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Modern Wonders [v 6 #141, January 27, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • The Fight on Mountain Ranges • Anon. • ar 4 • Experimenting with Transatlantic Rocket Travel • Bryan S. McCann • ar 5 • Fighter Pilots Must Know All These Controls • Anon. • ia; illus. Chatworthy 6 • The Army Puts Your House on Maps • Anon. • ar 8 • Submarine Hotel - Floating Wonder Workshop for the Navy! • Anon. • ia 10 • What is Happening in Sweden • Bernard Hogben • ar 12 • Icebergs Ahoy! • Anon. • ar 13 • There’s Money in Oil • Clifford Cameron • ss 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Oct 29 ’39 16 • Bombing! • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern Wonders [v 6 #142, February 3, 1940] (2d, 20pp, cover photo) 2 • Will there be a Channel Tunnel? • Anon. • ar; illus. Frederick Parker 4 • War and the Fleet Air Arm • Anon. • ar 6 • Baloons of Three Wars • Anon. • ar 7 • Radio Station on Train • Anon. • ar 8 • Plan to Beat Nature • Anon. • ar 9 • R.A.F. in Silhouette • Anon. • ia 10 • Action Stations! • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 12 • Beating the Blackout • Barry Lewis • ar 13 • Wreckers at Work [Lance Kearney] • Clifford Cameron • ss 15 • They Fish for Mines Now! • Anon. • ar 16 • Hungary - Barricade to the Balkans • Bernard Hogben • ar 20 • Teeth for the Merchant Service • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonders [v 6 #143, February 10, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Storm Hunters • Anon. • ar 4 • How High Can Man Fly? • Anon. • ar 5 • The Army Has Its Railway • Anon. • ar 6 • Egypt - Guards Empire’s Life-Line • Bernard Hogben • ar 8 • Hitler’s Pirate Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • Mechanical Brian Tracks Air Raiders • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 12 • The Man in Black • Clifford Cameron • ss 13 • The War is their Job • Anon. • ar 15 • Guardians of the Sea Boards • Anon. • ar 16 • Wireless Planes for Target Practise • Anon. • ar; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern Wonders [v 6 #144, February 17, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • How Nazis “Sink” the British Navy • Anon. • ar 4 • Army’s War on Germs • Anon. • ar 5 • Lifeboats Mean More Today • Anon. • ar 6 • Power • Anon. • ar 8 • Patrol Activity on the Western Front • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • Germany’s Warplane Hoax No.2 • Bryan S. McCann • ar 11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 1 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl; illus. John Woods 13 • Mechanical Sleuths of the Sea Bed • Anon. • ar 14 • Holland • Bernard Hogben • ar 16 • Finland’s Electric Battleships and Navy • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonders [v 6 #145, February 24, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Fantastic Dream Comes True • Bryan S. McCann • ar 4 • Floating Barricades of Death Guard Our Shores • Anon. • ar 6 • Electricians Turn Prospectors • Anon. • ar; Station WGU Schenectady, New York, 1940? 7 • Germany Murdered Helpless Natives • Bernard Hogben • ar 8 • Secrets of Nazi Naval and Air Bases • Anon. • ar; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • What Planes Can America Offer Us? • Anon. • ar 11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 2 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 13 • One Man against an Army of Billions • Anon. • ar 14 • Fifty Years of Moving Pictures • Anon. • ar Christian Science Monitor, 1940 16 • White Knights of the Sahara • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonders [v 6 #146, March 2, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Atlantic Patrol • Anon. • ar 4 • Sound! • Anon. • ar 5 • Planning Our Army! • Anon. • ar 6 • Canada’s Navy • Anon. • ar 8 • Over the Top into “No Man’s Land” • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • Earthquakes Under the Sea • Anon. • ar 11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 3 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 13 • Scuttled at Sea • W. E. Stanton Hope • ar 14 • Belgium • Bernard Hogben • ar 16 • Air Rangers Fight Forest Fires • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern Wonders [v 6 #147, March 9, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Schoolroom Under the Sea • Stanton Hope • ar 4 • Atlantic Travel of the Future • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 5 • Rebuilding a River • Anon. • ar 6 • Mechanization in the Army • Anon. • ar 7 • Camera Raiders Over Germany • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • Mile-a-Minute Midgets • Anon. • ar 11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 4 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 13 • Time! • Anon. • ar 14 • Palestine • Bernard Hogben • ar 16 • Hitler’s Sky Bullies • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern Wonders [v 6 #148, March 16, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Artillery of the War Birds • Anon. • ar 4 • Spies in the Enemy Camp • Anon. • ar 5 • Spiders Spin Web of War • Anon. • ar 6 • Man Beats Nature in the Arid Desert of Colorado • Anon. • ar 8 • Royal Italian Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley 10 • The Art of Rifle Shooting • Anon. • ar 11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 5 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 13 • Planes Break-Up in Mid-Air • Bryan S. McCann • ar 14 • Bulgaria • Bernard Hogben • ar 16 • Mechanical Horse • Anon. • ia
Modern World ;

          Publisher: Odhams Press.
          Run: 23 Mar 1940-29 Mar 1941 (54 issues).
          Formerly Modern Wonders.
          Frequency: Weekly.
Modern World [v 1 # 1, Mar 23, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo)

2 • Death Lurks Under the Sea • Professor J. B. S. Haldane • ar (r); Keeping Cool, Chatto & Windus, 1940.
4 • “Mosquito Patrol” • Anon. • ar
5 • Crack R.A.F. Fighter Squadrons at the Ready • Anon. • ar
6 • Steam Engines are Two Thousand Years Old • E. H. Hull • ar
6 • Sailors After Prize Money • Anon. • ar (r); Sunday Guardian, Trinidad, 1940.
7 • France has a German Army • Pierre Leroux • ar (r); Express and Journal, Adelaide, 1940.
8 • Empire Stands to Arms • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
10 • Movie Stars of the Battlefields • Anon. • ar
11 • Secret Defences Trap Nine Lurking U-Boats • Stanton Hope • ar
12 • Target Planes Make Better Gunners • Bryan S. McCann • ar
13 • March of the Robot Army [Part 6 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl
15 • Germany’s Concrete Roads Were Built for Her Army • A. E. Wynn • ar
16 • Guns that “Welcome” the Nazi Raider • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
Modern World [v 1 # 2, Mar 30, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Suicide Squad • Anon. • ar 3 • Pictures out of Germany • Anon. • ar 4 • British Armour Plating Defies Fiercest Attack • Prof. A. M. Low • ar 4 • The Paper miracle • Alan Duncan • ar; condensed from Nottingham Evening Post, 1940. 5 • Weygand - Saviour of Warsaw • Bernard Hogben • ar 6 • When the Earth’s Crust Cracks • Anon. • ar 7 • Boys Behind the Guns • Anon. • ia 8 • Light Guns Heavy Guns • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • Camouflaged Monsters Guard Our Shores • Anon. • ia 11 • Hitler Could Never Shell London • David Le Roi • ar 12 • Ballistics - Science that Leads to Successful Battle Training • Anon. • ar 13 • March of the Robot Army [Part 7 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 15 • Don’t Worry About Rationing • Anon. • ar; condensed from National Home Monthly, USA, 1940. 16 • This is What They Carry • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern World [v 1 # 3, Apr 6, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo)

2 • Bridges Built in Minutes for Britain’s Marching Armies • Anon. • ar
4 • I Watch the R.A.F. Bombing • Bryan S. McCann • ar
5 • Press Cameraman Under Fire • Anon. • ar
6 • Is Science Advancing • Prof. J. B. S. Haldane • ar (r); Keeping Cool, Chatto & Windus, 1940.
6 • Railways and the War • Anon. • ar
7 • Army that Fights Without Guns • B. Andrews • ar
8 • New Nazi Hornet’s Nest • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
10 • Keeping the World “Up to Scratch” • Anon. • ar
12 • New Invisible Light Beats Blackout • Anon. • ar
13 • March of the Robot Army [Part 8 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl
15 • Hitler’s Artillery is Not so Good! • Prof. H. W. Miller • ar (r); Express and Journal, Adelaide, 1940.
16 • Destroyers of the French Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern World [v 1 # 4, Apr 13, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Canada’s War Birds Stand Ready • Bryan S. McCann • ar 4 • Hospital for U-Boat Victims • Anon. • ar 5 • Firemen Climb Ropes with their Toes • Oscar Marcus • ar 6 • Innocent of a Crime - Saved by Mechanical Detective • Anon. • ar (r); Queen’s Work, 1940. 6 • Butter is Gold in Tibet • Anon. • ar (r); National Geographic Bulletin, Washington, 1940. 7 • What Makes a Dictator? • B. Tunbridge • ar 8 • With the B.E.F. on the Western Front • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • Guns Fired by Coal • Anon. • ar 11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 9 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 13 • Truth About Gas Attack • David Le Roi • ar 14 • North Sea Battle Zone • Bernard Hogben • ar; illus. Patrick Nicolle 16 • Royal Air Force Postman • Bryan S. McCann • ar
Modern World [v 1 # 5, Apr 20, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Most Destructive Weapon of the War • Kenneth L. Waters • ar 4 • War Shadows over the Desert • Anon. • ar 5 • Britain’s Fishermen Answer Back • Anon. • ar 6 • Lonely Outposts in the War News • Anon. • ar Grit, 1940 6 • How Tulips Ruined a Nation • Anon. • ar The Commonweal, 1940 7 • Specials are 160 Years Old • Anon. • ar 8 • Security Patrol • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • “All Star Drama of the Skies • Harry M. Davis • ar 12 • Twin or Single Engine Fighters? • Anon. • ar 13 • March of the Robot Army [Part 10 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 15 • Secrets of the Machine Guns • Anon. • ar 16 • War Leaders • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 # 6, Apr 27, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo)

2 • Can We Colonise the Antarctic? • Bernard Hogben • ar
4 • French Undesea Navy • Anon. • ar; condensed from Candide, Paris, 1940.
5 • Will the War Crush Our World • Anon. • ar; condensed from Express and Journal, Adelaide, 1940.
6 • Kite-Camera • Anon. • ar
7 • Secret Weapons • Lord Strabolgi • ar
8 • Battleship of the Future • L. Ashwell Wood • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
11 • March of the Robot Army [Part 11 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl
13 • Will We See Stratosphere Bombers? • Bryan S. McCann • ar
14 • Uniforms and the Man • Anon. • ar
15 • “Cobber” - Britain’s War Ace No.1 • B. Andrews • ar
16 • Remotely Controlled Gun Turrets • Anon. • ar
Modern World [v 1 # 7, May 4, 1940] (2d, 8pp, cover photo) 1 • Soldiers of the Sea • Bryan S. McCann • ar 2 • Scientists Build Model Planes • Anon. • ar 3 • What We Learned from the Finnish War • Anon. • ar 4 • Can Bomber Beat Battleship? • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 6 • March of the Robot Army [Part 12 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 7 • Pioneer Flyer • Anon. • ar 7 • Violets for Lunch • Anon. • ar 7 • Forestry in War-time • Rt. Hon. Sir George Courthorpe • ar 7 • Panama Canal • Anon. • ar 8 • Army Co-operation Training • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern World [v 1 # 8, May 11, 1940] (2d, 12pp, cover photo) 1 • The War Horse is Not Yet Dead • Geoffrey Hutton • ar 2 • Scandinavia - Storehouse of Europe • Bernard Hogben • ar 3 • G-Men Are Crack Shots • Anon. • ar 4 • Battle Training in “No-Man’s Land” • Anon. • ar 5 • Is the World Growing Warmer? • Prof. N. N. Zubov • ar (r); Japan Times and Mail, 1940. 6 • Mercantile Marine at War • Bryan S. McCann • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley 8 • March of the Robot Army [Part 13 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 9 • Ships that Shun the Searchlights • Stanton Hope • ar 10 • History of the Tank • Anon. • ia 11 • Faroe Islands • Anon. • ar 11 • Fighting Words • Anon. • ar 11 • Nursing in India • B. H. • ar; condensed from The Australian Digest of World Reading, 1940. 11 • Wearing Masks • Anon. • ar 12 • Aircraft Rescue Work • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 # 9, May 18, 1940] (2d, 12pp, cover photo)

1 • Parachute Troops are a Failure • Bryan S. McCann • ar
2 • Kiruna - Hitler Wants Iron Ore from these Swedish Mines • Bernard Hogben • ar
3 • War Hits Whales • Anon. • ar
4 • World’s Best Little Army • Anon. • ar
5 • Is the Diesel Tomorrow’s Engine • Anon. • ar; condensed from Christian Science Monitor, 1940.
6 • American Military Aircraft • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
8 • March of the Robot Army [Part 14 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl
9 • Cleaning Up the Calendar • Anon. • ar; condensed from La Gazette, Brussels, 1940.
9 • Dogs on War Service • Anon. • ar
10 • Bombed Homes Rebuilt in a Day • Anon. • ar
11 • Sealed in Space - Aboard a Bomber • Noel Mitchell • ar
11 • China Built a “Maginot Line” • Anon. • ar; condensed from Franciscans in China, 1940?
12 • Small Craft of the Royal Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #10, May 25, 1940] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 1 • Air Gunners’ Front Seat in War! • Leonard Engel • ar 2 • Munitions from your Waste Paper • Anon. • ar 3 • Oil • Anon. • ar 4 • Be Your Own Weather Expert • Anon. • ar 5 • Locating Big Guns • Dr. Frank Thone • ar 6 • Empire’s Other Navies • Anon. • ia; illus. Frank Norton 8 • Scientists Build Our Forests • Anon. • ar 8 • His Majesty’s Lions • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Toronto Star Weekly, 1940. 9 • World of Tomorrow • Anon. • ar 10 • March of the Robot Army [Part 15 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 11 • What Did They Do in 1914? • V. E. C. • ar 11 • War that Lasted 200 Years! • Anon. • ar; condensed from British Legion Journal, 1940. 11 • Saudi Arabia in the Grip of Modern Progress • Anon. • ar 12 • “Dead Reckoning” Navigation in Wartime • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle
Modern World [v 1 #11, Jun 1, 1940] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 1 • Turkish Allies Stand Firm • Bernard Hogben • ar 2 • They’re Tough - These French Colonial Troops • Anon. • ar 3 • Robot Bombers - The Truth! • David Le Roi • ar 4 • Finding Names for British Warships • Anon. • ar 5 • They help Fire-Fighters Save Money • B. Charles • ar 6 • Alternative Motor Fuels in Wartime • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 8 • March of the Robot Army [Part 16 of 20] • A. J. Murray • sl 9 • Speed • Anon. • ar 10 • Blimping with the Neutrality Patrol • Anon. • ar; condensed from Our Navy, 1940. 11 • War Changes Our Habits • Anon. • ar 11 • Cables Under the Atlantic • Anon. • ar 12 • Mountain Guns • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern World [v 1 #12, Jun 8, 1940] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 1 • We Can Never be Starved Out! • Anon. • ar 2 • Twin-Barrel Gun as New Weapon • Anon. • ar 3 • Air Force that never Flies • Anon. • ar 4 • Power That Lights the World • Anon. • ar 5 • War of Posters • Anon. • ia 6 • Beating the Blitzkrieg • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 8 • Coneculture • Anon. • ar 8 • Maginot of “The Line” • George Renwick • ar; condensed from The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 1940. 9 • King Albert’s Heroes • Bernard Hogben • ar 10 • March of the Robot Army [Part 17 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 11 • Greenland • Anon. • ar 11 • Putting Volcanoes to Work • Anon. • ar; condensed from the Adelaide Chronicle, 1940. 12 • Nazi Sources of Supply • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 #13, Jun 15, 1940] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 1 • Battle of the Juggernauts • Bernard Hogben • ar 2 • Railways Under Our Feet • Anon. • ar 3 • Our Tanker Fleet Grows Bigger • Donald Buchanan • ar; illus. Laurence Dunn 4 • Egypt - Guardian of Suez • Anon. • ar 5 • Big Guns of the Air • Anon. • ar 6 • The French Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 8 • Army Has its Own Travelling Workshops • Anon. • ar 8 • Beach of Diamonds • Anon. • ar 9 • The Science of Tactics • Anon. • ar 10 • March of the Robot Army [Part 18 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 11 • Atlantic Hot Water System • Anon. • ar; condensed from Allers Familj Journal, Stockholm, 1940? 11 • Echoes Trap U-Boats • Desire Papp • ar; condensed from Paris-Midi, 1940 11 • When an Elephant Dies • Anon. • ar; condensed from the Australian World Digest of Reading, 1940. 12 • Putting Oceans Wealth to Work • Anon. • ia
Modern World [v 1 #14, Jun 22, 1940] (2½d, 12pp, cover photo) 1 • Navy Guards the Mediterranean • Stanton Hope • ar 2 • Wonders of Modern Surgery • A. P. Luscombe Whyte • ar; condensed from Evening Standard, London, 1940. 3 • Britain’s Future Air Aces • Bryan S. McCann • ar 4 • Solder’s Badge Reveals Enemy Secrets • Anon. • ar 4 • Winning the War with Wheat • Anon. • ar 5 • Nazis Use Alternative Railway Guages • Anon. • ar 6 • The Wounded in War • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 8 • Communications Under Fire • Anon. • ar 9 • Is Flight to the Moon Possible? • Anon. • ar; condensed from New York Journal and American, 1940. 10 • March of the Robot Army [Part 19 of 25] • A. J. Murray • sl 11 • Perfumes from Coal • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Du Post Magazine, 1940? 11 • First Parachutist • Anon. • ar; condensed from L’Air, Paris, 1940? 11 • How it Works • Anon. • ia 12 • Weight-Lifters of the Sea • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley

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