No. 216 - The War Illustrated

Volume 9 - No. 216 - September 28, 1945

Sep1945

With Our Armies Today

The war having been brought to a successful end it is very important that we should form a correct judgement on the reasons for our initial disasters and our ultimate recovery so far as we ourselves w

Sep1945

Now It Can Be Told! - Concealed Compasses For R.A.F. Crews

Every R.A.F. man who had to bale out over enemy territory hung on to his compass to the very last – as a means of helping him to find his way across unknown country to safety. Special compasses for th

Sep1945

Now It Can Be Told! - Divers Prepared Way for the D-Day Invasion

One of the best-kept secrets of the war, the story of 200 men who prepared the way for the Allied invasion of the European continent was disclosed in August 1945 in a Reuter message. Six weeks before

Sep1945

Now It Can Be Told! - Naval Commandos Sank Ships at Singapore

Led by a Scottish army officer, sixteen sailors of the Royal Australian Navy paddled canoes into Singapore harbour and sank six enemy merchant ships with limpet bombs. This daring raid deep into Japan

With Our Armies Today
With Our Navies Today
Tracing Millions of Europe's Lost Families
Crowning Efforts of the Australians in Borneo
Writhings of Japan in the Last Days of Defeat
Views & Reviews
Now It Can Be Told! - Concealed Compasses For R.A.F. Crews
Now It Can Be Told! - Last Great Battle of the Submarine Shark
Now It Can Be Told! - 1940 Secret Weapon was a Catapult
Now It Can Be Told! - Divers Prepared Way for the D-Day Invasion
Now It Can Be Told! - Naval Commandos Sank Ships at Singapore
In Cold Blood They Triumphed Over Nazi Mines
I Was There! - I Visited the First City to be Atomic Bombed
I Was There! - How Defeat Came Home to the People of Japan
I Was There! - I Saw 11 Japs Hand Over Their Dead Empire
I Was There! - I Dropped-in on Goering and his Fellow Criminals
With Our Airmen Today
Editor's Postscript

Volume 9 - No. 216 - September 28, 1945

With Our Armies Today

Now It Can Be Told! - Concealed Compasses For R.A.F. Crews

Now It Can Be Told! - Divers Prepared Way for the D-Day Invasion

Now It Can Be Told! - Naval Commandos Sank Ships at Singapore

Full index of this magazine

Index

Help us transcribe!

Domains

More information

Contact