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The War Illustrated, Vol. 7; # 179

 

(April 28th 1944)

 

Front cover:

 

Handling her boat-hook like a professional bargee is this girl now training under a Ministry of War Transport scheme designed to make still greater use of our inland waterways for carrying vital supplies when the Allied Western offensive opens.  Barges work in pairs, with a crew of three each: six pairs of boats on regular runs are now operated by women.  An average round trip takes 16 days, and crew sometimes work a 16-hour day.

 

In this issue:

 

The Battle Fronts  (Italy, Russia)

 

Interludes Of War On The Main 5th Army Front  (includes a photo of Shermans crossing a repaired bridge on their way to Cassino)

 

No Rest For The Westward-Driven Wehrmacht  (The Red Army reaches the frontier of Czechoslovakia)

 

Pontoons Linked Landing Craft With Kwajalein  (Full page photo of a pontoon bridge allowing landing craft to disembark troops and equipment over shallow sea)

 

Little Rescue Tugs Are Winning Big Victories  (An account of the work done by salvage tugs rescuing torpedoed ships)

 

They Salvage Torpedoed British Merchantmen  (Photos of the tugs at work)

 

Street Fighting Taught Amidst Italian Rubble  (Photos of British and US troops training in the rubble of Ortona)

 

Britain’s Colonies In The War:  No. 6 – Trinidad

 

How Do We Stand In The Burmese War Zone?  (A review of the current situation)

 

Through The Green Hell Of Burma

 

New Roads For The Jungle Fighters In Arakan

 

Tanks And Mules Move Up On The Burma Front  (Includes a very good photo of a Grant tank)

 

Sweden Looks Anxiously To Her Home Defences  (Photos of Swedish army and Home Guard carrying out exercises in Stockholm)

 

How 40,000 Civilian Sky-Watchers Aid The R.A.F.

 

“I Was There”  (I saw a Japanese legend die in Burma jungle)

 

“I Was There”  (On a mine-laying raid with a Polish squadron)

 

Up And Down With Our Parachute Troops  (Photos of Paras training)

 

plus more

 



THE WAR ILLUSTRATED

 

Read about World War II as it happened and as it was portrayed to the British public.  This newspaper was published every two weeks from the start of hostilities in 1939 through the war and until 1947. 


As its title suggests this publication contains a wealth of archive material including dozens of photographs from the various news agencies in each issue.  It does therefore include photographic material covering every theatre of conflict and taken from both the allies and axis lines, although, as one would expect, the text and the accounts of action do have a definite bias towards the allied forces.

Please note:  These newspapers are 100% original (not copies or reprints) and as such, due to their age, may contain slight yellowing of the pages, staple rust marks, missing or loose staples and other marks or signs of their age.  This does however add to their authenticity and every copy is perfectly readable and every issue will posted in appropriate packaging to afford maximum protection.

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