No. 38 - The War Illustrated

Volume 2 - No. 38 - May 24, 1940

May1940

'The Wild Beast Springs Out of His Lair'

On May 10, 1940, the Western Front blazed up into a fury of martial activity, as Hitler, with supreme disregard for the law of nations and the principles of civilization, flung his legions on the litt

May1940

'War With All Our Might'

I say to the House, as I said to the Ministers who have joined this Government, I have nothing to offer but blood and toil and tears and sweat. We have before all of us an ordeal of the most grievo

May1940

Holland Overwhelmed in a Five-Days Campaign

War broke on Holland shortly before dawn on Friday, May 10, and by the evening of the following Tuesday, May 14, the Dutch Commander-in-Chief had decided that further resistance was useless and the "C

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
'The Wild Beast Springs Out of His Lair'
'War With All Our Might'
'Gort's Men' Speed to Aid the Belgians
Parachuite Troops Bring War From the Skies
'Kultur' Comes Again This Side the Rhine
Holland Overwhelmed in a Five-Days Campaign
Switzerland Stands-To on Her Mountain Bulwarks
They March under Leopold to the Battle
The Epic Stories of the Glosters on the Frozen Lake
Of the British Family Only Eire Is Not aw War
Preparing a Hot Reception for Any Parachutists
I Was There! - I Saw Fighting, But No Panic, In Amsterdam
I Was There! - How We Escaped Bombers and Parachutists
I Was There! - Our Captain Was the Last Off the 'Afridi'
Malta Is Ready for Any Onslaught
Historic Words
Our Diary of the War
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 38 - May 24, 1940

'The Wild Beast Springs Out of His Lair'

'War With All Our Might'

Holland Overwhelmed in a Five-Days Campaign

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