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A young Russian officer who has evidently led some especially brave and gallant maneuver against the enemy (just what and where the censor deletes) is brought to the camp hospital behind the lines. Because of the seriousness of his physical disorder Natasha takes charge of him herself, and he promptly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/30/1942 | See Source »

This stage of the kriegspiel was the tactical moment for the British southern units in Giálo to move northwestward to cut off the Axis retreat into Tripoli. This maneuver, if successful, would give Britain's new Lieut. General Neil Methuen

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Fight to a Finish | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Even the Christian Science Monitor's war correspondent, Joseph C. Harsch, was fooled: "I awoke my wife and asked her if she wanted to know what an air raid sounded like in Europe. 'This,' I remarked, 'is a good imitation.' We then proceeded to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Havoc at Honolulu | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

It was not by skill of maneuver and tactics that Britain was winning, however. It was by sheer doggedness. Every inch was fought for, and losses of both sides were high in proportion to the value of the ground.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE DESERT: Failure of an Offensive | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

Training Center students do the same things a doughboy does, often under tougher conditions. Under big, hardboiled, disciplinarian Lieut. Colonel Leigh Bell, onetime line coach at U.C.L.A., they are broken out at 6:15 a.m., spend the rest of the day at everything from close-order drill to digging emplacements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: Brushing Up | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

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