The War Illustrated - Volume 5
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 5, see for other volumes our volume index.
Volume 5 - No. 101 - August 8, 1941
- Moscow Calling! Message For Frau Kremer!
- Russia's Canals in Their Background of Strategy
- They Keep the Heart of Britain Beating True
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Russia's Magnificent Stand Against the Invader
- Have the Germans Found Their Match at Last?
- With the Royal Navy in the Syrian Campaign
- Our Diary of the War
- Air Views of Hamburg: What Do They Show?
- Where the 'Bombed Out' Are Sure of a Welcome
- I Was There! - We Went in a Motor-Boat from Crete to Africa
- I Was There! - How I Plodded 200 Miles Across Libyan Sands
- I Was There! - What a Pity the 'Enemy Ships' Were Dummies!
- I Was There! - My First Flights Over the Enemy's Country
- The Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 102 - August 15, 1941
- Japan Still Treads the Aggressor's Path
- American 'Liberators' Fly in Freedom's Cause
- What Is Your Picture of an 'Offensive Sweep'?
- The Convoy Got Through - But Not the Italians
- Our Searchlight on the War
- 'The Worst War Germany Has Had to Fight'
- Russia's 'R.A.F.' Is Very Much Alive!
- Our Diary of the War
- Indo-China Is Now 'Protected' by Japan
- I Was There! - I Saw Beirut's Welcome to Our Victorious Troops
- I Was There! - The Navy's 'Most Brilliant Convoy Action'
- I Was There! - The Russians Shot All Our Tanks to Pieces
- I Was There! - How We of the Red Army Smashed the Nazi Tanks
- The Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 103 - August 22, 1941
- The Tragic Irony of India at War
- America's New Army in the Making
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Poles and Russians Are Friends Again
- Now Was Launched the Third German Offensive
- Behold the Beaufighter
- R.A.S.C. - The Army's 'Maid-of-All Work'
- Our Diary of the War
- Should It Have Happened on Bank Holiday?
- I Was There! - I Saw How Moscow Took Her First Air Raid
- I Was There! - We Flew From Belgium in an Ancient Plane
- I Was There! - The Dutch Waved to Us Over Rotterdam
- London Bridge Cannot Fall Down
- I Was There! - We Were 8½ Days in Our Rubber Dinghy
- The Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 104 - August 29, 1941
- After Two Years: A Word to the Wishful
- Soviet Women Have Their Place in the Vanguard
- This Is the Ukraine That Hitler Wants
- Thailand May Soon Become a Battlefield
- Our Searchlight on the War
- 'Arabian Tales': Russia Ridicules the Nazi Claims
- 'Wherever I Go, Bright Eyes and Smiling Faces'
- Our Diary of the War
- The Marines Fought Magnificently in Crete
- I Was There! - The Norwegians Gave Us the 'V' Signal
- I Was There! - It Seemed as if Our Whole Hospital Was Lifted Up
- Winston Churchill
- I Was There! - We Put the Bombs Right on the Dot in Mannheim
- The Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 105 - September 10, 1941
- Those Two Years: Things to Remember
- After Two Months: The Russians at Bay
- How Yugoslavia Upset Hitler's Time-Table
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Britain and Russia Take Action Against Iran
- High Drama on the High Seas
- The 'Atlantic Charter'
- New Bombers for Britain's New Squadrons
- Our Diary of the War
- The Why and the How of the Syrian Campaign
- I Was There! - We Met Mr. Churchill in the Atlantic
- I Was There! - My Submarine Sank 17 Nazi and Italian Ships
- I Was There! - I Spent a Raid Night in the Moscow Tube
- I Was There! - I Flew Between the Chimneys at Knapsack
- The Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 106 - September 20, 1941
- From 14 to 8: Our War Aims Take Shape
- How the Nazi Snake Was Scotched in Iran
- The Red Army Holds On and Hits Back
- Our Searchlight on the War
- There's Another Russia Beyond the Urals
- Our Diary of the War
- This is What Tobruk is Like Today
- I Was There! - How We German Parachutists Captured Maleme
- I Was There! - The German Officer Shot Me in Cold Blood
- I Was There! - I Posed as a Traitor to Get Out of France
- I Was There! - My First Six Months as a Land Girl
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 107 - September 30, 1941
- But Even Now America Is Not At War
- In Capturing a U-Boat the Hudson Made History
- This is how Russia Deals with German Bombs
- Caucasus: Land of the Oil that Hitler Must Have
- Our Searchlight on the War
- From Leningrad to Odessa the Battle Raged
- War in the Arctic: The Spitzbergen Raid
- Our Diary of the War
- I Was There! - My Visit to One of Moscow's A.A. Batteries
- I Was There! - How We Sweep the Channel for Our Convoys
- I Was There! - We Slipped Over to Have a Look at Calais
- I Was There! - We Sank a German Ship on Hitler's Doorstep
- I Was There! - I Was on the Bombed Steel Seafarer
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 108 - October 10, 1941
- Do We Really Need an Army of Millions?
- Maybe There Will Be Battles in the Black Sea
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Triumph Is the World for These Sea Stories
- Kiev Falls: The Nazi Drive in the Ukraine
- Exit Riza Shah: A New Chapter in Persia
- Our Diary of the War
- New Halifaxes and Hurricanes Take the Air
- Norway's Great Stand Against the Oppressor
- I Was There! - What Caught My Eye in Besieged Odessa
- I Was There! - We Did a Tour of Europe as Vichy Prisoners
- I Was There! - How We Spent The Last Days on Spitzbergen
- I Was There! - We Came from East and West to Bomb Berlin
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 109 - October 20, 1941
- Need the Nazis Worry About Oil?
- Soviet War Posters Show the Will to Win
- Filling the Gaps in Britain's Labour Front
- Our Searchlight on the War
- The Moscow Conference: Full Aid for Russia
- Strange, the Czechs Don't Like Nazi 'Protection'!
- Phases in the Far-flung Battle of the Seas
- Our Diary of the War
- British Tanks for the Battle of Russia
- What the Soldier Eats and How He Gets It
- I Was There! - What We Saw on the Smolensk Battlefield
- I Was There - There Were 82 of Us in an Open Boat - 44 Died
- I Was There! - En Route to Turin We Nearly Hit the Alps
- I Was There! - How We Escaped from Internment at Dakar
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 110 - October 30, 1941
- Death-Watch Beetles in Hitler's Europe
- Persia is Our Gateway into Russia
- Yugoslavia on the Conqueror's Rack
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Soviet Russia's Supreme Hour of Crisis
- Our Diary of the War
- Gas May Yet Be Used in This War
- Cheers for the Lady Shirley and Seawolf
- I Was There! - 'We Can Hear the Guns in Moscow Now'
- I Was There! - 'Shall We Ever Be Picked Up?' We Asked
- I Was There - Our Life as Czech Labourers in Germany
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 111 - November 10, 1941
- What are We to Make of Gort's Dispatches
- For 69 Days Odessa Stood at Bay
- In Kazakhstan, One of Russia's 'Hidden' Bases
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Fateful Moves on the Russian Chessboard
- What Sort of Men Are the Japanese Militarists?
- Whither Japan in this Grim Hour of Destiny?
- Our Diary of the War
- They Direct the Fortunes of Free France
- This is My Life as an Aircraftman
- I Was There! - I Stood Beside the Sentinels in the Khyber Pass
- I Was There! - We Paddled Our Canoes Across the Channel
- I Was There! - Outnumbered, We Captured a Nazi Tank
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 112 - November 20, 1941
- But For Britain! ... The Two Americas?
- Maybe We Can Learn From Hitler's Army
- Just What Damage Have We Done to Germany?
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Now the Crimea Is Caught in the Nazi Net
- Convoy Raiding Is Now a 'Desperate Assault'
- Our Diary of the War
- Behind the Front: Battle of Supplies in Russia
- 'Commando' Men Have 'Guts' and 'Gumption'
- I Was There! - We Sang as the Germans Shelled Us at Calais
- I Was There! - I Shall Never Forget that First 'Blitz' Night
- I Was There! - They Showed Me a Moscow Collective Farm
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 113 - November 29, 1941
- Stalin Speaks, 'That Great Warrior Stalin'
- America's a Friend in Need to British Warships
- Burma's Coming to the Front of the Picture
- Echoes of War on the Road to Mandalay
- If They Want War, Then Australia Is Ready
- Flying the Atlantic Is Ferry Command's Job
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Bitter and Hard Is the Fight for the Crimea
- Will Winter's Coming Halt the Russian War?
- 'This Most Important and Timely Action'
- What Is it Like in a U-Boat in Winter?
- Our Diary of the War
- This 'Fertile Island' is Now a Food Factory
- Should Animals Be Used in Modern War?
- All Together Against the Peril by Night
- I Was There! - My Life as a Boy in Much-Bombed Malta
- I Was There! - I Am Captain of a Band of Russian Guerillas
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 114 - December 10, 1941
- You Want a Million Women, Mr. Bevin?
- What Is Behind the Strikes in America?
- Sure, We're the Men for the Two-Ocean Navy!
- America Speaks! Let Aggressors Beware!
- Our Searchlight on the War
- If We Have to Fight in the Caucasus
- The Battle of Libya: The First Phase
- Our Diary of the War
- How They Made Ready for the Offensive
- I Was There! - One Night We Made a Bolt from Benghazi
- I Was There! - Berlin's Burning - and We Poles Have Done It!
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 115 - December 20, 1941
- To Win We Must Have 30,000 Tanks - And More
- Retreat from Rostov: Hitler's First Defeat
- Our Searchlight on the War
- War in the Pacific: Japan Takes the Plunge
- Japan's Place in the New Theatre of Conflict
- Libya, Phase Two: Battle of the Parallelogram
- Our Diary of the War
- Your Waste Paper Is Wanted - for Shells!
- 'Friendly Places' for Britain's Serving Men
- I Was There! - 'Your Bren Gun Carrier Shot Up My Car'
- I Was There! - 'We Realized the Ark Royal Was Finished'
- I Was There! - I Was Torpedoed Twice in One Morning
- I Was There! - I Met 'Captain Cortez' Just Back from Tobruk
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 116 - December 30, 1941
- We Are Going to Win the War - And Peace
- War Did Not Surprise the Netherlands Indies
- 'For Good or Ill It Is Auchinleck's Battle'
- Our Searchlight on the War
- First Round to Japan in the New World War
- Now Finland Is Numbered Among Our Enemies
- Our Diary of the War
- Gondar Falls: The End of An Empire
- At Last Every Briton Will Be Mobilized
- I Was There! - Rommel Asked Me, 'Aren't You Glad?'
- I Was There! - From Berlin We Flew Homewards in Flames
- I Was There! - On My Way to Kuibyshev from Moscow
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 117 - January 10, 1942
- Four Hundred Million Chinese Our Allies
- Rommel in Retreat Through Cyrenaica
- Our Searchlight on the War
- At Pearl Harbour Japan Tried for a 'K.O.'
- Battle in Malaya: The Threat to Singapore
- 'The Defence of Hong Kong Will Live in the Story of the Empire'
- In the Philippines America Stands at Bay
- Our Diary of the War
- Retreat from Moscow: Will 1942 Repeat 1812?
- I Was There! - I Saw 'Repulse' and 'Prince of Wales' Go Down
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 118 - January 20, 1942
- The United Nations Declare for Freedom
- Malta Had 60 Raids in Christmas Week
- Our Troops in Libya Wear the Smile of Victory
- Churchill Speaks for Britain in America
- Our Searchlight on the War
- The Ordeal in the Philippines and Malaya
- Hitler in Command: The Russians Sweep On
- Our Diary of the War
- War Reaches India's Eastern Gate
- 'We'll Defend the Indies to the Last Man'
- Hong Kong's Fight to the Bitter End
- I Was There! - We Went to Vaagso with the Commando Men
- I Was There! - I Watched a Practice Alert in India
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 119 - January 30, 1942
- The 'Last Phase' or 'The Most Dangerous'?
- Modern War in an Anchient Roman Province
- Strengthening Defence of Britain's Airfields
- Our Searchlight on the War
- The Yellow Tidal Wave in the Far East
- New Year Begins Well for the Red Armies
- Our Diary of the War
- 'Only All-out War Will Hasten Victory'
- The Soldier Who is Winning the War for Russia
- I Was There! - I Got Right in the Middle of Eleven Messerschmitts
- I Was There! - One French Family Kept Me for Seven Months
- I Was There! - We Are Learning to Fly in the U.S.A.
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 120 - February 10, 1942
- What the War has taught Us About Japan
- The Gun that Knocks Out the German Tanks
- Australia Meets the Threat of Invasion
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Mojaisk Falls: the Great Retreat Goes On
- 'Victory or Not, An Episode of War Most Glorious'
- Bitter Battles for Malaya and Burma
- Our Diary of the War
- Russia Has Tank-Busters - Where Are Ours?
- I Was There! - I Was Amazed that Our Beaufort Ever Got Home
- I Was There! - We Dived Into Oil to Save Our Ship
- I Was There! - Chinese Guerillas Helped Us Escape from Shanghai
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 121 - February 20, 1942
- The Russians Expect to Win by the Winter
- If Only There Were More Australians!
- Our Searchlight on the War
- The Battle of Singapore Has Started
- Over a Countryside Held Fast in Winter's Icy Grip
- Hard Knocks for the Japanese Aggressors
- Half the Globe Is the Pacific Battlefield
- Our Diary of the War
- 464-1: Mr. Churchill and the Critics
- I Was There! - With Unbelievable Suddenness the Barham Sank
- I Was There! - How We Fought on the Beach at Kota Bharu
- I Was There! - Ivan Is an A.R.P. Warden in Moscow
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 122 - February 28, 1942
- Are We Winning the War?
- Their Tomahawks 'Scalped' the Japs Over Burma
- The Strange Case of Mr. De Valera's Ireland
- Our Searchlight on the War
- The Tragic Story of Singapore's Fall
- Through the Enemy-infested Waters of the Mediterranean
- What the Russians Have Done This Winter
- Our Diary of the War
- Strange Adventure of a Sunderland's Crew
- Are We Pulling Our Weight in Production?
- I Was There! - We Fought Our Way Through the Malayan Jungle
- I Was There! - Chased by a U-boat, We Gave Her the Slip
- I Was There! - I Saw the Poles Go Over the Top at Gazala
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 123 - March 10, 1942
- Singapore: The Way to Lose an Empire
- From Brest Hitler's Ships Got Safe Home
- Our Searchlight on the War
- From Rangoon to Darwin One Long Battle
- In Russia the Cossacks Ride Again
- Our Diary of the War
- One Crime Only Can Rob Us of Victory
- Above Singapore Floated the Flag of Japan
- I Was There! - Singapore Was Burning as I Packed My Bag
- I Was There! - Grim Was Our Flight From the Doomed City
- I Was There! - My Farewell Visit to the Great Naval Base
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 124 - March 20, 1942
- India & China: A Turning-Point in the War
- R.A.F. Hurricanes Within the Arctic Circle
- Our Searchlight on the War
- They Fought Like Wild Cats in Java
- Stalin Greets the Glorious Red Army
- Eighteen Young Airmen - And Every One a Hero
- Our Diary of the War
- Today It's 'The Horror That is Greece'
- Our Parachutists Led the Way at Bruneval
- I Was There! - 'Inside Ten Minutes the Beach Was in Our Hands'
- I Was There! - In Spite of All I Got Safe From Singapore
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 125 - April 2, 1942
- Hongkong & Nanking: A Tale of Horror
- 'Too Few, Too Late': The Tragedy of Rangoon
- The Inevitable Tragedy of Java's Fall
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Australia 'Stripped for War' and 'Fighting Mad'
- Once Again New Guinea Has Scenes of Savagery
- They Speak for the Indians in a Fateful Hour
- Fierce and Bloody Battle in the Java Sea
- Our Diary of the War
- French Papers Published at the Risk of Death
- Who Were the Real Criminals at Rion?
- Short Shrift for 'Black Market' Traitors!
- I Was There! - Rommel's Tanks Charged At Us Full Tilt
- I Was There! - How We Scorched the Oil Wells at Palembang
- I Was There! - Through Snow and Ice Our Ships Struggled to Russia
- I Was There! - The Portuguese Treated Us Right Royally
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 126 - April 17, 1942
- The Third Spring Offensive
- War's Monsoons Threaten the Indian Ocean
- Our Searchlight on the War
- MacArthur and His Yanks Arrive 'Down Under'
- St. Nazaire: Most Daring Raid Since Zeebrugge
- Stalin Has Another Army in the Far East
- Our Diary of the War
- Those Magnificent Men of the 'Red Duster'
- David Fights Goliath in the Mediterranean
- I Was There! - I Saw Terrible Things Happen in Hongkong
- I Was There! - We Bombarded Rhodes from Sea and Air
- I Was There! - The Russians Sang to Us, 'Okay, Great Britanny'
- I Was There! - How We Dug the Japs Out of Their Foxholes
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 127 - May 1, 1942
- India: Sir Stafford Opens the Doors
- Colombo Where the Air Defences Were Ready
- America's Soldiers Arrive Safely in Australia
- Russia's Murmansk Door Must Be Kept Open
- What Free French Africa Means To Us
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Russia Will Smash Hitler's War Machine
- At Bataan They Fought to the Last Cartridge
- Malta: So Small in Size, So Great in Spirit
- Ever Nearer to India Stride the Japanese
- Our Diary of the War
- Bombs on Germany - The R.A.F. Strikes Again
- Critical Indeed Will Be 1942's Harvest
- I Was There! - We Went With the Raiders to St. Nazaire
- I Was There! - We Weathered a Wild Night in the Atlantic
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 128 - May 15, 1942
- Laval: The Triumph of Treason
- Retreat Through Burma: Fighting All the Way
- Friend & Foe On India's Doorstep
- Behind the American Lines in Bataan
- Bombs on the Japanese: America Hits Back
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Augsburg - 'This Memorable Feat of Arms'
- War on Wheels: Making the Army Mobile
- It's a New China that Fights Beside Us
- Chiefs of the United Nations in Chungking
- Our Diary of the War
- Planning the Course Ahead: Mr. Lyttelton's 'Postscript'
- Bloody Was the Battle of New Britain
- I Was There! - We Raided Boulogne Beach in Gym Shoes
- I Was There! - Our Trek Southwards from Bombed Darwin
- I Was There! - What I Discovered About the 'Doughboys'
- I Was There! - We Ran the Gauntlet Through the Skagerrak
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 129 - May 29, 1942
- Mr. Churchill Look Back - and Forward
- 'Baedeler Raids' Are No Reply To Rostock!
- Our Searchlight on the War
- Not Bravery Alone Could Save Burma
- Britain's High Command: How the War Is Planned
- Russia: The Winter War in Retrospect
- Our Diary of the War
- Now It Is the Nazis Who Fear Invasion
- Corregidor: Epic of 'Grim, Gaunt & Ghastly Men'
- I Was There! - I Worked Alongside the Russians for Six Months
- I Was There! - I Saw Burma's Pagodas Bombed Into Ruins
- I Was There! - Life's Not Too Bad in a Workers' Hostel
- I Was There! - I Went Back to Malta in Wartime
- Editor's Postscript
Volume 5 - No. 130 - June 12, 1942
- But Japan's Fleet May Still Be of Clay
- Has Prinz Eugen Lived to Fight Another Day?
- Madagascar: The Taking of Diego Suarez
- Will They Always Lie Becalmed at Martinique?
- Our Searchlight on the War
- We've Built the 'Persia Road' Into Russia
- Kerch and Kharkov: A Two-Way Offensive
- All Australia Is Mobilized for War
- Alexander's Fighting Retreat Through Burma
- Our Diary of the War
- The Home Guard is Two Years Old
- I Was There! - I Went Down to Dover, England's Malta
- I Was There! - From Hongkong I Marched With Chinese Guerillas
- I Was There! - My Visit to Stalin's Young Soldiers
- I Was There! - What I Dislike Most Are Those Tommy Patrols!
- Editor's Postscript