Volume 3 - No. 54 - September 13, 1940
Sep1940
Ever a Fighter, the Premier is Alongside the Fight
Determined as always to see for himself, the Prime Minister has visited many of Britain's coast defences. On August 28 he was at Dover when Nazi 'planes renewed their attack on the town and there wa
Sep1940
The Lights of London Town - 1940 Pattern
This remarkable photograph was taken from the roof of a high building in Fleet Street during one of the night raids over London towards the end of August. The exposure lasted 90 minutes. The searchl
Sep1940
What the R.A.F. Did to Germany in August
During the month of August the Royal Air Force made about 200 raids on Germany or enemy-occupied regions, records operations at 284 points. A brief analysis of these raids is given. So numerous were t
Sep1940
R.A.F. Shatters the Myth of Berlin's Immunity
Berlin and its environs were raided four times by the R.A.F. during a week beginning on August 25th and selected military objectives were heavily damaged. In no sense a reprisal for the enemy raids on
Sep1940
Two Nazis Fell to the 'Arctic Trapper's' Guns
"We thought it was "Good-night, nurse’," said the skipper of the "Arctic Trapper" with the usual gift of understatement practised by those at sea. He was describing the moment at which his gun crew
Sep1940
Alsace Is Already German Once Again
When the Germans defeated France in 1870 they demanded and received in due course, Alsace-Lorraine as part of the price of victory. In 1940 they have not yet formally demanded it, but there is no doub
Sep1940
Transylvania: Latest Victim of Power Politics
Rumania, so largely the creation of the Versailles settlement, was at once threatened when the "Diktat" came to be repudiated. She restored Bessarabia to Russia and the Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria,
Sep1940
I Was There! - We Were the First to Bomb Berlin
The week of August 25-31, 1940, saw the first bombing attacks by the R.A.F. on military objectives in the Berlin area. In spite of formidable concentrations of searchlights and anti-aircraft guns, the
Sep1940
I Was There! - I Saw the Nazi Pilot's Frenzied Face
Alarming, indeed, was the experience of some dwellers in a South London suburb during a daylight air raid, when it appeared as if a Heinkel must crash straight into their house. So close did the 'plan
Sep1940
England at Bay
Outnumbered, trapped, "invaded", unbefriended, She conquered in the air Yet one more post of empire, and transcended The seas, her ancient share; By sons from near and far redeemed anew, By hundr
Full index of this magazine
- Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
- Ever a Fighter, the Premier is Alongside the Fight
- The Grenadiers Lived Up To Their Reputation
- We Have More Than Held Our Own in the Air
- Air Battle for London Raged Yet More Fiercely
- The Lights of London Town - 1940 Pattern
- What the R.A.F. Did to Germany in August
- R.A.F. Shatters the Myth of Berlin's Immunity
- How the Raiders May Be Spotted
- Two Nazis Fell to the 'Arctic Trapper's' Guns
- Alsace Is Already German Once Again
- Transylvania: Latest Victim of Power Politics
- Black France Delcares for Liberty
- I Was There! - We Were the First to Bomb Berlin
- I Was There! - I Saw the Nazi Pilot's Frenzied Face
- I Was There! - I Enjoyed My First Parachute Descent
- Destroyers for Bases - and Everyone Is Pleased!
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Our Diary of the War
- England at Bay
- Items of War Interest from Far and Near
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