Author: HUTCHINSON, WALTER: EDITOR
Title: Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 2, No. 5, November 22nd - 28th, 1939
Description: London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pages. Circa 1940s. 80 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: French warship sinks two u-boats; How Britain sweeps the seas for mines; Victims of Germany's unrestricted warfare at sea - the Sliedrecht, the Spaarndam, and the Pilsudski; Wellington bomber demonstrating low-flying attack; The Training of the French Soldier - article with photos; R.A.F. plane flies home with half a wing; These men control the war at sea - photo of the Board of Admiralty in session in Whitehall; Britain's mine-killing patrol at work; R.A.F. shoot down seven mazi planes in a day; Excellent centerfold illustrations explain "How Nazi Planes and U-Boats Lay Magnetic Mines in Shipping Channels; Somewhere in France with our Allies; British troops at home in training; Britain's War and Peace Aims - speech of Neville Chamberlain with photos; Clothing the British Army; "Deutschland" sinks and armed merchant cruiser, the Rawalpindi; Navy capture two German merchant ships - the Konsul Hendrik Fisser and the Borkum; The Brtish Army in France - review by Leslie Hore-Belisha; British Fighters raid Nazi seaplane base at Borkum; Making Lorries for the British Army; A Commentary on the War; Keeping a watch on the home front skies; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; French warship sinks two u-boats; How Britain sweeps the seas for mines; Victims of Germany's unrestricted warfare at sea - the Sliedrecht, the Spaarndam, and the Pilsudski; Wellington bomber demonstrating low-flying attack; The Training of the French Sol. Good .

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