Ruines

1941 — 32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Nice full-page photo of Harry Hopkins leaving the foreign office with Anthony Eden; With the fleet Italians - naval photos from the Mediterranean; King Haakon of Norway inspects Norwegian sailors now serving with the British fleet; Winston Churchill inspects members of the American motorised squadron of the Home Guard with Brigadier-General Wade H. Hayes; Illustrated article entitled "The Royal Navy in 1940" - through a year of disasters, calamities and perils to glorious achievements - with photos of the Thunderbolt, H.M.S. Rodney, and H.M.S. Terror; Illustration of a British M.T.B. in action off the Belgian coast; Photos of the trail of the Italian desert retreat; Map showing Catania - Germany's new air base in Sicily; Dramatic centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Illustrious beating off a German attack; Photos of terrible bomb damage in London, Portsmouth and Liverpool; Photos of Abyssinian soldiers being inspected by Haile Selassie in the Sudan; "Civil Defense in Action' - illustrated text of broadcast by Lord Dudley, Regional Commissioner for the Midlands - includes photo and caption presenting Evelyn Marmar who, at age 16, won the O.B.E. for her devotion to duty as a switchboard operator during a daylight raid on Southampton; Gruesome photo of searchers looking for survivors in the ruins of a London working-men's hostel; Illustration by S. Drigin depicts the R.A.F. bombing a Sicillian air base; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Greeks - our allies in Albania - including photo of King George II review his troops on horseback; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book