Volume 10 - No. 235 - June 21, 1946
Jun1946
Why 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau' Escaped
Towards the end of March 1941 the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered the port of Brest, France. Dispatched into the Atlantic on a commerce-raiding expedition, they narrowly escaped f
Jun1946
His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Rorqual
Motto: “Neither Rashly Nor Timidly.” A submarine of 1,520 tons, H.M.S. Rorqual was launched at Barrow-in-Furness in 1936. She is the only unit out of a class of six to come safely through the war,
Jun1946
Our War Leaders in Peacetime - Slim
Famous leader of the 14th Army, General Sir William Slim, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., was the last of the war-generals to make the headlines. He abhors personal publicity. The latter fact is illustrated b
Full index of this magazine
- Why 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau' Escaped
- His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Rorqual
- The East Lancashire Regiment
- War Stories of the British Colonies
- Europe's Wartime Capitals in 1946 - The Hague
- Our War Leaders in Peacetime - Slim
- I Was There! - The Battle of Britain
- I Was There! - We of the Signals Helped at Dunkirk
- I Was There! - I Sailed With the Carrier Illustrious
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