Author: HUTCHINSON, WALTER: EDITOR
Title: Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 3, No. 5, January 17, 1939 - , January 23, 1940
Description: London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1940. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pages. Circa 1940s. 77 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Women ferry aircraft for the R.A.F. from factories to aerodromes; French Troops in war zone; Photos of two British destroyers lost - H.M.S. Grenville and H.M.S. Exmouth which was lost on 23 January with all hands; Article on the Economic War on Germany, by R.H. Cross, Minister of Economic Warfare; full-page photo portrait of Sir John Greer Dill; Photos of new types of German and British aircraft - the ME 110, the de Havilland Flamingo, the Blackburn Roc, the Defiant; Sowing a British Mine Field; R.A.F. photographs Nazi secrets - photos of a German aerodrome near Hanover, Siegfried Line fortifications, Heligoland, and the naval base at Wilhelmshaven; Photos of the manufacture of steel helmets for the defense forces; Centerfold illustrations show how the British Navy attack the U-Boat with depth charges; British troops on the western front; French destroyer on convoy duty; Photos of two-stages in the doom of a U-Boat; Article entitled The War in the Air - Survey of the first four months' operations; Graphic assemblage of the ranks and badges of the British Army; Excellent photos from the Finnish-Russian war front; Fulll-page photo of Danish volunteers marching through Oulo, Finland; Their majesties visit the troops; A Commentary on the War this week; Photos of German defences on the Island of Sylt; Nazi activity on the Siegfried Line; Summary of the chief events of this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 3, No. 5, January 17, 1939 - , January 23, 1940 Women ferry aircraft for the R.A.F. from factories to aerodromes; French Troops in war zone; Photos of two British destroyers lost - H.M.S. Grenville and H.M. Good .

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