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Volume 10 - No. 247 - December 6, 1946

The Daring Raid on Rommel's H.Q.

Dec1946

The Daring Raid on Rommel's H.Q.

In 1940 and 1941 the plight of the Allies precluded any major offensive in Europe and caused the world to turn its gaze upon the British Empire's struggle in the Middle East. The campaigns in North Af

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His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Javelin

Dec1946

His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Javelin

Motto: “Vi et Armis.” A destroyer of 1,760 tons, H.M.S. Javelin was completed shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939. In the early hours of November 29, 1940, she was the leader of a small forc

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Our War Leaders in Peacetime - Portal

Dec1946

Our War Leaders in Peacetime - Portal

As chief of the wartime R.A.F., Charles Frederick Algernon Portal earned a name for determination, a quick-thinking brain and a deep interest in aviation matters. Hit juniors knew he had been a first-

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