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Volume 3

Volume 3 - No. 45 - July 12, 1940

  • 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

Volume 3 - No. 46 - July 19, 1940

Volume 3 - No. 47 - July 26, 1940

Volume 3 - No. 48 - August 2, 1940

Volume 3 - No. 49 - August 9, 1940

Volume 3 - No. 50 - August 16, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Tanks are Part of the English Countryside in Summer Now
  • Japan Wants All the Far East to Herself
  • Another Ten Millions for the Hammer and Sickle
  • The Indomitable Men of the Cliffs of St. Valery
  • Everybody Has A Good Word For A.R.P. Now
  • Winston Sees That All Is Ready for Adolf
  • The Swastika's Shadow Over 21 Republics
  • Striking Forces of Axis and Allied Fleets Compared
  • Italy's Columns Invade British Somaliland
  • May the Nazis' Stay in Jersey Be Brief!
  • British and Nazi Ways with Red Cross Aeroplanes
  • Birthday Guns With Love from Fuehrer to Duce
  • Our Searchlight on the War News
  • I Was There! - A Heinkel Fell On Our Deck
  • I Was There! - We Were Besieged For Six Days in Arras
  • I Was There! - Going Home to France the Nazi Sank Us
  • I Was There! - I Saw a Convoy Bombed in the Channel
  • I Was There! - We Were Looking for Trouble & Found It!
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 51 - August 23, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Now May Begin the Battle for Our Empire
  • The Air Battle of Britain: First Phase Opens
  • Canada Is in the Front Line Now - And Knows It
  • After Three Years China Is Still Unsubdued
  • The Nazis Say that London's Port Is Empty!
  • Goebbels' Biggest Lie Is Answered
  • Why the Bomber Often Misses the Convoy
  • A Dutchman Sees Life In Hitler's Navy
  • E-Boats Will Do No Better Than U-Boats
  • African Soldiers Are Proud to Fight
  • Our Searchlight on the War News
  • I Was There! - My Squadron Shot 21 Nazis in One Day
  • I Was There! - Coming Back From Kiel Our Bomber Sank
  • I Was There! - Our Gunners Fought Waist-Deep in Water
  • I Was There! - My Day Over The Mediterranean
  • I Was There! - I Trekked Across France to Spain
  • British Personalities of the War
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Personal Valour
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 52 - August 30, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • It Was a Very Tight Corner at Wytschaete
  • Prestige Was the Chief Casualty in Somaliland
  • Britain's Bombers Hit Back With a Vengeance
  • Twelve Months After
  • Not All Vichy's Waters Can Wash Out Their Guilt
  • Occupied or Unoccupied, All France is Miserable
  • Australia's ' Porcupines' Have Plenty of Prickles!
  • Britain's Defenders Beat Back the Nazi Raiders
  • We Stand Erect on the Road to Victory
  • Greece Has Good Reason to Fear Italy
  • The Merchant Navy Defies Hitler's Blockade
  • I Was There! - We Saw The Bombers Fall Like Leaves
  • I Was There! - I Watched Them Bomb A Lightship
  • I Was There! - We Puzzled the Germans With Out Gaelic
  • I Was There! - How We Got to Egypt with Our 'Planes
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • V.C. of Namsos
  • Dortmund-Ems Canal V.C.
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 53 - September 6, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • The First Year of the War Seen in Retrospect
  • One Tremendous Year of History
  • London is Bombed by Stealthy Night Raiders
  • Across the Channel Whined the German Shells
  • John Bull and Uncle Sam Keep Rolling Along!
  • Twenty Acres of Scrap Torn Down from the Sky
  • R.E.s Dig Up Time Bombs Like Potatoes!
  • I Was There! - Sixty Shells Dropped Round My Ship
  • I Was There! - I Rescued An Airman In My Canoe
  • I Was There! - We Ran Into a German Balloon Barrage
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • V.C. of a Broken Bridge
  • V.C. Won in Belgium
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 54 - September 13, 1940

Volume 3 - No. 55 - September 20, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • When Tank Fought Tank Near Arras
  • What We Have Learned in a Year's A.R.P.
  • Italy's Water Supplies Are The Things To Hit
  • Italian Fighters and Bombers
  • London Feels the Full Blast of Nazi Fury
  • In A Crescendo of Fury the Air War Goes On
  • Rumania Finds a Scapegoat in King Carol
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Third V.C. for the Navy
  • I Was There! - Our Shelter Shook - and So Did We
  • I Was There! - We Dived to 800 Feet to Bomb Kiel
  • I Was There! - 'All In the Day's Work' Says an A.F.S.
  • I Was There! - I Flew With the R.A.F. Over Kassala
  • I Was There! - We Thought We had Rammed an E-boat
  • There Will Be No Nazi Aggression in Iceland
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Third V.C. for the Navy
  • Song of a Home Guard
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 56 - September 27, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Grenadiers Would Like to Meet Nazis Again!
  • The Empire Will Fight Till Victory Be Won
  • Yet Mussolini Still Says It is 'Our Sea'
  • London Was in the Front Line of Air Battle
  • Those on Whom the Brunt of Air War Falls
  • Berlin and the Barges are Bombed Again
  • R.A.F. Strike at the Heart of Nazi Berlin
  • Ramsgate Has the World's Finest Shelters
  • Let Us Honour the Men Who Saved St. Paul's
  • Their Eyes Are Vital to R.A.F. and A.A. Guns Alike
  • Hope For France Springs Anew in Africa
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - We Dug for Eight Hours to Rescue a Girl
  • I Was There! - What We Saw of the Victoria Bomber
  • I Was There! - Like Soldiers My Children Stood on Deck
  • I Was There! - We Were Sunk by a Nazi Q-Ship
  • British Personalities of the War
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 57 - October 4, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Hats Off to the Men Who 'Kill' the Bombs!
  • De Gaulle: Standard-Bearer of 'Free Frenchmen'
  • Dakar's Guns Make Answer to De Gaulle
  • When the R.H.A. Stood at Bay at Hondeghem
  • London Still the Main Target of Nazi Bombs
  • Shadow of the Big Bomber Over Humble Homes
  • A Visit to Czech Airmen in Britain
  • Czechs Help to Down the Nazis Over London
  • Graziani Takes the Road Into Egypt
  • Our Merchant Navy is Stronger Than Ever
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - We Were Roof-Watching in Oxford Street
  • I Was There! - I Saw the Naval Attack on Rhodes
  • I Was There! - We Were Survivors from the Children's Ship
  • I Was There! - Night of Horror When 83 Children Died in Torpedoed Liner
  • They Sought Sanctuary in the Tube
  • Our Diary of the War
  • When the Story is Told...
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 58 - October 11, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • 'All the Brigands Are in One Camp'
  • Singapore - Britain's Strong Point in the East
  • This Is the War of the Unknown Warriors
  • Allies of Britain in the War - Dutch Airmen
  • Triumphs of Fighter & Gunner in a Week's Air War
  • The Incessant Bombing of Germany in September
  • 'Food' for the Navy's Men and Guns
  • Here's To the Men Who Clear Up the Mess!
  • Out of the Frying-pan Into Spitfire
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Britain's Youngest V.C.
  • I Was There! - How We Saved Our Burning 'Plane
  • I Was There! - How We Found the 'Benares' Survivors
  • I Was There! - How We Torpedoed a Nazi Troopship
  • Our Diary of the War
  • For the Towns of the S.E. Coast
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 59 - October 18, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • France is Now Robbed of Food and Freedom
  • What Has Fate In Store For Portugal?
  • Polish Airmen Are Fighting in Britain's War
  • London Carries On in the People's War
  • London's Defences Are Beating the Night Bomber
  • Women On Active Service in the Battle of Britain
  • London's War Ambulances are Always Under Fire
  • Through London's Battle the Railways Carry On
  • They Were The First To Win the George Cross
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - I Saw London Firemen on the Job
  • I Was There! - We Found Ourselves in a French Prison
  • I Was There! - Our Squadron Helped to Bring Down the 232
  • I Was There! - Our Hudson Tackled Seven Messerschmitts
  • From East and South Come the Troops of Empire
  • War Personalitites - G.O.C.s of Home Command
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 60 - October 25, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Eastward Ho! Stream the Banners of War
  • For War in the Pacific Bases Are All-Important
  • Britain Unshaken by Nazi Reprisal Attacks
  • Nazi Ruthlessness Assails Our National Shrines
  • When Enemy 'Planes Yield Their Secrets
  • R.A.F. Weave a Web of Destruction Over Germany
  • After 31 Days and Nights of Ruthless Bombing
  • London Life in the Blitzkrieg: Getting Used to it!
  • Despite Hitler's 'Blockade' We Deliver the Goods
  • The Spitfire - The World's Finest Fighter
  • Dunkirk to Dakar: Crises of the Summer
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Eric C. T. Wilson
  • I Was There! - Sergeant Hannah Told Me the Fire Was Out
  • I Was There! - I Watched the Navy Pound Cherbourg
  • Our Diary of the War
  • London
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 61 - November 1, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Britain Can Win - and Britain Will!
  • There is a Free Belgian Government in London Now
  • 'Too Right' Is 'Ajax's' Word For It!
  • The Burma Road is Open to Traffic Again
  • Was September 16 Hitler's Invasion Day?
  • Once Again the Luftwaffe Changes Its Tactics
  • In the 'Eagle' Squadron They Are Americans All
  • How Our Guns Drive Away the Raiders
  • Through the Night with London's Fire Fighters
  • 'Wounded' Balloons Make Such Good Patients!
  • In a Heavy Sea
  • Tovey Now Holds the Post That Beatty Held
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Princess Elizabeth to Children of the Empire
  • I Was There! - A Nazi Airman Landed In Our Meadow
  • I Was There! - The 'Truant' Recued Us After 134 Days
  • I Was There! - Mine Was a Hot Night With 'Alf Bagwash'
  • I Was There! - How We Bombed Flushing Docks
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Retribution
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 62 - November 8, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Let Us Now Count Our Victories
  • The Bully of Rome Strikes At Little Greece
  • The Fight For France's Soul Goes On
  • Victory in the Air Battle of Britain is Assured
  • Bombs On Berlin - And Berliners Do Care!
  • In the Indies Holland Stands Fast
  • Malta is Ready for Mussolini - If He Comes!
  • The Police Are in London's Front Line
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - I Lived Under Nazi Rule in Jersey
  • I Was There! - Our Bomber Was Struck By Lightning
  • I Was There! - We Were Bombed on "Empress of Britain"
  • Down On the Farm in the Front Line
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 63 - November 15, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Byron Would Have Been Proud of Greece Today
  • Who Are These Americans, Our Friends?
  • London By Night Through American Eyes
  • They Keep the King's Peace in Palestine
  • New Turkey Is Like a Strong Man Armed
  • Italian 'Planes in Battle for Greece
  • Nazi Defeat in the Air Battle Now Made Clear
  • Nazi Threat of Shipping Blockade Fails Again
  • How Destroyers Bring the Food Ships Home
  • The Animals in the Zoo Don't Mind the Raids
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - Over Berlin I Shouted 'Let Them Go!'
  • I Was There! - Our Skipper Proved 'As Cool as Ice'
  • I Was There! - We Were Bombed on a London Tram
  • Pigeons Have Their Place in Britain's Army
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 64 - November 22, 1940

  • Jottings From the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • 'Ajax' of River Plate Fame Hits Hard Again
  • Mussolini's Men Checked in the Mountain Battle
  • Don't We Really Know What We're Fighting For?
  • Who Is This Man Franklin Roosevelt?
  • Our Heavy Tanks Make Light of Heavy Going
  • This is the Hurricane Hawkers Build
  • Our A.A. Guns Shot Down 357 Raiders
  • Abyssinia May Soon Flame into Revolt
  • Our Bombers Will Yet Destroy the Nazi Tyranny
  • 'They Are Coming Just When Most Needed'
  • Now War Has Come to the Isles of Greece
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - Flames Drove Us Off the 'Empress'
  • I Was There! - We Serve Jam Puffs Down East at 5 a.m.!
  • Democracy Finds Itself in London's Tube Shelters
  • Our Diary of the War
  • To The Workers of London
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 65 - November 29, 1940

Volume 3 - No. 66 - December 6, 1940

  • Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Koritza Falls: Long Live Greece!
  • Egypt Sticks to Her Treaty with Britain
  • 'San Demetrio' was Worthy of the 'Jervis Bay'
  • 'Wrens' on Duty with the Fleet Air Arm
  • American 'Planes for Britain's Air Force
  • Chiefs of the Air Commands in Britain
  • 'Coventrated' Is What the Nazis Called It
  • India's Contribution to Our War Effort
  • I Was There! - I Saw the FIght from 'Rangitiki's' Bridge
  • I Was There! - We Watched the Bomb Taken for a Ride!
  • I Was There! - Kipling Would Have Enjoed My Journey
  • I Was There! - We Were Rescued by an American Destroyer
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • Our Diary of the War
  • To The Figher Pilot
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 67 - December 13, 1940

  • Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Still the Greeks Drove On in Triumph
  • Britain's Railwaymen Are Fighting Through
  • Chelsea Pensioners in the Wars Again
  • Despite Nazi Attacks Britain's Air Strength Grows
  • Cagliari Was a Resounding British Victory
  • Under the Nazis 'Poland Has Forgotton Laughter'
  • Aden: Britain's Other - and Lesser - Gibraltar
  • Ninety-Nine - then it Was a Hundred!
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - We Got the 'Sussex' Home to Port
  • I Was There! - How We Chased the Italians to Their Lair
  • I Was There! - I Flew with the Bombers to Bari
  • Home Front Personalities of the War
  • Life-Saving Speed-boats of the R.A.F.
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 68 - December 20, 1940

  • Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Black Days for Italy in Albania
  • Captains of a Greece Reborn to Greatness
  • Albania: Land of the Men of the Eagle
  • Australia Is Beating Her Own Fine Record
  • When the Netherlands Navy Came to Britain
  • R.A.F. Reply to Nazi Boast of New Air War Chapter
  • Nazis Had a Brief Success in the Shipping War
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - 'Are Youse Guys English?' They Asked Us
  • I Was There! - I Was in a Channel Destroyer Battle
  • I Was There! - 'Proud of the Crew of My Flaming Bomber'
  • I Was There! - Our Jackie Mumbled: 'Only Did Me Best'
  • I Was There! - I Was Boarded by the Fishermen's Patrol
  • They Are Ready for Any Invaders in the Shetlands
  • Sniper of the Modern Army Sees but Is Unseen
  • Our Diary of the War
  • The Ally
  • Items of War Interest from Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 69 - December 27, 1940

  • Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • Wavell's Army of the Nile Routs Graziani's
  • In Albania the Italians Retreated Still
  • Martinique: Vichy's Outpost in America
  • Torpedoed, Bombed, 'Kelly' Lived Through It All
  • At Home and in Egypt the R.A.F. is On Top
  • The Tragedy of the Temple: a Personal Story
  • Our Men Are Now at Home in Iceland
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - We Hit the German Raider Fair Amidships
  • I Was There! - I Drove Along Greece's Most-Bombed Road
  • I Was There! - 'The --- Swine' Said the Nurse
  • I Was There! - 'We See Lorient Clearly When We Attack It'
  • War Personalities - Premiers of Empire
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Items of War Interest From Far and Near

Volume 3 - No. 70 - January 3, 1941

  • Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
  • This Is How They Stormed Sidi Barrani
  • The Invader Invaded: the War in Libya
  • Poles and Free French Share in the Triumph
  • 'Mid Snow and Rain the Greeks Still Advanced
  • South Africa in Action on the Kenya Front
  • Happy New Year? - Glances Back & Forward
  • Uneasy Interlude in the War by Night
  • Not Even in the Adriatic Is Italy Safe
  • Our Searchlight on the War
  • I Was There! - This is What I Saw in Nibeiwa Camp
  • I Was There! - They Showed Me How to Fly a Spitfire
  • I Was There! - Two of My Torpedoes Hit a Nazi Ship
  • Words of Hope and Warning for 1941
  • Our Diary of the War
  • An Appreciation, 1940
  • Items of War Interest From Far and Near

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