 In this period between the wars, he added voyages on liners flying under the flags of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, as well as of the Anchor Line, from Glasgow, and did a motor tour in "swastika-hung" Germany in a .Turner moved toward the decision to go freelance over these years, formally doing so in 1938.After the onset of war in 1939, he continued to write for various publications, even after he joined the Royal Artillery in 1941.