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Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 8, Number 3, October 16 - October 22, 1940
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of Australian naval gunners practising; Image of John F. Kennedy inside front cover as promotion for his book "Why England Slept"; Nice photo of the legless pilot and his men - Squadron Leader D.R.S. Bader leads a famous Canadian fighter squadron and is pictured with some of his men; Illustration of Malta - our island stronghold in the Mediterranean; Article on Welfare Work for the Troops - social, educational and recreational facilities for Britain's fighting forces; Sunderland saves 21 shipwrecked sailors; War pictures from African battlefields; Message to the French Nation - broadcast by Winston Churchill; centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Kimberley sinking an Italian destroyer in the Red Sea; superb photo of several gleaming torpedoes in a British warship; Photos of London destruction, including the famous photo of men perusing books in the ruins of the library at Holland House, Kensington; Soldiers of the allied armies; Article - how the Observer Corps aid the Fighter Pilots; Photo of train taking children from the danger of Berlin; A commentary on the war this week; In action with the Fleet Air Arm; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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