No. 215 - The War Illustrated

Volume 9 - No. 215 - September 14, 1945

Sep1945

Now It Can Be Told! - How the Navy's Phantom Fleet Hoaxed the Hun

For nearly two years of the war the Royal Navy used a fleet of wooden warships fitted with dummy guns to hoax enemy reconnaissance aircraft and bombers. They were merchant ships with elaborate superst

Sep1945

Now It Can Be Told! - This Was Hitler's Amazing Plan for Britain

There recently fell into British hands a document which now can be regarded as grimly humorous. Entitled "The Military Administration of England", it was a close secret of the German High Command. Fro

Sep1945

Now It Can Be Told! - Gangsters for Commandos

Among recruiting suggestions considered in the early days of the Commandos was whether it would be better to use real toughs or gangsters either from the United States or British cities rather than so

Sep1945

Holland's Gratitude

At Buckingham Palace on August 19, 1945, there were delivered to Their Majesties a letter and a bunch of flowers – the simple gift of Netherlanders who had served in Britain during the war. The flower

Is This The End Of War?
With Our Armies Today
With Our Navies Today
Radar Helped the Army Gunners to Beat the Blitz
Now It Can Be Told! - How the Navy's Phantom Fleet Hoaxed the Hun
Now It Can Be Told! - This Was Hitler's Amazing Plan for Britain
Now It Can Be Told! - Gangsters for Commandos
Problems of Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia
Views & Reviews
Holland's Gratitude
Royal Signals Have the Gloves Off in Germany
I Was There! - We Had a Night Without Parallel in London
I Was There! - The Welcome We Gave to Lambeth's Own Monty
I Was There! - Two 'Grand Old Cabs' with the Pacific Fleet
I Was There! - Mob Law and Gangsters in the Italy of Today
Our Diary of the War
With Our Airmen Today
Editor's Postscript

Volume 9 - No. 215 - September 14, 1945

Now It Can Be Told! - How the Navy's Phantom Fleet Hoaxed the Hun

Now It Can Be Told! - This Was Hitler's Amazing Plan for Britain

Now It Can Be Told! - Gangsters for Commandos

Holland's Gratitude

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