New Hope Burns For Canadians

Closing 1942 with a series of smashing victories and a general heightening of the offensive spirit, all through their ranks, _the United Nations are now approaching the brightest New Year since

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the outbreak of the second World War. Symbolic of the new spirit of attack is this photo/showing Allied infantrymen in the act of capturing a tank on desert from RommeYs once proud Afrika Korps.

A British Tom y relaxes in the shade of an army truck the reads Field Marshal Smuts’ “Plans For a Better World”. Many thousands of these tmcks have been shippedfliifom Canadian plants to the fighting forces in the desert.

Gasoline rationing, which was tightened in 1942, may be even tighter in 1943. But if the saving of gasoline at home can speed victory, thriftiness 1s well worth while.

Large proportion of

Tommies load a led hot (i-poundor turned out lit (1an:1(la.

Canada turns out thousands of these sturdy, speedy universal carriers many of which are seeing action in Africa. vehicles come from the Dominion.

8th Army's mechanized

as Allies Victoriously Enter New Year

Grim “never say die” Fighting French gunners man their llofors gun in desert

battle. SWHTHIS of these 40-mm “ack ack” guns, in use in many

theatres of war, Inore than 1,000.

come from huge Ontario gun plant which has already delivered

nwllundreds of these tank busting guns are Scores 01' Canatliair-lauilt ZS-ponnders paved the way for ll10l1tgOl11C1'y'S advance. Churchill calls this weapon.

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of travelling blood banks.

Canada's greatest contribution to the success of the African campaign was its steady output of munitions of all kinds. The men and women who oil in the

also the men to drop them. Hundreds of Canadians took country's many arms plants may well feel proud of the part they have plflyed-

They rate highly with their British users.

Canada has not only supplied bombs to the African front - but the air offensive. serving with the R.A.F. or the R.C.A. .~ The

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In the African campaign many lives were saved because Blond (imizttiuns of some

Canadian may have saved a fighter on desert front.

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bombs were produced in

art in its kind. This huge factory turns out more than

Canada in the Empire's largest plant of

100,000 bombs

a year. Its products have hammered our enemies on many fronts.

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