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'Advance on the Reich. By July 11th the estimated number of German prisoners taken was well over 54.000. Bitter fighting was taking place between the rivers Orne and Odon. This young man seems happy enough to be out of it all'.

The dessert fort Aghaila has been taken. The safety is in German hands. Sentry sentinel in a well masked position. The brown colour of the skin meets with the colour of the dessert-sand.

Bijschrift: "Survivors of the torpedoed vessel were well treated by the crew of the Portuguese vessel "Maria Amalia" overlevenden van het getorperdeerde schip werden goed behandeld door de bemanning van de "Maria Amalia"

Bijschrift: "Survivors of the torpedoed vessel were well treated by the crew of the Portuguese vessel "Maria Amalia" overlevenden van het getorperdeerde schip werden goed behandeld door de bemanning van de "Maria Amalia"

A camouflage which locks like an artidtic drapery but is serving the purpose exceedingly well, namely to enable the brave Heinkel 111 to get out of sight of the enemy. In some minutes it will be starting.

' Tanks and armour move up in support of a well-known Canadian regiment driving on the German town of Bad Zwischenahn...Picture shows tank in foreground and blazing barn in the distance. During this operation Canadian tank crews and the Canadian Army photographer were under enemy sniper fire. '

You ask me about fraternization. Well, brother, that's a big question and I don't know all the answers yet. But I do know this - those ... were out in their best clothes and nice smiles, waiting for us, even before the war was over. Personally, I had nothing to do with them ... most of the other Joes felt the same.

Well spent Hundreds os shell cases litter the decks of the USS MEVADA after the battleship's job of blasting the shore installations on the French coast was completed. The picture was teken soon after the sucessful landings in France which began June 6, 1944, under support of heavy naval bombardment.

When these great guns begin to speak Britain may well bid defiance to her foes. A coastal battery somewhere in England. The men who man these batteries have had a long training and the photo shows of them at target practice. The guns, of large calibre are mounted on revolving platforms and are screened by earth-works, while both guns and mounting are camouflaged.