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You are bidding on a vintage World War Two Issue of ‘War Illustrated’ Magazine The Definitive magazine of World War One

• Vol 10, No 237

• July 1946

• Pages; 30

War Illustrated needs no introduction to anyone interested in World War Two. In addition to contemporary photographs of the war in all its elements – all of which are accompanied by descriptive script, the magazine contains intelligent articles on all aspects of the war.

One really intersting section is the “I WAS THERE!” - Eye-Witness report Section.
In addition there are articles on the following:-
- The Records of the Regiments in the War: The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

- How Australia was Saved from the Japs'
- Our Empire's Proud Shares in the War: Palestine, Cyprus and Trans-Jordan

• Photos: FP = Full page, HP = Half Page

• Cover Photo: 'Drum major of the Royal Indian Air Force Band leads the Empire Day parade in tokyo

• 3 Pics: 'Fire hastens the Doom of the Admiral Hipper

• 4 Pics: “With the BAOR oin our Zones in Germany'. Inc Photos:-
  - Representatives of Indian Army and R.A.F. In a Place of honour, Attending a ceremony at the saluting base in Berlin
  - At Hagen, Westphalia, a massive air-raid shelter, now a department store
  - German art treasures in Schloss Dyck, Rhineland
  - at Haenigsen, near Hanover, 5,000 tons of ammunition stored in a salt mine exploded.

• 2 HP Pics + inset: “Outward Peace of Athens Flatters to Deceive'

• 4 Pics: 'Italy's Monarchy Dies and a Republic is Born'

• 4 pics: 'France Remembers De Gaulle's call to Fight On'

• His Majesty's Ships: H.M.S “Renown ”

• 3 Pics: D.C.L.I. In the 1944 Advance Through Italy
  - Throughn shattered and deserted Montevarchi … pass a patrol of The Duke of Cornwalls' Light Infantry
  - Continuing their advance towards Florence, men of The Duke of Cornwalls' Light Infantry wait in slit trenches, their Bren carriers parked behind them
  - D.C.L.I. Man by warning sign for No Man's Land

• 3 Pics: 'In the Sudan and at a Crossroads in Normandy' ( D.C.L.I.)
  - The 5^th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwalls' Light Infantry anti tank detachment mans a six pounder gun at a Normandy crossroads
  - D.C.L.I. Moving forward in the Geilenkirchen sector
  - Officer of the The Duke of Cornwalls' Light Infantry in patrol in the Sudan checks te route with a dispatch rider

• 3 Pics: 'Empire Forces Celebrate Empire day in Tokyo'

• 5 Pics on double Page: “Our Largest carrier Comes Home – H.M.S. “Theseus” With her Seafires visits Norway'

• 4 Pics: 'In Remembrance of Our Fallen at Narvick' (Inc pic of H.M.S. “Bellona”

• FP Diagam :Britain 's Food: “Production of Whale Oil'

• 4 Pics: 'Calm and Unrest in Middle Eastern Neighbours' Inc Photos:–
  - In Troubled Palestine after Terrorist Attacks the 4^th Parachute Regiment man obstacles in Allenby Road
  - Boarding a barge of the Palestine Potash Company in search of arms

• The Roll of Honour: 38 pics
  Corporal R. Ainsworth, 8001 A.M.E.S. R.A.F.
  Sgt F. V. G. Alloway, R.A.F.
  Lance Corporal A. R. Ashton, Royal tank Regiment
  Corporal R. Bickerton, Royal Signals (Airborne)
  Cpl T. E. birch, R.A.M.C.
  Stoker W. A. Bowman, Royal Navy
  Private W. Branson, 6^th Airborne Division
  Private W. brown, Worcestershire Regiment
  Sgt F. W. Burton, R.A.F.
  Stoker J. E. Buttery, H.M.S. “Minster”
  Lance Bombardier V. H. Cattle, 57^th Lt. A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery
  Private T. J. Coles, 31^st Suffolk Regiment
  Ord. Sig. J. cookson, H.M.S. Achates”
  Leading Seaman R. Cowran, Royal Navy
  Private T. Cross, K.O.Y.L.I
  Private R. J. Dallow, South Lancs Regiment
  Private R P. Darvill, Cameron highlanders
  Corporal W. R. Day, R.A.O.C.
  L/Sgt F. dent, 88^th field Regiment, R.A.
  Staff Sergeant B. Dubery, Glider Pilot Regiment
  Sgt J. G. Durham, R.A.F.
  Private J. F. Eason, Queen's Royal Regiment
  Sgt F. J. Edwards, 105 Sqn R.A.F.
  Lance Corporal E. Finch, Grenadier Guards
  Private G. A. Fraser, Border Regiment (Airborne)
  Private R. Gooch, Northamptonshire Regiment
  Sapper A. H. Gregg, Royal engineers
  Private G. H. Griffiths, Wiltshire Regiment
  Sgt A/G J. jarvis, Pathfinder Force R.A.F
  Sgt J. H. Jefferies, R.A.F.
  Lance Corporal D. Jones, Parachute Regiment
  Trooper S. Lucas, 1^st reconnaisance Regiment
  Sgt A. A. Middleton, Coastal command R.A.F.
  Sgt R. Morley, 218 (Gold coast) Squadron, R.A.F.
  Seaman D. Penman, H.M.S. 'Fiji'
  J. J. Rimmer, Ldg W/M, Royal navy
  Private A. youn g, Royal West kent Regiment
  Private A. G. Young, Hampshire Regiment

• 3 Pics: 'Mediterranean Death-Plunge of H.M.S. 'Medway'

• FP: 'A Great Adventure Came into the lives of these two representative os South norway... One of the ship's company holds them aloft on the deck

• Articles:

• 'I WAS THERE': “I Saw the Mighty thrust for Arnhem' by Lieutenant J. L. taylor, Inc the following photos :-
  - Lieutenant J. L. Taylor
  - Speeding through Grave, ten miles south of Nijmegen, the Guards Armoured Division
  Across the greag Nijmegen Road bridge stream tanks of the British 2^nd Army
  - enemy attacks on the Eindhoven-Nijmegen Road
  (NB, There is a 3” tear towards the bottom of this page)

• 'I WAS THERE': “My Charmed Life in H.M. Submarines' – by H. G. Piggott, Stoker 1^st class, Royal navy of H.M.Submarine H 49. H.M.S. 'Thunderbolt', H.M.S. 'Talisman', H.M.S. 'Medway'. Inc photo of Stoker Piggott

• 'I WAS THERE': “We N avigated the African Bush' by Clifford Maw, 16 year old deck boy of the meat-ship Viking Star' torpedoed in the Atlantic.
  - Inc pics of the ship sinking and its crew in a lifeboat

• How Australia was Saved from the Japs: Time the All-Important Factor – Enemy Headed for Port Moresby
  Inc Photo :- One of the many graves at Darwin,in which unknown Japanese airmen were interred after a raid

• Europe's Wartime capitals in 1946: Athens, Greece

• Records of the Regiments: 1939-1945: The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry: D.C.L.I.: Struggle for CassinoStronghold – Rel;ief Column Thrilling Dash – When the cease Fire Order Came
  Inc Photo: Guard of Honour at Allied H.Q., Algiers

• 43^rd (Wessex) Division

• General eisenhower Sums Up

• Our War Leaders in peacetime – Field Marshal Wavell

• Our empire's Proud Share in Victory: Cyprus, Palestine and Trans-Jordan

• No. 40 (G.R.) Squadron R.A.F.

The magazine has some light wear and buffeting commensurate with this age, mainly staple rust plus a page (Mentioned above with a tear near the bottom and some light damage to the back cover – Please see scan - apart from which it is in good condition with no rips, tears, writing or other major marks.

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