Pages 645-672. Features : Cover portrait of Churchill upon his 70th birthday; Great one-page photo of Princess Elizabeth launching a battleship (location and ship name not provided, presumably for wartime reasons); Two pages of statistics of Britain's war effort; One-page Karsh photo-portrait of Edward Stettinius, U.S. Secretary of State; Two-page illustration of how L/Sergeant John Daniel Baskeyfield won his Victora Cross (V.C.) during the battle of Arnhem; Six photos show the opening of the port of Antwerp - a great supply port for the Western Front; Photos of incidents on the Western Front involving British, U.S. and French troops; Photo of captured Major-General Faterrodt, Commander of the German garrison in Strasbourg; Centerfold illustrations by G.H. Davis show the 'works' of the V-2 rocket bomb - some details of the driving system of a German 'revenge' weapon; Sevenphotos from the battlefields of Burma - on the road to Mandalay, including contour map of the Burma Front; Two photos of devastation after huge underground explosion at R.A.F. depot near Burton-on-Trent; Two photos of German explosive motor boats; Two drawings of the northern lights over arctic convoys, by Commander R.E.D. Ryder, V.C.; Photo of first Norwegian troops marching into liberated Kirkenes; Photo of German radio-controlled glider bomb released from the air to attack shipping; Two large photos of the British Home Guard Stand-down before the Royal Family in London; Photos of personalities of the week include F.A.M. Browning,Wing-Cdr. Guy Gibson, V.C. (of 'Dam-Busters' fame), Sir Eric Teichman, Viscountess Astor (photo taken with a large group of women at the Commons, General Eisenhower with Sir M. Dempsey and Lt.-General Ritchie, M.T. Arciszewski, Havildar Maj. C. Ram, V.C., Captain R.K. Dickson, Montgomery's personal staff - J.R.B. Durrant, N.W. Chavasse, T. Warren, Lt.-Col. Dawnay, J.R. Henderson; nostalgic ads; and more. This copy was never stapled. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Coverfold taped. A worthy vintage copy. Book
