The War Illustrated
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- He Flew From 'Shangri-La' to Bomb Tokyo (August 6, 1943)
- I Was There! - I Saw Victory on the Land Army Battle Front (September 17, 1943)
- Movie-Cameramen in the Front Line of Battle (October 1, 1943)
- I Was There! - I Saw the Fateful Battle of Salerno Beaches (October 15, 1943)
- Air Disaster Threatens Nazis as Foggia Falls (October 29, 1943)
- I Was There! - On this Tiny Island of Peleliu 17,000 Died (February 16, 1945)
- The Home Front (November 12, 1943)
- I Was There! - With the Camerons I Fought at Four Hills (November 26, 1943)
- I Was There! - I Took the First Churchill Tanks into Action (December 10, 1943)
- I Was There! - I Left My Pots and Pans and Downed a Bomber! (December 24, 1943)
Volume 1 - No. 1 - September 16, 1939
- Why We Are At War
- These Men Sought War
- And These Are They Who Sought Peace
- Words That History Will Remember
Volume 1 - No. 2 - September 23, 1939
Volume 1 - No. 17 - December 29, 1939
Volume 7 - No. 160 - August 6, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 161 - August 20, 1943
- At Last We Have 'Struck Oil' in Rumania
- I Was There! - 'Down With Mussolini and Death to the Duce!'
- I Was There! - My Night of Terror in Bomb-Battered Hamburg
Volume 7 - No. 162 - September 3, 1943
- The Battle Fronts
- The War at Sea
- Will Allied Planes Spell the U-boats' Doom?
- From 'Fortress Europe' to 'Citadel Germany'
- The War in the Air
- I Was There! - Catania Was a City of Chaos and Desolation
- I Was There! - I Saw the Americans Storm Munda Field
- I Was There! - I Power-Dived Faster Than Sound Can Travel
- I Was There! - From a Prison Camp We Tramped 1,000 Miles
Volume 7 - No. 163 - September 17, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 164 - October 1, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 165 - October 15, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 166 - October 29, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 167 - November 12, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 168 - November 26, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 169 - December 10, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 170 - December 24, 1943
Volume 7 - No. 171 - January 7, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 172 - January 21, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 173 - February 4, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 174 - February 18, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 175 - March 3, 1944
- I Was There! - The Nazis Bombed and Sank Our Hospital Ship
- Tight-Packed with Trouble for the Japanese
Volume 7 - No. 176 - March 17, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 177 - March 31, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 178 - April 14, 1944
- Bloody is the Fighting for the Ruins of Cassino
- Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 5 - Fiji
- I Was There! - I Walked Out of the War into Liechtenstein
Volume 7 - No. 179 - April 28, 1944
Volume 7 - No. 180 - May 12, 1944
- Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 7 - Ceylon
- I Was There! - We Struck at and Crippled the Mighty Tirpitz
Volume 8 - No. 181 - May 26, 1944
- Our Colonies in the War: No. 8 - Sierra Leone
- I Was There! - We Knew Our Sister Ship Would Sail No More
Volume 8 - No. 182 - June 9, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 183 - June 23, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 184 - July 7, 1944
- The Battle Fronts
- The War at Sea
- Miracles of Planning Behind the Great Invasion
- With the 'Suicide Squads' Who Cleared the Way
- We Have Won Battle of the Beaches - Montgomery
- I Was There! - How We Smashed Into Western Europe
- I Was There! - I Went With the First Glider-borne Troops
- I Was There! - Storming Ashore with the 50th Division
- I Was There! - We of the Warspite Shelled the French Coast
- I Was There! - We Carried Canadian Troops to the Beaches
- The War in the Air
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 8 - No. 185 - July 21, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 186 - August 4, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 187 - August 18, 1944
- I Was There! - We Shelled German Targets at 11 Miles Range
- Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 12 - Gambia
Volume 8 - No. 188 - September 1, 1944
- I Was There! - They Bake 1,000 Loaves a Day for Invasion Craft
- Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 13 - Mauritius
Volume 8 - No. 189 - September 15, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 190 - September 29, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 191 - October 13, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 192 - October 27, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 193 - November 10, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 194 - November 24, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 195 - December 8, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 196 - December 22, 1944
Volume 8 - No. 197 - January 5, 1945
Volume 8 - No. 198 - January 19, 1945
Volume 8 - No. 199 - February 2, 1945
Volume 8 - No. 200 - February 16, 1945
- I Was There! - On this Tiny Island of Peleliu 17,000 Died
- I Was There! - I Kicked My Captor Crashing Down a Hillside
Volume 8 - No. 201 - March 2, 1945
Volume 8 - No. 202 - March 16, 1945
Volume 8 - No. 203 - March 29, 1945
- “The War Illustrated” Sends its Own Representative to the Front
- Secrets Behind the Names That Sail the Seas
Volume 8 - No. 204 - April 13, 1945
Volume 8 - No. 205 - April 27, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 206 - May 11, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 207 - May 25, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 208 - June 8, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 209 - June 22, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 210 - July 6, 1945
- With Our Armies Today
- With Our Navies Today
- Along the Terrible Trail that Led to Wewak
- Men of Destiny Who Govern Occupied Germany
- Montgomery to the Germans
- Now It Can Be Told! - 'Operation Fido': Beating Airfield Fog
- Now It Can Be Told! - War Factory Under Houses of Parliament
- Now It Can Be Told! - Secrets of London's Mystery Citadel
- Now It Can Be Told! - How Britain's Gold was Shipped Abroad
- Eisenhower: the Man Behind the Name
- Facts Behind the Syria-and-Lebanon Dispute
- I Was There! - Today Where Our Invasion of Europe Began
- I Was There! - I Saw Norway in the Hour of Her Greatest Joy
- I Was There! - We Blockaded the Japs Escaping from Ramree
- I Was There! - Tail of a Fantasic Procession in Germany
- Our Diary of the War
- With Our Airmen Today
Volume 9 - No. 211 - July 20, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 212 - August 3, 1945
- Now It Can Be Told! - Our "Met" Men Fought Germans in the Arctic
- New Zealand's Fighting Ships and Men at War
Volume 9 - No. 213 - August 17, 1945
- Now It Can Be Told! - Last Glorious Fight of the Glowworm
- Now It Can Be Told! - We Ferried Invasion Trains to France
- I Was There! - We Settled a Jap Cruiser in Malacca Straits
Volume 9 - No. 214 - August 31, 1945
- Russia Smashes In to End the War With Japan
- Thoughts on the Peace of Potsdam
- Atomic Bomb: World's Most Terrifying Weapon
- I Was There! - We Dropped the First Atomic Bomb On Japan
Volume 9 - No. 215 - September 14, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 216 - September 28, 1945
- With Our Armies Today
- Now It Can Be Told! - Concealed Compasses For R.A.F. Crews
- Now It Can Be Told! - Divers Prepared Way for the D-Day Invasion
- Now It Can Be Told! - Naval Commandos Sank Ships at Singapore
Volume 9 - No. 217 - October 12, 1945
- Now It Can Be Told! - Daring Exploits of Midget Submarine X.24
- I Was There! - Sea-Bed Grave for Hitler's Poison Gas
Volume 9 - No. 218 - October 26, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 219 - November 9, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 220 - November 23, 1945
- Now It Can Be Told! - Tanks That Turn Night Into Local Day
- Now It Can Be Told! - Navy's Little Ships Fought 780 Actions
Volume 9 - No. 221 - December 7, 1945
Volume 9 - No. 222 - December 21, 1945
- Now It Can Be Told! - Nail Gun Speeds Underwater Salvage
- Now It Can Be Told! - How 'Hangman' Heydrich Met His End
- Now It Can Be Told! - Naval Divers Cut Jap Telephone Cables
Volume 9 - No. 223 - January 4, 1946
Volume 9 - No. 224 - January 16, 1946
Volume 9 - No. 225 - February 1, 1946
- Now It Can Be Told! - How H.M.S. Exeter Fought Her Last Battle
- Cockle Commandos of the Royal Marines
- Allied Front-Line Planes That Flew Unarmed
- I Was There! - Sapper's Great Battle of the Rhine Bridges
Volume 9 - No. 226 - February 15, 1946
- Now It Can Be Told! - Jap Praise for the Gallant 'Stronghold'
- Now It Can Be Told! - Secrets of the Navy's Parachute Lifeboat
Volume 9 - No. 227 - March 1, 1946
- Now It Can Be Told! - Old Locos Were Fighters' 'Guinea Pigs'
- Now It Can Be Told! - Bomber Command and the War in the Ether
Volume 9 - No. 228 - March 15, 1946
- Now It Can Be Told! - Falmouth Was U.S. Navy Invasion Base
- Now It Can Be Told! - The Night Before The Normandy D-Day
Volume 9 - No. 229 - March 29, 1946
Volume 9 - No. 230 - April 12, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 231 - April 26, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 232 - May 10, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 233 - May 24, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 234 - June 7, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 235 - June 21, 1946
- Why 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau' Escaped
- His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Rorqual
- Our War Leaders in Peacetime - Slim
Volume 10 - No. 236 - July 5, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 237 - July 19, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 238 - August 2, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 239 - August 16, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 240 - August 30, 1946
Volume 10 - No. 241 - September 13, 1946
- His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Moonstone
- Our War Leaders in Peacetime - Smuts
- I Was There! - How I Said Good-bye to Bonaventure