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No. 89 : 24 February — A practical democracy (on New
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No. 3(B) : 18 August — This business of migration (20 p.)
777:"The A. B. C. A., Army Bureau of Current Affairs, Song Book"
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No. 4(B) : 1 September — The prospect before us (16 p.)
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No. 63 : 26 February — This
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No. 7(B) : 13 October — Look before you leap! (30 p.)
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No. 78 : 23 September — "Show me the way to go home"
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No. 34 : 26 December — Army Food (+ CMP + selection)
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No. 109(A) : 1 December — Indian
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No. 96 : 2 June — The artist and the public (20 p.)
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No. 75 : 5 August — The case against
Private Abbott
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No. 68 : 15 April — Self-preservation (booby traps)
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No. 79 : 14 October — Not only concerned with food
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No. 1 : 20 September — News-facts for fighting men
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No. 62 : 12 February — What we'll Find in Germany
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No. 38 : 27 February — The Middle East and Turkey
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No. 80 : 28 October — Gentlemen, let us not hurry
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No. 76 : 19 August — Tiger, tiger, burning bright
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No. 8 : 27 December — News-facts for fighting men
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No. 7 : 13 December — News-facts for fighting men
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No. 6 : 29 November — News-facts for fighting men
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No. 5 : 15 November — News-facts for fighting men
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No. 110(A) : 15 December — Housing Brief (20 p.)
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No. 98 : 30 June - The "Cost" of the War (20 p.)
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No. 85 : 30 December — The cinema and the public
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No. 36 : 23 January — And what did you see? (RA)
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No. 108(A) : 17 November — South African Survey
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No. 54 : 23 October — What we'll Find in Europe
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No. 52 : 25 September — Transatlantic Soundings
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No. 51 : 11 September — What about our schools?
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No. 40 : 20 March — Pass the Ammunition (16 p.)
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643:No. 75 : 12 August — After the Blitz is Over?
558:No. 49 : 14 August — The trouble with Germans
519:No. 36 : 30 January — North African Resources
494:No. 30 : 7 November — How can we abolish War?
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695:No. 90 : 10 March — The more we are together
561:No. 50 : 28 August — You are going to Europe
440:No. 12 : 28 February — A background bulletin
437:No. 11 : 14 February — A background bulletin
400:No. 1 : 27 September — A background bulletin
242:No. 52 : 4 September — A night out in Sicily
233:No. 49 : 24 July — The documents in the case
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661:No. 81 : 4 November — A Weapon against want
634:No. 72 : 1 July — So you're going to France
576:No. 55 : 6 November — Are we United Nations
503:No. 33 : 19 December — The Beveridge report
491:No. 29 : 24 October — Development of Nazism
479:No. 25 : 29 August — The Russian Background
458:No. 18 : 23 May — Britain's Acres go to War
434:No. 10 : 31 January — A background bulletin
418:No. 7 : 20 December — A background bulletin
412:No. 5 : 22 November — A background bulletin
200:No. 38 : 22 February — This is the Red Army
197:No. 37 : 6 February — Little men, what now?
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598:No. 60 : 15 January — Armies of Occupation
595:No. 59 : 1 January — You and the Americans
522:No. 37 : 13 February — The Nation's health
431:No. 9 : 17 January — A background bulletin
415:No. 6 : 6 December — A background bulletin
409:No. 4 : 8 November — A background bulletin
406:No. 3 : 25 October — A background bulletin
403:No. 2 : 11 October — A background bulletin
324:No. 77 : 2 September — Two sides of battle
291:No. 66 : 18 March — Louder and Faster (AA)
175:No. 32 : 28 November — The Airborne Forces
160:No. 27 : 19 September — Life in the R.A.C.
151:No. 24 : 8 August — Guide for Jap invaders
646:No. 76 : 26 August — Schools for Tomorrow
585:No. 58 : 18 December — What about France?
488:No. 28 : 10 October — What price Victory?
455:No. 17 : 9 May — South Africa and the War
452:No. 16 : 25 April — A background bulletin
449:No. 15 : 11 April — A background bulletin
446:No. 14 : 28 March — A background bulletin
443:No. 13 : 14 March — A background bulletin
428:No. 8 : 3 January — A background bulletin
367:No. 90 : 17 March — The Red Army advances
279:No. 62 : 22 January — Frankfurt revisited
239:No. 51 : 21 August — The guards at Mareth
236:No. 50 : 7 August — Mediterranean Journey
209:No. 41 : 3 April — "Be Mean and kill 'em"
166:No. 29 : 17 October — The British Soldier
121:No. 14 : 21 March — The enemy in the east
704:No. 93 : 21 April — Theirs is the Future
658:No. 80 : 21 October — Parisian come-back
628:No. 70 : 3 June — Electing the President
555:No. 48 : 31 July — When the Lights go on
540:No. 43 : 8 May — Problems in the Pacific
476:No. 24 : 15 August — The Chungking Angle
370:No. 91 : 31 March — Incidental explosion
336:No. 81 : 11 November — Five years of war
203:No. 39 : 6 March — Battle report (16 p.)
806:United Kingdom in World War II-related lists
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686:No. 87 : 27 January — What price Peace?
649:No. 77 : 9 September — The Japanese Way
610:No. 64 : 11 March — The Yank in Britain
534:No. 41 : 10 April — Germany's New Order
355:No. 85 : 6 January — Look Homeward, Jap
312:No. 73 : 24 June — Preparations (16 p.)
254:No. 56 : 30 October — Soldiers' Battles
145:No. 22 : 11 July — The thrust for Egypt
740:No. 10(B) : 24 November — Hungry World
683:No. 86 : 13 January — Japanese purpose
616:No. 66 : 8 April — Belgium and Holland
513:No. 34 : 2 January — The Mediterranean
473:No. 23 : 1 August — The British Empire
345:No. 84 : 23 December — Arnhem, part II
157:No. 26 : 5 September — The Indian Army
154:No. 25 : 22 August — The Merchant Navy
127:No. 16 : 18 April — The Libyan See-saw
613:No. 65 : 25 March — What is good food
543:No. 44 : 22 May — Women after the war
485:No. 27 : 26 September — Town Planning
470:No. 22 : 18 July — Meet the Americans
382:No. 96 : 9 June — The road to Rangoon
379:No. 95 : 26 May — From now on (16 p.)
248:No. 54 : 2 October — Daylight bombing
215:No. 43 : 1 May — Full Supporting Cast
142:No. 21 : 27 June — Libya, summer 1942
139:No. 20 : 13 June — In a desert battle
136:No. 19 : 30 May — The Greeks fight on
124:No. 15 : 4 April — The mind of a Nazi
667:No. 83 : 2 December — Fewer children
637:No. 73 : 15 July — Partisan Setting!
552:No. 47 : 17 July — Balkan Background
376:No. 94 : 12 May — Return via Dunkirk
342:No. 83 : 9 December — Arnhem, part I
285:No. 64 : 19 February — Strictly G.I.
251:No. 55 : 16 October — Coastal Forces
227:No. 47 : 26 June — The horse's mouth
224:No. 46 : 12 June — The Royal Marines
118:No. 13 : 7 March — If invasion comes
719:No. B1 : 21 July — Bridging the Gap
698:No. 91 : 24 March — 'Jolly Swagman'
622:No. 68 : 6 May — Partners in Battle
619:No. 67 : 22 April — How about Japan
601:No. 61 : 29 January - Woman's Place
570:No. 53 : 9 October — Here's Tae Us!
549:No. 46 : 3 July — Facts about Italy
497:No. 31 : 21 November — Taking Stock
294:No. 67 : 1 April — The man overhead
260:No. 58 : 27 November — When in Rome
163:No. 28 : 3 October — Dieppe Summary
133:No. 18 : 16 May — How Russia fights
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467:No. 21 : 4 July — Hitler's Own War
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364:No. 89 : 3 March — The Philippines
361:No. 88 : 17 February — Riding high
300:No. 69 : 29 April — One more river
276:No. 61 : 8 January — Seaward watch
178:No. 33 : 12 December — Desert song
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531:No. 40 : 27 March — Latin America
461:No. 19 : 6 June — Cripps on India
282:No. 63 : 5 February — Recce Corps
221:No. 45 : 29 May — Operation Diary
218:No. 44 : 15 May — Casualty report
537:No. 42 : 24 April — The Colonies
303:No. 70 : 13 May — The other army
288:No. 65 : 4 March — Salerno Diary
148:No. 23 : 25 July — The U.S. Army
130:No. 17 : 2 May — The German army
631:No. 71 : 17 June — Work for All
464:No. 20 : 20 June — Women at War
230:No. 48 : 10 July — Enemy: Japan
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315:No. 74 : No details available
309:No. 72 : 10 June — Up in Arms
306:No. 71 : 27 May — Next of kin
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