Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Cologne and Essen flattened -- Tiny subs find Sydney ready -- the Japanese "save face" -- Army of 4 1/2 million for '42 -- Mexico welcomed into war -- Rommel's forces turned -- Hitler's hangman dies -- Poison gas used in China -- Armies shift in Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Libyan battle, Dutch Harbor, Axis drives and British attacks at Libyan; Unalaska Is.; Unalaska Bay. Includes photographs: Producing the big seacoast rifles; Red gound defense on the Russian front; Nazis' Focke-Wulf 190 fighter; Yanks saw a motor show put on by Aussies; 4-motored Stirling bombers used over Cologne. Back: Enemy Tanks Are Vulnerable. Includes 10 photographs with descriptive text below each.

Photograph of a concrete German bunker lying amidst a field of yellow flowers.

Photograph of dozens of German women arranged in a line outdoors in Aalen, Germany. Many can be seen with bags and luggage. Soldiers and United States Army vehicles are visible in front of and behind the line. Buildings and a tree line are visible in the background.

Two copy photographs of the Dillingen Bridge and the Danube River. In the top photograph, two soldiers kneel next to a sign that reads: "You are crossing the beautiful blue Danube thru courtesy of the 12th Armd Division". The second photograph shows a view of the Danube River at Dillingen, Germany.

Three copy photographs of soldiers around tanks in Germany. In the top photograph, three soldiers sit around a Mark IV German tank that was bogged down and left there. In the middle photograph, a soldier identified as Barna sits on a German tank. The bottom photograph shows three soldiers, including Ole Kravik on the left, watching a tank while its tracks are changed.

Photograph of four uniformed American soldiers leaning against a building. They are identified from left to right as Bertelson, Packey, Cahill, Markey, and Symon. Two young girls stand to the left of Packey. The stone building has a series of large multi-paned windows with shutters. The numbered hood and wheel well of a jeep is visible to the left.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Midway, China, India, Libya, RAF, Australia, Madagascar, East Indies, Russia; The second front: Allies, production. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Russian Front; Midway Islands; Battle of Libya. Includes 15 photographs. Back: Color illustration of a German Gruppe. Text and drawings detailing the organization, uniforms, insignia and weapons of the basic German army unit.

Photograph of a German city with damaged buildings. The photo is taken from an elevated structure and focuses down a road. Buildings on either side of the road show signs of bombing damage.

Photograph of a yard full of wrecked vehicles in varying states of disrepair. A field, woodland, and houses are visible in the background.

Photograph of a snow covered embankment of rubble. Snow covered buildings are visible in the background.

Photograph of Vernon Wates and an unidentified soldier standing by a 12th Armored Division sign on a fence. A building is visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of uniformed German soldiers running down a road that passes beside a windowed building.

Photograph of 1st Sergeant John Moleski and an unidentified soldier with three 105mm Howitzer gun shells. The standing soldier balances one of the gun shells on the top of the other man's head, and the other two are standing upright on the ground.

Photograph of Edwin Lahti leaning against a jeep. He is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap. A wooden building is visible nearby, while larger buildings visible in the background.

Photograph of an ivy-covered building with a large archway to the left and a tower to the right.

Photograph of M/Sgt. Gene Blumenshine standing in front of a half-track in Germany.

Photograph of a two-story house in a town in Germany. Other buildings and two people walking on a street are visible in the background.

Photograph of a German town in a long rolling plain covered with trees and brush.

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing in a line waiting for food in Wört, Germany.

Photograph of a building next to a lake in Michelstadt, Germany. Trees and other shrubs are visible behind the building.

Photograph of a fountain in the middle of a square in Germany, with buildings on every side. There is a car parked in front of a cafe to the right, and a building with four spires in the background.

Photograph of a group of soldiers, holding cups and pans, and standing in a line waiting for food in Germany. There is a metal cylinder labeled "Shell" lying on the ground in front of them. Two of the soldiers are identified as Marinus DeYoung and Harley Odell.

Photograph of a three-story town hall of Michelstadt, Germany with several spires and a clock in front of trees, another building, and a large spire in the background.

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing in front of a building in a German town. A truck is visible to the left, and there is a pile of logs propped up against the corner of a wall to the right.