The War Illustrated - Volume 2

Below are some articles from this famous World War Two magazine. Some articles have already been added, others will be added in the future.
This is the index of volume 2, see for other volumes our volume index.

Volume 2 - No. 21 - January 26, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
With Bombs, not Bayonets, the Reds Hope to Win
Red Tanks Come to Grief in the Arctic War
Where Will the Blow Fall in the West?
French Towns Emptied by the Threat of War
They Are Prisoners From Five Fronts
This is the Sort of War Nazi Airmen Prefer
Watch and Ward Above the Minelayers' Haunts
R.A.F.'s Deepest Yet into Nazidom
Words That History Will Remember
The R.A.F. Interview the Clerk of the Weather
Parachutes Mean Safety for the Fighting Airman
Sailing Ships are the Nursery of Germany's Navy
War In The Air Has So Far Hardly Begun
All Eyes on the Battle High Up in Britain's Sky
Britain's Oldest Colony Sends Her Sons to Serve
I Was There! - They Machine-Gunned 32 Out of 40 of Us
I Was There! - The Men Called Me 'Skipper'
I Was There! - Our Great Liner Cracked in Two
Wartime London Has World's Biggest Fire Brigade
Our Diary of the War
There Is Still Splendour

Volume 2 - No. 22 - February 2, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Finland Shows What Free Men Can Do
The Last Man to Leave the Sinking 'Grenville'
The Plans That Took the Wrong Turning!
British Bren Gun Explained in Picture Diagram
Scandinavia Would Like to Help Finland
Rumania Looks to Her Moat
Eyes that Pierce the Nazi Defences
R.A.F. Over Germany
Last 'Plane to Land on the Doomed 'Courageous'
Britain's Blockade is Germany's Nightmare
Words That History Will Remember
Paris Black-Out Is Not So Very Black
'Things Are Not Going So Badly After All'
Officers of Tomorrow Learn How To Do It
The Dover Patrol Are Always on the Job
I Was There! - I Was the Last Man on the 'Grenville'
I Was There! - I Carried Gun-cotton at Waltham Abbey
I Was There! - Waltham Abbey is Shaken by the Blast of War
I Was There! - How We Recued a German Airman
I Was There! - Though Neutral, the Nazis Torpedoed Us
Women of the Empire Take the 'Joystick'
Our Diary of the War

Volume 2 - No. 23 - February 9, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
'Non-intervention' Helps the Finns to Resist
What is the Truth About the Red Army?
Round the Compass in the 'War of Nerves'
Religious Persecution Adds to Poland's Calvary
Words That History Will Remember
Our War Gazetteer
Maybe the East Will Soon Hear the Guns of War
Imperial India Sends its Men - and Mules
The 'Rock' Still Guards the Narrow Sea
Keeping Our Vital Secrets From the Enemy
The De-Prussianizing of Germany as a War Aim
Once a Holiday Ship She Now Sows Lawful Mines
The Weather Is a War Secret in Britain!
I Was There! - I Went Through the Flames of Helsinki
I Was There! - Our Ships were Sunk by the 'Graf Spee'
I Was There! - Nazi Airmen Bombed Our Trawlers
I Was There! - Eight of My Mates Died on a Raft
Nazi Savagery Within Sight of Britain's Coast
Our Diary of the War
Sea-Cerements

Volume 2 - No. 24 - February 16, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
'Messages from Molotov' for the Finns
Will Hitler Try To Bombard London?
Helpless Poles Caught in Hitler's Trap
The Allies Command the Seas and the Cash
Germany Wants Oil - and Wants It Badly
Words That History Will Remember
Dogs of War Are in the Front Line Again
Peaceful Merchantmen in the War's Front Line
Britain's Merchant Navy Learns to Hit Back
'Prodigious Efforts, Prodigious Results'
A.R.P. in the Empire's Distant Corners
I Was There! - I Saw the First Raider Down in England
I Was There! - We Went On a Bombing Raid To Germany
I Was There! - The Women 'Carry On' in Bombed Vaasa
I Was There! - We Didn't Bother About the 'Graf Spee'
I Was There! - German Bombers Gave Us No Rest
Our Diary of the War
Neither Will They Condemn
It Is Said That...
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 25 - February 23, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Mannerheim's Line Still Holds
Vengeance of Baffled Aggression on Finnish Towns
There is a Brotherhood of the Air in France
War Waits, but the Human Touch is There
Do the Neutrals Want Us to Win - or Germany?
The Empire's Growing Service in Freedom's Cause
It Has 'No Parallel in the World's History'
We've Got the Ships, We've Got the Boys
Why U-Boats Fear France's Little Ships
Words That History Will Remember
Things You May Have Forgotten
How to Recognize British Aeroplanes in Flight
The King Saw this Wonder Aircraft in Flight
Spade and Plough Speed Tomorrow's Victory
'Where Are Our Marching Songs?'
Indians in Britain Rally to the Colours
I Was There! - Our Officer Raced to Certain Death
I Was There! - Our Shipmates Went Mad and Died
I Was There! - We Were Helpless in the Rough Seas
Heart and Brains of London's Vast A.R.P.
Taking the King's Shilling - 1940 Fashion
Our Diary of the War
The Cheerful Civilian
Canada's Wartime Governor Passes
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 26 - March 1, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
The Finns Give Ground but Fight Even Harder
Vivid and Exclusive Account of Camera Man's Nerve-Warcking Work in Finland
Will It Always Be Quiet on the Western Front?
The Age-long Battle between Defence and Attack
The Nazi Slave-Ship Feels the Nelson Touch
'Exeter' Gives New Light on the River Plate Victory
Words That History Will Remember
If War Comes to Middle East
Making Munitions is a Wartime Job for Women
This Surprising War - Six Months After
I Was There! - How We Boarded the 'Altmark' in Old Style
I Was There! - I Relayed the Fight to My Mates
I Was There! - We Were Treated Like Scum Below Deck
I Was There! - We Dived Across the 'Altmark's' Decks
I Was There! - I Felt Proud of 'Exeter' and All in Her
Our Diary of the War
To The Australians Coming To Help Us
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 27 - March 8, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Finland's Three Months' Ordeal of Bloody War
Sweden May Have to Fight on Three Fronts
This Neutrality is a Queer Business
More Secrets of the Maginot Line Revealed
The Navy Bears the Main Weight of the War
Nazis 'Command' the Sea Only From the Shore
But France is Ready for Any Attack on Her Coast
Words That History Will Remember
Vignettes of Courage: Fine Tales of British Heroism
Mere Man Listens in to Supermadman
Home to 'Mother' for Rest and Refit
The Army Runs its Own Railways
I Was There! - 'The Nazis Didn't Scare Us Fishermen'
I Was There! - We Gave the Raider a Souvenir to Take Home
I Was There! - I Was the Youngest Survivor of the 'Daring'
I Was There! - The Nazis Told Me England Was Starving
I Was There! - We Sailed Half Our Ship for Three Days
London Greets a Guardsman Home on Leave
Our Diary of the War
H.M.S. 'Oxley'
It Is Said That...
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 28 - March 15, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Viipuri's Agony in the Front Line of Battle
The Mystery of Murmansk
Unhappy Poland is Looted by the Nazis
Soon They Hope to Win Fresh Laurels
Old Hands 'Do Their Bit' Again in France
What Is this 'Vicious Spiral' of Inflation?
How Blood in Bottles Saves British Wounded
Detectives of the Death-Mine
France Foils Another Blockade-Runner
Words That History Will Remember
Terms You May Not Understand
Fact and Fiction in the Sea War's Record
Hot on the Trail of the German Sea Gangsters
Germany's Exports Caught by the Allied Control
Nazi Shipping Paralysed by Allied Sea Power
How to Recognize British Aeroplanes in Flight - 2
I Was There! - The 'Domala' Was Ablaze from Stem to Stern
I Was There! - I Told the Duke How We Hit a Nazi Bomber
I Was There! - 'The Bravest Man I Ever Saw'
I Was There! - A Submarine Collided With Our Ship
I Was There! - What I Saw of the Minesweepers' Life
Risky Work - But the Trawlermen Don't Care
Our Diary of the War
Carrying On!
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 29 - March 22, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Peace in Finland - But at a Terrible Price
Lens Has Not Forgotten Its Saviours Of 1918
France's 'Free Corps' on the Danger Trail
On the Fringes of the War: Denmark
Nazi Villainies at Sea Would Shock the Kaiser
The Near East Pivots on the Black Sea
Anzac Town in Egypt Was Made in Three Weeks
Words That History Will Remember
Things You May Not Know
Home Defence Men Get on with the Job They Know
The Evil Things We Fight - 1. Regime of the Spy
'Thumbs Up!' Say Our Fighting Airmen
The R.A.F. Drop Their Cards On Berlin & Posen
I Was There! - Our Objective That Night Was Prague
I Was There! - We Made Our Ship Race a U-boat
I Was There! - Terror Was Rife in the Poland I Left
In Wartime Nothing Is Really Rubbish
Our Diary of the War
Over The Air
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 30 - March 29, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
In Finland the Guns Were Silent at Last
Finland's Fate: Facts for the Foolhardy
On the Fringes of the War: Norway
There's a Real Boom in British Shipbuilding
The North Sea Has Its Own A.R.P. Now
Words That History Will Remember
Hong Kong: War's Shadow on an Empire Outpost
This is What Hitler Would Like to Do to Us
Even in Table Bay They Sweep for Mines
King Carol Raises the Ban on the Iron Guard
The Evil Things We Fight - 2. The Law of the Jungle
Young India Takes to Its Wings for Empire Defence
I Was There! - We Scored a Direct Hit on a U-Boat
I Was There! - We Had a Surprise From Our Friends
I Was There! - Our Shells Certainly Reached Their Mark
I Was There! - We Chased a U-Boat and Destroyed It
I Was There! - How We Landed in Germany by Mistake
Mamzelle Helps to Put France's Air Force on Top
Our Diary of the War
Sleep No More
Odd Facts About the War

Volume 2 - No. 31 - April 5, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Ringing Dpwm the Curtain on the Finnish War
Death Taught the Red Army How to Win
On the Fringes of the War: Rumania
The War May Cost Ten Millions a Day
New Zealand Welcomes 'Achilles' Home
Words That History Will Remember
'We Fight for a Durable & Moral Peace'
From Scapa to Sylt: The R.A.F. Hits Back
There's Always a Rush to Man the Lifeboat
I Was There! - We Got 100 per cent Success at Sylt
I Was There! - I Watched the R.A.F. 'Fireworks' at Sylt
Scapa and Sylt: The Bombers Get Through
The Magnetic Mine is Defeated
Our Diary of the War
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 32 - April 12, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Finland's Brave Front in the Aftermath of War
Germany Manages Somehow Behind the Westwall
Beating The Nazis in The Balkans
On the Fringes of the War: Hungary
There Is a New Government in France
Soon This War Will Have Its Air 'Aces'
Words That History Will Remember
More and Yet More Balloons in Britain's Service
'We Follow This War Wherever It Leads'
How the Neutrals Are Impeding Victory
How to Recognize British Aeroplanes in Flight - 3
Germany's Ore Supplies Are No Longer Certain
They Are Learning to be Soldiers and Sailors Too
Now It Can Be Told: Ark Royal & Graf Spee
I Was There! - They Were Victims of the 'Monstrous Power'
I Was There! - We Had a Running Fight With a Dornier
I Was There! - Our Boy-Gunner Hit the Heinkel
I Was There! - Our Men Rescued the Crew of the 'Arucas'
N.A.A.F.I.: They Serve Those Who Serve
Northern Ireland Speeds Up Her War Effort
Our Diary of the War
Finland Snows
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 33 - April 19, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Now It Was Norway's Turn for Invasion
The Allies Hit Back - And Hit Hard!
Denmark Submits to the Nazi Invader
Poland's Cup of Wrongs is Filled to Overflowing
Tightening the Blockade Into a Stranglehold
If War Has Not Added to London's Beauty...
Words That History Will Remember
Our War Gazetteer
Has the U-boat Done Its Worst in the Sea War?
She Was Mined and Yet Not Lost to the Navy
New French 'Pocket' Dirigible Shown in Diagram
All the A.A. Men Want Is a Target!
The Evil Things We Fight - 3. The New Slavery
Egypt May Well Be Proud of Her Camel Corps
Britian's 'Flying Battleship' Routs the Junkers
I Was There! - My Escape From the 'Barnhill' Inferno
I Was There! - My Spitfire was the First to be Shot Down
I Was There! - I Visited the French Outposts By Night
Czechoslovakia Has an Army in France
They Fight in France to Liberate their Fatherland
Our Diary of the War
Soldier, 1940
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 34 - April 26, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
'British Forces Have Landed in Norway'
Traitors Within Opened Norway's Gates to Nazis
How Oslo Fell to Only 1,500 Nazi Troops
Hitler's Navy Fast Sinking Beneath the Waves
Not Once But Twice the Navy Struck at Narvik
Denmark's First Days of Nazi Occupation
'First Main Crunch of the War'
Words That History Will Remember
On the Fringes of the War: Bulgaria
Britain Has No Need for Food Parcels!
I Was There! - I Saw Oslo Fall to the Germans
I Was There! - We Were Bombed Eight Times in Six Days
I Was There! - Our Gunners Fired with the Decks Awash
From War to War: My 'Prophecy' of 1918
Into Battle Go the 'Planes of the Fleet Air Arm
Our Diary of the War
Who's Who in the Northern War Zone: 1
The Things My Readers Tell Me

Volume 2 - No. 35 - May 3, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
'Considerable Success' for Our Arms in Norway
Diplomats Are in the Front Line in Norway
Debits and Credits of the Scandinavian War
Only a Year After Hitler's Guarantee!
Triumph and Tragedy Under Nothern Seas
Drake Would Have Cheered the Men from Narvik
'Back to the Army Again, Sergeant'
Words that History will Remember
Britain's Air-Gunners Must Be 'Fighting-Fit'
On the Fringes of the War: Yugoslavia
Sweden Under the Shadow of the Swastika
Transport Is One of the R.A.S.C.'s Specialities
How to Recognize British Aeroplanes in Flight - 4
I Was There! - King Haakon Told Me of His Ordeal
I Was There! - How We Escaped From Germans at Narvik
I Was There! - We Knew We Had Hit The 'Scheer'
Our Diary of the War
Who's Who in the Northern War Zone: 2

Volume 2 - No. 36 - May 10, 1940

Jottings from My Wartime Diary
Critical Days on the Norwegian Battle Front
Not a Man Was Lost on the Way to Norway
Norway's Army Is a National Militia
Struggling for Mastery in Norway's Skies
Big Guns and More Men for the Aggressors
From War to War Canada Remembers Vimy
How ' Warspite' & Her Destroyers Cleared Narvik
If Mussolini Took the Plunge into War
When a Nazi Bomber Crashed at Clacton
I Was There! - I Saw the British Land in Norway
I Was There! - German Parachutists Surrendered to Us
I Was There! - We had Great Successes in Norway's Waters
I Was There! - How Bergen was Taken by 100 Germans
Norwegian Sailormen Trained to Arms in England
Historic Words
Our Diary of the War
Norwegian Phrases for British Soldiers

Volume 2 - No. 37 - May 17, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
Retreat From Trondheim: The First Phase Ends
Narvik's Fate in the Balance of War
From France's Southern Alps to Norway's Snows
Norway and After: How Goes the War?
Her Peaceable Peasants Made Strutting 'Soldati'
On the Fringes of the War: Holland
Premier Lifts the Curtain on Norway
Zeebrugge Admiral Pleads for Bold Action
The Ceaseless Thames-side Vigil
I Was There! - I Saw the British Troops Leave Namsos
I Was There! - Our A.R.P. Service Did Well at Clacton
I Was There! - I Was Doctor on the Bombed Hospital Ship
Thrilling Stories of Battle by Men Who Were There
Historic Words
Our Diary of the War
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 38 - May 24, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
'The Wild Beast Springs Out of His Lair'
'War With All Our Might'
'Gort's Men' Speed to Aid the Belgians
Parachuite Troops Bring War From the Skies
'Kultur' Comes Again This Side the Rhine
Holland Overwhelmed in a Five-Days Campaign
Switzerland Stands-To on Her Mountain Bulwarks
They March under Leopold to the Battle
The Epic Stories of the Glosters on the Frozen Lake
Of the British Family Only Eire Is Not aw War
Preparing a Hot Reception for Any Parachutists
I Was There! - I Saw Fighting, But No Panic, In Amsterdam
I Was There! - How We Escaped Bombers and Parachutists
I Was There! - Our Captain Was the Last Off the 'Afridi'
Malta Is Ready for Any Onslaught
Historic Words
Our Diary of the War
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 39 - May 31, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
Rage and Fury of the 'Battle of the Bulge'
British Army's Great Stand at Louvain
So Began the Greatest Tank Battle in History
Machina Age Monsters Roar on to the Attack
'Day by Day Come Stories of Matchless Courage'
The Dutch Did All That Brave Men Could Do
Our Navy to the Rescue of Holland in Distress
The Allies Have More Ships Than Before the War
Yugoslavia's Army is Powerful to Defend
I Was There! - I Saw Horror and Desolation in Louvain
I Was There! - I Was One of the Last To Leave Brussels
I Was There! - The Sky Over My Hotel Was Full of 'Planes
I Was There! - We Bluffed Our Way Through the Nazis
I Was There! - We Fled From Nazi Bombing In Belgium
I Was There! - I Filmed the British Troops in Norway
Historic Words
Our Diary of the War
France Cannot Die!
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 40 - June 7, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
The Grim Struggle of the Flanders Plains
Aided by Treason the Nazis Gain Channel Ports
Dauntless Daring in Skies Filled with Nazi Aircraft
How the French Fight the Mechanical Nazis
These Are Units of the 'Mechanized Attila'
The Parachute Weapon and Its Menace To Britain
Germany's Parachute Army in the Making
Treachery Most Foul: May 28, 1940
The Home Front Unites Under Threat of Invasion
Britain and Egypt Take Care of 'The Ditch'
I Was There! - How I Escaped the German Bombs in Belgium
I Was There! - We Saw Children Machine-Gunned
I Was There! - Nazis Ruthlessly Bombed Our Hospital Ships
I Was There! - I Saw the Gestapo at Work in Holland
I Was There! - Abbeville Was a Vast Desolation of Ruins
The World Hears of the Great Betrayal
Words That History Will Remember
Our Diary of the War
A Word in Season
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 41 - June 14, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
Twenty Days of Fighting All The Way
The B.E.F. Lives On to Fight Another Day
'Next Time Victory Will Be With Us'
At Dunkirk Tragedy Was Turned into Triumph
Calais Said 'No Surrender!'
Under a Tornado of Fire They Left Boulogne
France's Navy Was Superb at Dunkirk
R.A.F. Triumphs Daily Over Hordes of Nazi Airmen
Belgium Surrenders at Her King's Order
His Airmen Follow Hitler's 'Ice-Cold Brutal Policy'
Hospitals and Ambulances Make Good Targets!
It Was 'A Colossal Military Disaster' But...
Narvik Falls at Last Before the Allied Attack
In a Few MInutes a Thousand Bombs Fell on Paris
I Was There! - We Were in the Great Retreat to Dunkirk
I Was There! - Our Adventures with the Fishermen's Armada
I Was There! - We Waited on the Beaches at Dunkirk
I Was There! - Nurses Worked on that Dreadful Beach
Historical Words
Our Diary of the War
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 42 - June 21, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
Now Was Launched 'The Battle of France'
'The Order Is Fight Without Thought of Retreat'
The R.A.F. Strike and Strike Again at Germany
No One Sounds 'Last Post' Now at Menin Gate
The 'Little B.E.F.'s' Great Stand on the Somme
They Were a Very Gallant Band of Brothers
250,000 Soldiers 'Walked the Plank' - to Safety
There Were None but Heroes at Dunkirk
Enter Italy's Gangster and his Gunmen
On a Gambler's Throw Mussolini Stakes His All
'Gainst Shells and Bombs 'the Rock' Makes Ready
I Was There! - Our Fellows Were Firing as the Ship Sank
I Was There! - How We Blocked Zeebrugge Once Again
I Was There! - We Kept Our Canteen Going at Boulogne
I Was There! - We Held Off 400 Nazis For 12 Hours
War in the Air as the Victor Sees It
Perfidious Italy's Stab in the Back
Our Diary of the War
Echoes of the War from Far and Near

Volume 2 - No. 43 - June 28, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
After the Fall of Paris France Lost Heart
On the 'City of Light' Falls the Night of Nazidom
'If the Empire Lasts a Thousand Year Men Will Say, This Was Their Finest Hour'
These Were First Shots in the 'Battle of Britain'
The Nazis Show Us How They Took Eben-Eymael
Skirmish and Raid Opened the Italian War
In Libya Our Soldiers First Met the Italians
After Nine Months Allied Shipping Was Supreme
De Valera's Eire Sees the Red Light
I Was There! - We Left Our Lorries and Marched 24 Miles
I Was There! - I Saw the 'Women's Evacuation' From Paris
I Was There! - How We Held Up a German Tank Column
I Was There! - How I Escaped as a Belgian Refugee
Words That History Will Remember
Our Diary of the War

Volume 2 - No. 44 - July 5, 1940

Jottings from the Editor's Wartime Diary
France's Might is Humbled and Broken
The Armistice: German and Italian Terms
The Prime Minister on the French Surrender and the French Fleet
So In All France Was No Salvation Found
This Is the French Navy That Hitler Demanded
France Betrayed By Her Leaders
The New Phase in Our Air War Against Germany
American Bombers Under Fire with R.A.F.
The French Empire Refuses to Haul Down the Flag
These Were Once Englishmen's Homes
They Held More Than Hitler - But They Lost
Their Anderson Shelters Saved Their Lives
'I Will Not War Against Women and Children'
How Then Does Hitler Explain These Photos?
South Africa Will Stand with Britain to the End
Mussolini Has Always Had His Eyes on Malta
I Was There! - Our Homes Were Bombed by the Germans
I Was There! - One Man Saved the 'Lucky Batch' at Dunkirk
I Was There! - Not a Man Got Away from Our Tank
For Easy Recognition of Nazi Troop 'Planes
Making Ready for the Battle of Britain
Historic Words
Our Diary of the War
Items of War Interest

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