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Cover: The Conquest of the Palau Islands. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Bath" by R.A.L. Smith; The Great World War: A New Situation in Russia; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Vegetable Oils in Warfare. Pictorial Journals include: The Palau Isles, Last Stepping-Stone to the Philippines: Landings on Peleliu; Sidelights on the Battle for Aachen as Fighting Rages for the Ancient City; Inside the Battered City of Aachen; Battle Scenes Amid the Smoking Ruins; Watching Germany: British Artillery Observers Overlooking a Countryside Littered with Gliders and Parachutes South-east of Nijmegen (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Advancing on Overloon: British Troops of the Second Army Fighting Eastward From the Nijmegen Salient (illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); War News in Pictures; A Birthplace for Robots: Planned for 100 Flying Bombs a Day; Britain's Tempest Fighter; German Jet and Rocket Aircraft; "General Mud" Again Comes into Action on the Eighth Army Front: Italy; Fighting the Japanese in Burmese Jungle During the Monsoon Months; and The Village of Burnham Thorpe - Birthplace of Lord Nelson. Page 453/454 and 471/472 missing. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with minimal wear. A worthy reading copy. Book