A city of a million inhabitants has been destroyed in a manner unparalleled in history. We are faced with problems that are almost impossible of solution. Food must be found for this population of a million. Shelter must be secured. The people must be evacuated as far as possible. They must be given clothing. In short, we are facing problems there of which we had no conception even a few weeks ago.
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NEW BOOK EXTRACTS
The latest round of extracts from recently published books includes a comprehensive study of spying in World War II, including an account of how Rommel read the U.S. diplomatic signals about British military strength in the Desert. A G.I.'s diary of combat from France through to the Battle of the Bulge forms the foundation of Finding Foxholes. Jim Ring has produced a highly readable and comprehensive study of Hitler's War in the Alps.There is the also the welcome re-issue of Barbed Wire Surgeon which won acclaim when it was first published in 1948.LAST YEAR IN THE WAR …
Manhattan Project calculates the effects of The Gadget
The effect of the radioactive fission products depends entirely on the distance to which they are carried by the wind. If 1 kg of fission products is distributed uniformly over an area of about 100 square miles, the radioactivity during the first day will represent a lethal dose (=500 R units): after a few days, only about 10 R units per day are emitted, If the material is more widely distributed by the wind, the effects of the radioactivity will be relatively minor.
Two V.C.s in fierce Tunisian battles
On the first objective and still under continual enemy fire, Major Anderson re-organised the Battalion and rallied men whose Commanders, in most cases, had been either killed or wounded. The Commanding Officer having been killed, he took command of the Battalion and led the assault on the second objective. During this assault he received a leg wound, but in spite of this he carried on and finally captured ” Longstop ” Hill with a total force of only four officers and less than forty other ranks.
German Me 323 transport plane fleet shot down
While the Germans had complete command of the skies the Me 321, and later the Me 323, were to prove their worth in transporting heavy equipment over the vast distances of Russia. When the German campaign in North Africa began to unravel, the Me 323 was pressed into service to transport men and munitions between Tunisia and Sicily.