Volume 8 - No. 186 - August 4, 1944
Aug1944
The Bailey Bridge that Triumphs over Demolitions
From a rough sketch on the back on an envelope was evolved a piece of equipment which has revolutionized bridge-building for our armies in the field, speeding their advance in North Africa, Sicily, It
Aug1944
Here Our Armour Outfought Rommel's Panzers
After the grim tank clashes which preceded the capture of Caen on July 9, 1944. British tanks are here seen halted in a street, while an anti-tank gun unit sets up at a corner. Engaged in the Norman
Aug1944
Wonder-drug Penicillin Saves Limbs and Lives
One of the most powerful weapons in mankind's armoury against disease might have remained undiscovered but for the fact that Professor Alexander Fleming, Professor of Bacteriology at the University of
Full index of this magazine
- The Battle Fronts
- The War at Sea
- In Praise of the Heroes of the Stokehole
- The Bailey Bridge that Triumphs over Demolitions
- Bulldozing to Victory on All Fighting Fronts
- Views & Reviews
- Here Our Armour Outfought Rommel's Panzers
- Anti-Aircraft Command's Detectives at Work
- I Was There! - Over Caen I Saw the Flag of Freedom Raised
- I Was There! - Tornado-like a Flying Bomb Roared Down at Me
- I Was There! - I Travelled the Red Army Road to Vitebsk
- Our Diary of the War
- The War in the Air
- Wonder-drug Penicillin Saves Limbs and Lives
- Editor's Postscript
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