The War Illustrated - Volume 7

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 7, see for other volumes our volume index.

Volume 7 - No. 156 - June 11, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• Italy Trembles at the Thunder of the Guns
• The War at Sea
• Where They Plot the War Against the U-Boats
• What Are These 'Hairpin Squads' of the R.A.F.
• Views & Reviews
• The War in the Air
• Aggressive Defence Is the Home Guard's Duty
• I Was There! - We Were in at the Death in Tunisia
• I Was There! - How We Did Rejoice in Liberated Tunis!
• I Was There! - For 60 Miles I Drove Past German Prisoners
• I Was There! - How Von Arnim Surrendered at Last
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 157 - June 25, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• In North Africe Now: A Correspondent's Picture
• The War at Sea
• How Many Germans Rest in Unnamed Graves?
• Jungle Commando: The Story of the Chindits
• Views & Reviews
• Souvenirs from the Battle field May Save Lives
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Under the Sea I Gave the Order - Fire!
• I Was There! - Off Tunis Our Prison Ship Was Riddled
• I Was There! - In Crete's Bomb Alley We Fought Terrific Odds
• I Was There! - What Horrors I Saw In Vyazma and Rzhev!
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 158 - July 9, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• Why the White Flag Went Up on Pantellaria
• The War at Sea
• The Glorious 155th Battery Fought to the End
• Proudly We Danes Serve Under the Red Ensign
• Views & Reviews
• Flying Ambulances Save Many a Soldier's Life
• The War in the Air
• I Was There! - Now They Call Me 'The King of Lampedusa'
• I Was There! - 'Happy Landings!' Said the Sergeant with a Grin
• I Was There! - I Went 'Square-Bashing' with the Scots Guards
• I Was There! - They Gave Me the United States Air Cross
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 159 - July 23, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• 'Good Old Walrus!' Say the Fleet Air Arm
• What Sort of Invasion Craft Are We Using?
• Views & Reviews
• China Can Mobilize Fifty Million More Men
• The War in the Air
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - How We Mastered the Infernal Magnetic Mine
• I Was There! - I Was One of the Nine Who Came Back
• I Was There! - A Norwegian Girl, I Was a Slave in Poland
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 160 - August 6, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• What Goes on in the Lulls Between Attacks?
• Views & Reviews
• Cyprus - A Thorn in the Side of the Axis
• The War in the Air
• He Flew From 'Shangri-La' to Bomb Tokyo
• I Was There! - By Air and Sea We Swooped on Sicily
• I Was There! - We Battled Ashore Through Waist-Deep Water
• I Was There! - Gela Beach Was Like a Fourth of July Display
• I Was There! - Italian Prisoners Helped Us Land Our Guns
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 161 - August 20, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• For 3,000 Years History Has Been Made in Sicily
• They've Been Our Commandos For 300 Years
• Views & Reviews
• We Have Taken New Life and Hope Into Sicily
• The War in the Air
• At Last We Have 'Struck Oil' in Rumania
• I Was There! - 'Down With Mussolini and Death to the Duce!'
• I Was There! - I Ran a Field Hospital for Our Parachutists
• I Was There! - Syracuse Was Like Margate in Holiday-time
• I Was There! - 'Advanco Pronto!' - and a Mob Surrendered
• I Was There! - My Night of Terror in Bomb-Battered Hamburg
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

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'
• Views & Reviews
• The War in the Air
• This Harvest Will Live in the Memory of Man
• 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
• Our Diary of the War
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 163 - September 17, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• The Coastal Eyes of Britain Never Close
• Railways Are Vital in Our Invasion Schemes
• Views & Reviews
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - Fire and Ruin Marked the Road to Kharkov
• I Was There! - I Fly With a Middle East Bomber Squadron
• I Was There! - I Saw Victory on the Land Army Battle Front
• I Was There! - From Factory Manager to Guerilla Fighter
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 164 - October 1, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Unconditional Surrender: Italy Pays the Price
• How Air Power Contributed to Italy's Fall
• Nazis' Balkan Cornerstone - Bulgaria - Is Loose
• Views & Reviews
• Movie-Cameramen in the Front Line of Battle
• I Was There! - I Led the British Commandos Into Italy
• I Was There! - Here in Liberated Greece the Guerillas Rule!
• I Was There! - Remaking Their Homes in Kharkov's Ruins
• I Was There! - I Was in Copenhagen When the Germans Came
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 165 - October 15, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Battlefield Gunfire Now Defeating the Nazis
• Meet the Blitz Buggy, the Quack and Penguin
• Theirs the Job to Keep the Cables Mended
• Views & Reviews
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - We Recorded a Big Bombing Raid on Berlin
• I Was There! - I Saw the Fateful Battle of Salerno Beaches
• I Was There! - I Was a 'Sitting Target' in the Arctic Sea
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 166 - October 29, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• In Naples the Nazi Reign of Terror Ends
• The War at Sea
• These Little Ships Excel In High-Speed War
• Air Disaster Threatens Nazis as Foggia Falls
• Army Carrier Pigeons Have Parachutes Now!
• Views & Reviews
• Across the Adriatic Dalmatia Beckons Us
• I Was There! - We Drove Along the Awesome Road of Death
• I Was There! - I Saw a Shell Kill Three War Reporter Friends
• I Was There! - From England I Went East to Join Paiforce
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 167 - November 12, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Air Transport Is Rivalling Wartime Shipping
• Hungary - Axis Hyena - Fears the Reckoning
• Views & Reviews
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - My Battlefront Tour With Gen. Clark in Italy
• I Was There! - I Swam For 22 Hours to Escape From Cos
• I Was There! - We Smashed A German Spy Plane 7 Miles Up
• I Was There! - I Was In Singapore When the Japanese Swooped
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 168 - November 26, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Game as Terriers are the Navy's Destroyers
• Hitler Plans to Prevent a German 'Badoglio'
• Views & Reviews
• How France Raised A Secret Desert Army
• No 'Hitler Youth' Is the Army Cadet Force
• I Was There! - I'm Home After Three Years in Prison Camps
• I Was There! - With the Camerons I Fought at Four Hills
• I Was There! - We Sailed From the Terror That Was Singapore
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 169 - December 10, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• How Hitler's Canals Help the Nazi War Effort
• Views & Reviews
• Dashing D.R.s of the Royal Corps of Signals
• The Home Front
• I Was There! - With the Soviet Troops I Entered Burning Kiev
• I Was There! - I Saw Nazi Paratroops Attack in Leros Battle
• I Was There! - I Took the First Churchill Tanks into Action
• I Was There! - I Crashed and Was Lost in the New Guinea Jungle
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 170 - December 24, 1943

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Brains Behind Our Big Ships' Roaring Guns
• Tough 'Recces' Race Ahead As We Invade
• Frontiers of the Future: More Balkan Problems!
• Views & Reviews
• Specialist Flyers Dare Death for the R.A.F.
• I Was There! - We Stoked Berlin's Still Smouldering Fires
• I Was There! - I Left My Pots and Pans and Downed a Bomber!
• I Was There! - They Bombed Us, But We Landed Our Ammunition
• I Was There! - I Saw the Japanese Annihilated on Betio Island
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 171 - January 7, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Our Monitors Help the Land Fighting in Italy
• Praise the Men Who Pass the Ammunition
• Friends in Fact, in Spirit and in Purpose
• Views & Reviews
• I Was There! - I Baled Out Over Bomb-Battered Pantelleria
• I Was There! - Men, Mules and Mud I Saw on Monte Camino
• I Was There! - How We Escaped the Gestapo Drag Net in Oslo
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 172 - January 21, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Air Battles Higher Than Man Has Yet Fought
• Just Who Is Fighting Whom In Yugoslavia?
• Non-Belligerent Turkey in the Allied Camp
• Views & Reviews
• Two Ships Attack Eleven in Big Sea-Air Battle
• At Hell-Fire Corner: Britain's Front-Line Town
• I Was There! - Ghastly Road of the Five Graves Led to Ortona
• I Was There! - Our Seven Weeks' Nightmare as Arctic Castaways
• I Flew 1,000 Miles Over Battle-Torn Russia
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Latest Warplane News from the World's Skyways
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 173 - February 4, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• He Sails With 10,000 Lives Dependent on Him
• Planning to Regain the Key to the Orient
• Maps for Battles to Come Prepared at Top Speed
• Views & Reviews
• Behind the Scenes with Showmen of the Services
• I Was There! - Japanese Night-Prowlers Routed in the Solomons
• I Was There! - Our Captors Became Our Prisoners at Ortona
• We Saw the Scharnhorst Hit in North Cape Battle
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 174 - February 18, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Australia's Allied Works Council in Swift Action
• Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 1 - Nigeria
• Bessarabia Has Its Problem for the Allies
• Pacific Stronghold Bases Japan Must Defend
• Views & Reviews
• We Are the Flying Eyes of the Heavy Guns
• I Was There! - How We Landed on the Beaches of South Rome
• I Was There! - At Cape Gloucester We Crashed Our Way Ashore
• I Was There! - Our Submarine Chased and Fought Ten Enemy Ships
• I Was There! - They Used Glider Bombs Against Our Convoy
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 175 - March 3, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Our Underwater 'Commandos' Strike Hard Inland
• Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 2 - E. Africa
• These Vital Days Before the Great Assault
• Leningrad: A Memory of Imperial St. Petersburg
• Views & Reviews
• Useful Men to Have About, These Marines
• I Was There! - The Nazis Bombed and Sank Our Hospital Ship
• I Was There! - I Walked Through Wreckage That Was Peterhof
• I Was There! - Our 3 Days' Skirmish in the Hills of Arakan
• I Was There! - These Thirty Women are Busy Saving Lives
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript
• Tight-Packed with Trouble for the Japanese

Volume 7 - No. 176 - March 17, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Northern Ireland's Place in the Allied Ranks
• 'Cloak of Invisibility' Gives Life - or Death
• Views & Reviews
• Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 3 - W. Indies
• Will Rail Transport in Germany Stand the Strain?
• I Was There! - They Posted Me 'Missing' When Sahib was Sunk
• I Was There! - Along Ledo Road to the Northern Burma Front
• I Was There! - I Went to Battle in a Tank in England
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 177 - March 31, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Fishermen of Britain Fight to Bring Us Food
• This Trawler Helped to Send a U-Boat to its Doom
• Our Colonies in the War: No. 4 - Ascension
• Gladly Would the Finns Get Out of the War
• What Exactly is Happening in Rumania Now?
• Views & Reviews
• How We Speed the Training of a £5,000 Pilot
• I Was There! - We 'Recce' Men Raided the Nazis at Anzio
• I Was There! - I Rammed a German Plane - and Walked Home
• First British Link with Tito in Yugoslavia
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• U.S. Bombers Blast Berlin in Daylight Raids
• R.A.F. Drops 5½-ton Bombs - with This Effect
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 178 - April 14, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• Bloody is the Fighting for the Ruins of Cassino
• The War at Sea
• The Fleet Oiler Waits On Our Fighting Ships
• Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 5 - Fiji
• Mighty Sky-Freighters Sway the Fortunes of War
• Workshop for Germany: Switzerland's Dilemma
• Views & Reviews
• This Soviet Plane Turned Nazi Jeers to Fears
• I Was There! - How We Cracked the Pill-Boxes at Kwajalein
• I Was There! - I Walked Out of the War into Liechtenstein
• I Was There! - This is the Fire-Raked Cockpit of Anzio
• I Was There! - Four Times Our Submarine Bumped the Sea-bed
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 179 - April 28, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• Little Rescue Tugs are Winning Big Victories
• Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 6 - Trinidad
• Honoured Rest at the Last for the Fallen
• How Do We Stand in the Burmese War Zone?
• Views & Reviews
• How 40,000 Civilian Sky-Watchers Aid the R.A.F.
• I Was There! - With the 'Bats o' Hell' I Flew to Los Negros
• I Was There! - I Saw a Japanese Legend Die in Burma Jungle
• I Was There! - Last Voyage of Armed Merchantman Breconshire
• I Was There! - On a Mine-Laying Raid with a Polish Squadron
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

Volume 7 - No. 180 - May 12, 1944

• The Battle Fronts
• The War at Sea
• What Happens when the Enemy is 'In the Bag'
• Watch Himmler! Wiliest of Nazi Gangsters
• Views & Reviews
• Britain's Colonies in the War: No. 7 - Ceylon
• Highways to Speed the Day of Allied Victory
• I Was There! - With the 'Diggers' on the Muddy Jungle Trail
• I Was There! - Whirled Through a Storm on a Seafire's Tail
• I Was There! - We Struck at and Crippled the Mighty Tirpitz
• Our Diary of the War
• The War in the Air
• Editor's Postscript

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