Volume 3 - No. 45 - July 12, 1940
Jul1940
How the Nazis Broke France's Fortress Line
From time immemorial Man has sheltered in fortresses designed to withstand a long siege and to resist the strongest weapons of the age. Though every Great War in Europe for generations past has shown
Jul1940
Day by Day Britain's Home Defences Grow
In his broadcast on Sunday, June 30th, Mr. Chamberlain said that the enemy might try to invade us at any moment. "If he does try," he added, "we will fight him in the air and on the sea; we will fight
Jul1940
Nazi Terror Reaches the Channel Islands
On July 1st, 1940, German troops landed in the Channel Islands by air. Three days before the Home Office had announced that the Islands had been demilitarized, but, notwithstanding, Jersey and Guernse
Jul1940
I Was There! - How We Bombed the Maastricht Bridges
In earlier pages of "The War Illustrated" (Vol. 2 p.p. 574, 581, 631, and 654) reference has been made to the magnificent feat of an R.A.F. Bomber Squadron which blew up the bridges at Maastricht –
Full index of this magazine
- Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
- On France Descends the Silence of Defeat
- Why the German Army Won in France
- On Vimy's Hill Sacred to Canada Hitler Triumphs
- How the Nazis Broke France's Fortress Line
- There Was Little Left in St. Malo for the Nazis
- Poles Stand Unyielding By Britain's Side
- What of the French Colonial Empire?
- The British Navy Moved - and Hilter Lost a Fleet
- From 'Down Under' to the Defence of the Homeland
- How Great Was France - How Low Is She Fallen Now!
- Our Munitions are 'Vital to the Nation & the World'
- 'Go To It!' is the Munition Workers' Slogan
- 'If the Invader Comes' - How He Will be Repulsed
- Day by Day Britain's Home Defences Grow
- Nazi Terror Reaches the Channel Islands
- Our Searchlight on the War News
- Scared by Stalin, Carol Turns to Hitler
- I Was There! - I Was in Charge of 450 French Wounded
- I Was There! - How We Bombed the Maastricht Bridges
- I Was There! - I Served as a Woman in the French Army
- What Twelve Days of Air War Cost Germany
- Our Diary of the War
- 1904-1940
- Items of War Interest from Far and Near
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