorstep
  • I Was There! - I Was on the Bombed Steel Seafarer
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 108 - October 10, 1941

  • Do We Really Need an Army of Millions?
  • Maybe There Will Be Battles in the Black Sea
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Triumph Is the World for These Sea Stories
  • Kiev Falls: The Nazi Drive in the Ukraine
  • Exit Riza Shah: A New Chapter in Persia
  • Our Diary of the War
  • New Halifaxes and Hurricanes Take the Air
  • Norway's Great Stand Against the Oppressor
  • I Was There! - What Caught My Eye in Besieged Odessa
  • I Was There! - We Did a Tour of Europe as Vichy Prisoners
  • I Was There! - How We Spent The Last Days on Spitzbergen
  • I Was There! - We Came from East and West to Bomb Berlin
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 109 - October 20, 1941

  • Need the Nazis Worry About Oil?
  • Soviet War Posters Show the Will to Win
  • Filling the Gaps in Britain's Labour Front
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • The Moscow Conference: Full Aid for Russia
  • Strange, the Czechs Don't Like Nazi 'Protection'!
  • Phases in the Far-flung Battle of the Seas
  • Our Diary of the War
  • British Tanks for the Battle of Russia
  • What the Soldier Eats and How He Gets It
  • I Was There! - What We Saw on the Smolensk Battlefield
  • I Was There - There Were 82 of Us in an Open Boat - 44 Died
  • I Was There! - En Route to Turin We Nearly Hit the Alps
  • I Was There! - How We Escaped from Internment at Dakar
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 110 - October 30, 1941

  • Death-Watch Beetles in Hitler's Europe
  • Persia is Our Gateway into Russia
  • Yugoslavia on the Conqueror's Rack
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Soviet Russia's Supreme Hour of Crisis
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Gas May Yet Be Used in This War
  • Cheers for the Lady Shirley and Seawolf
  • I Was There! - 'We Can Hear the Guns in Moscow Now'
  • I Was There! - 'Shall We Ever Be Picked Up?' We Asked
  • I Was There - Our Life as Czech Labourers in Germany
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 111 - November 10, 1941

  • What are We to Make of Gort's Dispatches
  • For 69 Days Odessa Stood at Bay
  • In Kazakhstan, One of Russia's 'Hidden' Bases
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Fateful Moves on the Russian Chessboard
  • What Sort of Men Are the Japanese Militarists?
  • Whither Japan in this Grim Hour of Destiny?
  • Our Diary of the War
  • They Direct the Fortunes of Free France
  • This is My Life as an Aircraftman
  • I Was There! - I Stood Beside the Sentinels in the Khyber Pass
  • I Was There! - We Paddled Our Canoes Across the Channel
  • I Was There! - Outnumbered, We Captured a Nazi Tank
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 112 - November 20, 1941

  • But For Britain! ... The Two Americas?
  • Maybe We Can Learn From Hitler's Army
  • Just What Damage Have We Done to Germany?
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Now the Crimea Is Caught in the Nazi Net
  • Convoy Raiding Is Now a 'Desperate Assault'
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Off for a 'Cruise' in Tobruk's Perimeter
  • Behind the Front: Battle of Supplies in Russia
  • 'Commando' Men Have 'Guts' and 'Gumption'
  • I Was There! - We Sang as the Germans Shelled Us at Calais
  • I Was There! - I Shall Never Forget that First 'Blitz' Night
  • I Was There! - They Showed Me a Moscow Collective Farm
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 113 - November 29, 1941

  • Stalin Speaks, 'That Great Warrior Stalin'
  • America's a Friend in Need to British Warships
  • Burma's Coming to the Front of the Picture
  • Echoes of War on the Road to Mandalay
  • If They Want War, Then Australia Is Ready
  • Flying the Atlantic Is Ferry Command's Job
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Bitter and Hard Is the Fight for the Crimea
  • Will Winter's Coming Halt the Russian War?
  • 'This Most Important and Timely Action'
  • What Is it Like in a U-Boat in Winter?
  • Our Diary of the War
  • This 'Fertile Island' is Now a Food Factory
  • Should Animals Be Used in Modern War?
  • All Together Against the Peril by Night
  • I Was There! - My Life as a Boy in Much-Bombed Malta
  • I Was There! - I Am Captain of a Band of Russian Guerillas
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 114 - December 10, 1941

  • You Want a Million Women, Mr. Bevin?
  • What Is Behind the Strikes in America?
  • Sure, We're the Men for the Two-Ocean Navy!
  • America Speaks! Let Aggressors Beware!
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • If We Have to Fight in the Caucasus
  • The Battle of Libya: The First Phase
  • Our Diary of the War
  • How They Made Ready for the Offensive
  • I Was There! - One Night We Made a Bolt from Benghazi
  • I Was There! - Berlin's Burning - and We Poles Have Done It!
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 115 - December 20, 1941

  • To Win We Must Have 30,000 Tanks - And More
  • Retreat from Rostov: Hitler's First Defeat
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • War in the Pacific: Japan Takes the Plunge
  • Japan's Place in the New Theatre of Conflict
  • Libya, Phase Two: Battle of the Parallelogram
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Your Waste Paper Is Wanted - for Shells!
  • 'Friendly Places' for Britain's Serving Men
  • I Was There! - 'Your Bren Gun Carrier Shot Up My Car'
  • I Was There! - 'We Realized the Ark Royal Was Finished'
  • I Was There! - I Was Torpedoed Twice in One Morning
  • I Was There! - I Met 'Captain Cortez' Just Back from Tobruk
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 116 - December 30, 1941

  • We Are Going to Win the War - And Peace
  • War Did Not Surprise the Netherlands Indies
  • 'For Good or Ill It Is Auchinleck's Battle'
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • First Round to Japan in the New World War
  • Now Finland Is Numbered Among Our Enemies
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Gondar Falls: The End of An Empire
  • At Last Every Briton Will Be Mobilized
  • I Was There! - Rommel Asked Me, 'Aren't You Glad?'
  • I Was There! - From Berlin We Flew Homewards in Flames
  • I Was There! - On My Way to Kuibyshev from Moscow
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 117 - January 10, 1942

  • Four Hundred Million Chinese Our Allies
  • Rommel in Retreat Through Cyrenaica
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • At Pearl Harbour Japan Tried for a 'K.O.'
  • Battle in Malaya: The Threat to Singapore
  • 'The Defence of Hong Kong Will Live in the Story of the Empire'
  • In the Philippines America Stands at Bay
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Retreat from Moscow: Will 1942 Repeat 1812?
  • I Was There! - I Saw 'Repulse' and 'Prince of Wales' Go Down
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 118 - January 20, 1942

  • The United Nations Declare for Freedom
  • Malta Had 60 Raids in Christmas Week
  • Our Troops in Libya Wear the Smile of Victory
  • Churchill Speaks for Britain in America
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • The Ordeal in the Philippines and Malaya
  • Hitler in Command: The Russians Sweep On
  • Our Diary of the War
  • War Reaches India's Eastern Gate
  • 'We'll Defend the Indies to the Last Man'
  • Hong Kong's Fight to the Bitter End
  • I Was There! - We Went to Vaagso with the Commando Men
  • I Was There! - I Watched a Practice Alert in India
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 119 - January 30, 1942

  • The 'Last Phase' or 'The Most Dangerous'?
  • Modern War in an Anchient Roman Province
  • Strengthening Defence of Britain's Airfields
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • The Yellow Tidal Wave in the Far East
  • New Year Begins Well for the Red Armies
  • Our Diary of the War
  • 'Only All-out War Will Hasten Victory'
  • The Soldier Who is Winning the War for Russia
  • I Was There! - I Got Right in the Middle of Eleven Messerschmitts
  • I Was There! - One French Family Kept Me for Seven Months
  • I Was There! - We Are Learning to Fly in the U.S.A.
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 120 - February 10, 1942

  • What the War has taught Us About Japan
  • The Gun that Knocks Out the German Tanks
  • Australia Meets the Threat of Invasion
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Mojaisk Falls: the Great Retreat Goes On
  • 'Victory or Not, An Episode of War Most Glorious'
  • Bitter Battles for Malaya and Burma
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Russia Has Tank-Busters - Where Are Ours?
  • I Was There! - I Was Amazed that Our Beaufort Ever Got Home
  • I Was There! - We Dived Into Oil to Save Our Ship
  • I Was There! - Chinese Guerillas Helped Us Escape from Shanghai
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 121 - February 20, 1942

  • The Russians Expect to Win by the Winter
  • If Only There Were More Australians!
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • The Battle of Singapore Has Started
  • Over a Countryside Held Fast in Winter's Icy Grip
  • Hard Knocks for the Japanese Aggressors
  • Half the Globe Is the Pacific Battlefield
  • Our Diary of the War
  • 464-1: Mr. Churchill and the Critics
  • I Was There! - With Unbelievable Suddenness the Barham Sank
  • I Was There! - How We Fought on the Beach at Kota Bharu
  • I Was There! - Ivan Is an A.R.P. Warden in Moscow
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 122 - February 28, 1942

  • Are We Winning the War?
  • Their Tomahawks 'Scalped' the Japs Over Burma
  • The Strange Case of Mr. De Valera's Ireland
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • The Tragic Story of Singapore's Fall
  • Through the Enemy-infested Waters of the Mediterranean
  • What the Russians Have Done This Winter
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Strange Adventure of a Sunderland's Crew
  • Are We Pulling Our Weight in Production?
  • I Was There! - We Fought Our Way Through the Malayan Jungle
  • I Was There! - Chased by a U-boat, We Gave Her the Slip
  • I Was There! - I Saw the Poles Go Over the Top at Gazala
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 123 - March 10, 1942

  • Singapore: The Way to Lose an Empire
  • From Brest Hitler's Ships Got Safe Home
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • From Rangoon to Darwin One Long Battle
  • In Russia the Cossacks Ride Again
  • Our Diary of the War
  • One Crime Only Can Rob Us of Victory
  • Above Singapore Floated the Flag of Japan
  • I Was There! - Singapore Was Burning as I Packed My Bag
  • I Was There! - Grim Was Our Flight From the Doomed City
  • I Was There! - My Farewell Visit to the Great Naval Base
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 124 - March 20, 1942

Volume 5 - No. 125 - April 2, 1942

  • Hongkong & Nanking: A Tale of Horror
  • 'Too Few, Too Late': The Tragedy of Rangoon
  • The Inevitable Tragedy of Java's Fall
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Australia 'Stripped for War' and 'Fighting Mad'
  • Once Again New Guinea Has Scenes of Savagery
  • They Speak for the Indians in a Fateful Hour
  • Fierce and Bloody Battle in the Java Sea
  • Our Diary of the War
  • French Papers Published at the Risk of Death
  • Who Were the Real Criminals at Rion?
  • Short Shrift for 'Black Market' Traitors!
  • I Was There! - Rommel's Tanks Charged At Us Full Tilt
  • I Was There! - How We Scorched the Oil Wells at Palembang
  • I Was There! - Through Snow and Ice Our Ships Struggled to Russia
  • I Was There! - The Portuguese Treated Us Right Royally
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 126 - April 17, 1942

  • The Third Spring Offensive
  • War's Monsoons Threaten the Indian Ocean
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • MacArthur and His Yanks Arrive 'Down Under'
  • St. Nazaire: Most Daring Raid Since Zeebrugge
  • Stalin Has Another Army in the Far East
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Those Magnificent Men of the 'Red Duster'
  • David Fights Goliath in the Mediterranean
  • I Was There! - I Saw Terrible Things Happen in Hongkong
  • I Was There! - We Bombarded Rhodes from Sea and Air
  • I Was There! - The Russians Sang to Us, 'Okay, Great Britanny'
  • I Was There! - How We Dug the Japs Out of Their Foxholes
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 127 - May 1, 1942

  • India: Sir Stafford Opens the Doors
  • Colombo Where the Air Defences Were Ready
  • America's Soldiers Arrive Safely in Australia
  • Russia's Murmansk Door Must Be Kept Open
  • What Free French Africa Means To Us
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Russia Will Smash Hitler's War Machine
  • At Bataan They Fought to the Last Cartridge
  • Malta: So Small in Size, So Great in Spirit
  • Ever Nearer to India Stride the Japanese
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Bombs on Germany - The R.A.F. Strikes Again
  • Critical Indeed Will Be 1942's Harvest
  • I Was There! - We Went With the Raiders to St. Nazaire
  • I Was There! - We Weathered a Wild Night in the Atlantic
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 128 - May 15, 1942

  • Laval: The Triumph of Treason
  • Retreat Through Burma: Fighting All the Way
  • Friend & Foe On India's Doorstep
  • Behind the American Lines in Bataan
  • Bombs on the Japanese: America Hits Back
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Augsburg - 'This Memorable Feat of Arms'
  • War on Wheels: Making the Army Mobile
  • It's a New China that Fights Beside Us
  • Chiefs of the United Nations in Chungking
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Planning the Course Ahead: Mr. Lyttelton's 'Postscript'
  • Bloody Was the Battle of New Britain
  • I Was There! - We Raided Boulogne Beach in Gym Shoes
  • I Was There! - Our Trek Southwards from Bombed Darwin
  • I Was There! - What I Discovered About the 'Doughboys'
  • I Was There! - We Ran the Gauntlet Through the Skagerrak
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 129 - May 29, 1942

  • Mr. Churchill Look Back - and Forward
  • 'Baedeler Raids' Are No Reply To Rostock!
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Not Bravery Alone Could Save Burma
  • Britain's High Command: How the War Is Planned
  • Russia: The Winter War in Retrospect
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Now It Is the Nazis Who Fear Invasion
  • Corregidor: Epic of 'Grim, Gaunt & Ghastly Men'
  • I Was There! - I Worked Alongside the Russians for Six Months
  • I Was There! - I Saw Burma's Pagodas Bombed Into Ruins
  • I Was There! - Life's Not Too Bad in a Workers' Hostel
  • I Was There! - I Went Back to Malta in Wartime
  • Editor's Postscript

Volume 5 - No. 130 - June 12, 1942

  • But Japan's Fleet May Still Be of Clay
  • Has Prinz Eugen Lived to Fight Another Day?
  • Madagascar: The Taking of Diego Suarez
  • Will They Always Lie Becalmed at Martinique?
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • We've Built the 'Persia Road' Into Russia
  • Kerch and Kharkov: A Two-Way Offensive
  • All Australia Is Mobilized for War
  • Alexander's Fighting Retreat Through Burma
  • Our Diary of the War
  • The Home Guard is Two Years Old
  • I Was There! - I Went Down to Dover, England's Malta
  • I Was There! - From Hongkong I Marched With Chinese Guerillas
  • I Was There! - My Visit to Stalin's Young Soldiers
  • I Was There! - What I Dislike Most Are Those Tommy Patrols!
  • Editor's Postscript

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