The War Illustrated - Volume 6

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 6, see for other volumes our volume index.

Volume 6 - No. 131 - June 26, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• Well Done, Horses (and Dogs) of the Red Army!
• The War in the Air
• Battle School: The 'Real Thing' in Training
• Here and There in the India That Isn't British
• The War at Sea
• Now Mexico Is Added to Our Company
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Our Tokyo Raid Gave the Japs a Shock
• I Was There! - We Drew V's at Night in Oslo's Streets
• I Was There! - We Trekked to India Through a Burmese 'Zoo'
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 132 - July 10, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The 'Fighting French' at Bay at Bir Hacheim
• The War in the Air
• Britain and Russia Allies For Twenty Years
• Tobruk Was Taken By Storm at Last
• The War at Sea
• Dutch Harbour: War at the 'Top of the World'
• I Was There! - 'Give Me a Moonlight Night and My Hurricane!'
• I Was There! - What the Americans Told Me About Midway
• I Was There! - The Germans Caught Me As I 'Snapped' Them
• I Was There! - I Went to France With the Commando Men
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 133 - July 24, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The War in the Air
• Egypt: Between the Desert and the 'Ditch'
• Do We Yet Know Why We Lost Tobruk?
• Sevastopol's Epic of Imperishable Glory
• The War at Sea
• Bombed Into Ruin by America's Flyers
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - They Quite Like Us A.R.P. Wardens Now!
• I Was There! - Daily I Thanked My Lucky Star - and the French
• I Was There! - Our Ship Was Shelled by Tanks at Tobruk
• I Was There! - We Laid Mines in Enemy Waters
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 134 - August 7, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• Five Years: China's Great Fight For Freedom
• The War in the Air
• Under the Swastika
• So This Is How the Americans See Us!
• And This Is Our Men's Guide To America
• The War at Sea
• Our Daily Round in War-torn Malta
• I Was There! - When I Left Germany Last May...
• I Was There! - 'Now It's Hell in Bir Hacheim'
• I Was There! - 'The Hermione Reared Up Like a Huge Whale'
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 135 - August 21, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• When It Was 'Sitzkrieg' for the Nazis in Libya
• The War in the Air
• U.S. Commanders on the World's War Fronts
• The Home Front
• Rommel: The Man and the Myth
• The War at Sea
• Woman's War Work and How It's Paid
• I Was There! - I Saw the Indians Go into Action in Libya
• I Was There! - It's So Nice to See the Nazis Gorge in Oslo!
• I Was There! - Our Convoy Went Through 6 Days of Bombing
• I Was There! - We Picked Up Forty-Four Unhappy Italians
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 136 - September 4, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The War in the Air
• Captured Fighter Gives Away Luftwaffe's Secrets
• Ferry Pilots Marooned in Greenland for 45 Days
• We Trained For the R.A.F. in America
• Those Three Fateful Years!
• The War's Most Vital Conference
• The War at Sea
• Women in Uniform: Civilian Work and Pay
• I Was There! - With the R.A.F. I Dropped Food Over Burma
• I Was There! - At NIght With My Tank in the Western Desert
• I Was There! - We Were the R.A.F.'s Rearguard in Libya
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 137 - September 18, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• How Britain's Commandos Attacked Dieppe
• The War in the Air
• Brazil's Vast Bulk to Weight the Scales of War
• So These 'Blond Beasts' Plan to Rule the World!
• Women's Work and Wages: A Wartime Tribute
• The War at Sea
• Views & Reviews
• I Was There! - The Sea Poured Relentlessly Into the Eagle
• I Was There! - I Turned the Wheel Hard Over and Rammed
• I Was There! - I Went Round the World to Join the Czechs
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 138 - October 2, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The War in the Air
• This Is the Ruhr We Bomb So Often
• The Battle in the Morning in Egypt
• Mr. Churchill on the 'Desert Army'
• Views & Reviews
• Under the Swastika
• The War at Sea
• Merchantmen Have Their Own Fighers Now
• The Admiral Signalled: 'Proud to Have Met You'
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - 'We Will Stick it in Malta. We Will Win'
• I Was There! - We're English Sailors in Free France's Navy
• I Was There! - 'Shake Hands! I'm From Tobruk'
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 139 - October 18, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The War in the Air
• Under the Swastika
• New Links in the Chain of Panama's Defence
• Views & Reviews
• The War at Sea
• The Home Front
• The Battle of Britain: Two Years After
• I Was There! - From the Zulu I Saw the Sikh's Last Fight
• I Was There! - We Nurses Were in the Front Line of Fire
• I Was There! - On the 13th Day I Killed and Ate a Seagull
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 140 - October 30, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The Covered Themselves with Glory at Dieppe
• Through New Guinea Runs Australia's Front Line
• Japanese Bombers in the Solomons
• The War at Sea
• Stalingrad's Name Is Written In Blood
• Views & Reviews
• Mr. Kaiser's the Man to Beat the U-Boats
• The War in the Air
• Under the Swastika
• I Was There! - 'Were You Frightened, Reuter? So Was I, Very!'
• I Was There! - One Evening I Crossed the Volga to Stalingrad
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 141 - November 13, 1942

• Along the Battle Front
• Setting the Stage for Action in West Africa
• The War at Sea
• The Story of a British Boy's Grave in Malta
• 'America's Burma Road' Finished in Six Months
• What Britain Has Done For Russia
• Views & Reviews
• Americans Have Been With Us Since 1939
• The War in the Air
• 'In This Spirit We Will March to Victory'
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - I Slaved for the Nazis in the Channel Islands
• I Was There! - 'It Made Me Feel as if I Were in the Abyss of Hell'
• I Was There! - One of Our Tanks Gave Jerry the Shock of His Life
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 142 - November 27, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• How the Correspondents Saw Rommel Crack
• The War at Sea
• Anson and Howe: Our Two Newest Battleships
• Churchill Reveals Secrets of the Battle of Egypt
• Across Africa the Allies Have a Highway
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - We Knocked Out 37 Axis Tanks in Egypt
• I Was There! - I'm Priest of a Church at 'Hell-Fire Corner'
• I Was There! - My Year's Struggle to Join General De Gaulle
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 143 - December 11, 1942

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Tunisia, the Key Country of North Africa
• How They Prepared to Invade North Africa
• Victor of the Battle of Egypt
• Under the Swastika
• The War in the Air
• 'Do We Intrude?' Let the Nazis Answer!
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Off Algeria We Fought Waves of Nazi Bombers
• I Was There! - We Blitzed the Nazi Convoys from 10 Feet Up
• I Was There! - I Watched the General Decorate Our Heroes
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 144 - December 26, 1942

• Along the Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• A Second Winter's Tale of Dreadful War
• In Italy Is Fascism Riding for a Fall?
• Views & Reviews
• Bizerta's Significance in Tomorrow's Strategy
• The War in the Air
• Mustangs Are the Eyes of the Army
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Back from Stalingrad We Chased the Nazis
• I Was There! - The 'Eyeties' Begged Us to Give Them a Lift
• I Was There! - Over the Alps We Flew to Bomb Genoa
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 145 - January 8, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Why the Solomons Battle Is So Important
• Japan's Fanatical Belief that She Can Win
• Under the Swastika
• The War Comes Very Near to Sicily
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - They Were Jammed Like Sardines in Naples Harbour
• I Was There! - We Rammed Oran's Boom to Land Our Troops
• I Was There! - I Spent Three Days in a German U-Boat
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 146 - January 22, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• General Giraud Writes Another Page of History
• Fierce Battle off Guadalcanal
• The War at Sea
• It's the Same War All the World Over
• Views & Reviews
• Meet Some of Norway's Young Fighter Pilots
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Our 80,000 Miles in the Triumphant Truant
• I Was There! - Gona Beach Was Strewn With Japanese Dead
• I Was There! - I Found Both Gaiety and Gloom in Chungking
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 147 - February 5, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• Commanders Have to Keep Up With the War
• The War at Sea
• Epic Exploit of the New France in Fezzan
• Under the Swastika
• America's Hundred Billion Dollar Budget
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - We Got the Convoy Through the U-Boats
• I Was There! - We Were the Cat Among Rommel's Pigeons
• I Was There! - My Night of Tense Expectancy in the Russian Lines
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 148 - February 19, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• Into Tripoli Montgomery Marched in Triumph
• The War at Sea
• 'Mines Were Laid in Enemy Waters'
• Under the Swastika
• Leningrad's Epic of the Unknown Civilian
• The War in the Air
• Alamein to Tripoli: 1,400 Miles in 80 Days
• I Was There! - These Men Juggle with Death on the Home Front
• I Was There! - His Operating-Theatre was in Mid-Atlantic
• I Was There! - 'All Hell Seemed to be Let Loose Beneath Us'
• I Was There! - In Six Hours I Shot Down Four German Raiders
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 149 - March 5, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Views & Reviews
• Stalingrad: Symbol of Unconquerable Russia
• The War in the Air
• Lancasters over Hamburg: High Level of Daring
• On the Way It's Packed A Life May Depend
• The Home Front
• I Was There - My Escape from Germany - by General Giraud
• I Was There - In Malta We Went Nearly Mad with Joy
• I Was There - I'm One of the Dutchmen Lent to the British Navy
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 150 - March 19, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• This Is the Red Army We Salute Today
• Views & Reviews
• What Sort of a Land Is This Tunisia?
• Under the Swastika
• The War in the Air
• From India Wavell's Men Move into Burma
• How an Invading Army 'Pays Its Way'
• I Was There - I Had a Live Shell in My Leg - and Didn't Know It
• I Was There - I Saw Our Shells Bounce off a German 'Tiger'
• I Was There - We Were the Amnerican 'Lost Legion' in Tunisia
• I Was There - Hole No. 37 Was Her Address in Stalingrad
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 151 - April 2, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• Newspapers the Men of the 8th Army Read
• The War at Sea
• Always Ready to Save Is the 'Salvation Navy'
• Bomber Command's Hammer-blows on Germany
• Under the Swastika
• Timoshenko Takes the Offensive in the North
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - We In France Honour the R.A.F.'s Glorious Dead
• I Was There! - How London's Home Guard A.A. Greeted the Raiders
• I Was There! - I Was in the Achates When She Fought to the End
• I Was There! - We Dropped Our Picks & Shovels to Fight the Nazis
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 152 - April 16, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• After 165 Years H.M.S. Victory Still Serves
• East of Malta, West of Suez: The Navy on the Job
• Carrier Pigeons Are Saving Our Men's Lives
• Views & Reviews
• Knocked Out? Tanks Today Have Nine Lives!
• The War in the Air
• Youth in a Britain of Bombs and Black-out
• I Was There! - We Formed Human Pyramids to Cross Wadi Zigzau
• I Was There! - At Hegra We Norwegians Held the Nazis at Bay
• I Was There! - I Went with U.S. Bombers to Plaster Vegesack
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 153 - April 30, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Are There Really British Paratroops in Norway?
• How Montgomery Captured the Mareth Line
• Clerks of the Weather Now Go By Air
• Views & Reviews
• The War in the Air
• Helicopters Should Be Useful Against U-Boats
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Our Sub. Destroyed a Nazi Plane in Mid-Air
• I Was There! - I Rode 'The Weapon That Will Win the War'
• I Was There! - In Burma We Explored a City of the Dead
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 154 - May 14, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• Montgomery's Masterstroke at Wadi Akarit
• The War at Sea
• There's Now a West Point Over Here
• General Montgomery - The Man as I Know Him
• Views & Reviews
• Military Camouflage Is a Very Fine Art
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - In Denmark They Wear Britannia Brooches
• I Was There! - Torpedoed by U-boat Twice in Twenty Minutes
• I Was There! - And That Was the End of an E-boat
• I Was There! - I Was a 'Naughty' Prisoner in Italian Camps
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 6 - No. 155 - May 28, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The Truth About Britain's Tank-Busters
• The War at Sea
• Gentlemen, a Toast: The Charwomen of the Sea!
• Women Make Good as Aircraft Surgeons
• Views & Reviews
• The War in the Air
• This Strike Was a Gamble with Men's Lives
• I Was There! - Even the Italians Flocked to Greet Us at Sfax
• I Was There! - How We Flung the Nazis Off Longstop Hill
• I Was There! - In Tripoli I Found No 'Little Ceasars'
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

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