No. 225 - The War Illustrated

Volume 9 - No. 225 - February 1, 1946

Feb1946

Now It Can Be Told! - D-Day Rehearsal at Cambridge University

One of the best-kept secrets of the war was revealed by an appeal launched for help in the restoration of the Union Society's premises, damage to which was caused by bombs in July 1942. Here, in this

Feb1946

Now It Can Be Told! - How H.M.S. Exeter Fought Her Last Battle

The full story of H.M.S. Exeter's gallant end, fighting against impossible odds off the coast of Java, reached the Admiralty in December 1945. The cruiser, famous for her part in the glorious battle a

Feb1946

Cockle Commandos of the Royal Marines

Specially trained Royal Marine volunteers who paddled in two-man canoes – code name “cockle” – fifty miles up the Gironde River to sink enemy shipping at Bordeaux, accomplished what is officially desc

Feb1946

Allied Front-Line Planes That Flew Unarmed

Air-Sea Rescue services were busier during the Arnhem operation than on D-Day, and no fewer than 181 airborne troops were then rescued from wrecked Hamilcar and Horsa gliders. In the Mediterranean zon

Feb1946

I Was There! - Sapper's Great Battle of the Rhine Bridges

The Corps of Royal Engineers is tackling operations which, when completed, will take a place in engineering history. Temporary structures thrown up by the Army in battle conditions are being replaced

What of the Mediterranean's Future?
America's Debt to Britain and Russia
Prize Money: The Great Share-Our
How Shall We Use War Inventions for Peace?
Now It Can Be Told! - D-Day Rehearsal at Cambridge University
Now It Can Be Told! - Secret Mine 'Brain' Made by a Wren Team
Now It Can Be Told! - How H.M.S. Exeter Fought Her Last Battle
Roger Keyes: The Passing of a Great Sailor
Cockle Commandos of the Royal Marines
The Best of "Yank"
Allied Front-Line Planes That Flew Unarmed
I Was There! - Our Welcome Home to Nazi-Ravaged Alderney
I Was There! - I Met British Detectives in Khaki in Berlin
I Was There! - Sapper's Great Battle of the Rhine Bridges
I Was There! - They Teach Them All the Smugglers' Tricks
The R.A.F. in War and Peace
The Editor Looks Back

Volume 9 - No. 225 - February 1, 1946

Now It Can Be Told! - D-Day Rehearsal at Cambridge University

Now It Can Be Told! - How H.M.S. Exeter Fought Her Last Battle

Cockle Commandos of the Royal Marines

Allied Front-Line Planes That Flew Unarmed

I Was There! - Sapper's Great Battle of the Rhine Bridges

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