Volume 3 - No. 65 - November 29, 1940
Nov1940
The Glory of Taranto: The Courage of Coventry
'If they won't come out, we'll blast them out' - Cunningham
Nov1940
Taranto Was Indeed a 'Glorious Episode'
"If they won't come out of Taranto", Admiral Cunningham is reported to have declared, "we shall blast then out". That, indeed, is what the Royal Navy did on November 11, when the ‘planes of the Fleet
Nov1940
Mussolini's Battleships Were Not Safe in Taranto
In the Fleet Air Arm's attack on Taranto on November 11, 1940 a ship of the Littorio class was left with her forecastle under water and a heavy list. Above is the "Littorio", one of four capital shi
Nov1940
With Mr. Eden on His Tour of Empire
For some weeks in October and November, 1940, Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, toured the Near East, visiting numerous military establishments in Palestine, Egypt, and Sudan. Accompanied
Nov1940
Neville Chamberlain: An Appreciation
Mr. Chamberlain who was Britain’s Prime Minister on the fateful September 3, 1939, and for the war’s first eight months, died on November 9, 1940. The words of appreciation that follow are reproduced
Nov1940
In Temple Gardens
One window left, for shuttered gloom Lies fast on many a folded eye. Yet still within my shadowed room The trees, the flowers, the open sky Lay healing hands upon a mind Of quietude by war bereft
Full index of this magazine
- The Glory of Taranto: The Courage of Coventry
- Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
- Taranto: Italy's Naval Stronghold
- Taranto Was Indeed a 'Glorious Episode'
- Mussolini's Battleships Were Not Safe in Taranto
- 'Jervis Bay's' Forlorn, Heroic Action
- On to Koritza Pushed the Victorious Greeks
- In Syria the French are Still in Possession
- With Mr. Eden on His Tour of Empire
- 'A Good Week for Us - A Bad One for the Enemy'
- For 24 Years Arabs Have Been Our Friends
- Neville Chamberlain: An Appreciation
- I Was There! - All Aboard Were Pround of the 'Jervis Bay'
- I Was There! - We Flew Low Over Munich's Streets
- I Was There! - I Saw Them Swoop on Taranto
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Our Diary of the War
- In Temple Gardens
- Items of War Interest from Far and Near
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