Volume 3 - No. 47 - July 26, 1940
Jul1940
A few Thousand Tons of Oil Goering won't get
This remarkable and unique photograph shows a 'plane of the Royal Air Force actually in action in maintaining the blockade. Our bomber, far above the sea, had successfully attacked an enemy tanker c
Jul1940
'We're Sailing Against England' Sing the Nazis
Said Mr. Churchill on June 19th, 1940, "The enemy is crafty, cunning and full of novel treacheries and strategies." Parachutists – once airily discounted as on offensive arm – have already proved thei
Jul1940
In Dover's Straits the Nazis Swooped
Towards the close of a beautiful day (July 14) - one so clear that from Kent's shore the white cliffs of France could be clearly seen - a convoy of Allied merchantmen was steaming steadily up Chan
Jul1940
Why the Nazis Lost 140 Aircraft in Eight Days
Our Hurricane and Spitfire fighters, with a rate of fire of 9,600 round per minute from their eight machine-guns, are superior to the German fighters, which in fact they almost disregard in attacking
Jul1940
Items of War Interest from Far and Near
Marshal Pétain has signed orders putting all French ports and river mouths under the authority of the French Navy, specifically mentioning Nantes, Bordeaux and Rouen. The German radio broadcast a w
Full index of this magazine
- Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
- A few Thousand Tons of Oil Goering won't get
- Italy Goes Over the Top in East Africa
- 'Back to the Bourbons' Won't Save France
- 'We're Sailing Against England' Sing the Nazis
- In a Stilly Night They May Come in Gliders
- 300 British Rifles Held 12 Miles of Front
- The Prime Minister to Britain and the World
- In Dover's Straits the Nazis Swooped
- Defence and the Offensive
- ...And Still the Dutch Don't Love the Nazis!
- Oil is Still a Pressing Problem For the Nazis
- Our Searchlight on the War News
- I Was There! - I Captured a Nazi Airman on the Farm
- I Was There! - The Front of Our Ship Was Blown Away
- I Was There! - We Dodged the Germans for 21 Days
- Why the Nazis Lost 140 Aircraft in Eight Days
- British Sea Power Still the Ruling War Factor
- Eire Has an Air Force, Small but Good
- Our Diary of the War
- From Mr. Churchill's Broadcast
- Items of War Interest from Far and Near
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