WWII 1944 War Illustrated #190: France Liberation: 8th Army Italy: RAF Regiment

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WWII 1944 War Illustrated #190: France Liberation: 8th Army Italy: RAF RegimentYou are bidding on a vintage 1944 Issue of ‘War Illustrated’ Magazine The Definitive magazine of World War Two  No 190  September 29th 1944 War Illustrated needs no introduction to anyone interested in World War Two. In addition to contemporary photographs of the war in all its elements – all of which are accompanied by descriptive script, the magazine contains intelligent articles.One particularly interesting section is the “I Was there” articles, which tell eye-witness tales of the war. Photos: FP = Full page, HP = Half Page Cover: ‘ In Liberated Paris’ Tanks of the 2nd French Armoured division pass the Arc de Triomphe 5 Pics: ‘ Afloat and Ashore With Our Roving Camera’ : Motor torpedo boat – Mobile X-Ray Van – Aerial Lighthouse Keeper filled by W.A.A.F. – Russian Officers in Normandy – The ruins of the Staple Inn, Holborn after blitz HP Pic and Map: ‘ When Allied Armies Reached the Siegfried Line” : British tank crossing the ‘Albert Canal’ whilst a Dutch Soldier of the Princess Irene regiment and a British Sergeant share guard duties at the approach of the bridge 4 Pics: ‘ The gothic Line Breached on a 20-Mile Front’: The 8th Army in Italy inc. Civilians hiding in a tunnel – British signaller operates his portable radio set on the road – British infantry and Sherman tanks on a captured hill position 2 HP Pics: ‘In Belgium’s Capital Hitler Went Up in Smoke’: Crowds clambering aboard British tanks during the liberation – Hitler’s portrait burned outside the Bourse de Commerce FP: Canadian Troops march through Diepp e4 Pics: ‘ Over the Seine in Hot Pursuit to Brussels’: Royal Engineers laying a Pontoon Bridge over the Seine 4 Pics: ‘ Memories Were Stirred on Battlefields Regained’: Our troops approacging the railway station at Argonnes, Sept 1 1944 – The wrecked town of Rouen after the Canadians regained her, with tricolour flying from Cathedral – Bareheaded German prisoners halt in the streets of Amiens as members of the Free French infantry carry the bodies of fallen comrades past 5 Pics: Terrifying British Weapons throw a Liquid Fire: The Lifebuoy Flame Thrower in action – The lifebuoy shown on soldiers back – Crocodile flame thrower fitted to Churchill tank – Crocdile in action – Wasps Personnel carriers in action 2 HP Pics: ‘Cheers and Homage in Paris Freed’ : British soldiers entering Paris – Three British soldiers salute the tomb of the Unknown Warrior Double Page of 4 Pics: ‘De gaulle Symbolizes France’s Liberation, Whilst Snipers Bullets Whine Overhead : General De Gaulle passing in armoured convoy past the Arc de Triomphe – Units of the 2nd French Armoured Division on same route – People take cover as German snipers fire from building in the Place de la Concorde 2 HP Pics: ‘The last Round up of Frenzied Huns: Patrols of General LeClerc’s 2nd French Armoured Division manning light machine guns against snipers 2 HP Pics: ‘Russians at Bucharest and East Prussian Border’: Tanks on the streets of Bucharest and Soviet Artillery firing on german territory FP: ‘Armed Might that gladdened the Heart of France’: Thousands of U.S. Troops marching past the Arc de Triomphe 4 Pics: Airmen Soldiers Deeply versed in Craft of War: R.A.F. Regiment Soldiers in action in Normandy 5 Pics: they Helped to Drive the Japanese from India: Tough fighters of the 23rd Brigade line up to receive new clothing – plus other pics from the Indian front 3 Pics: ‘ Quick Bases for Spitfires in Northern France’: RAF Regiment men preparing an emergency landing strip – Same men unloading a long range fuel tank from a Dakota – Spitfires at their disposal point 4 Pics: How Paris was Relieved from the Peril of famine’ : After shops were plundered by the germans and their shelves laid bare, Allied forces replenished them from trucks – Includes distribution centres in Southern France. FP: Hand coloured back page: ‘ British Armour Climbed the Hill’ past the famous Basilica of St. Therese after the enemy had been routed out of Lisiuex in Northern France .Ar... read more

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