1944 Collection (page 6)

British 8th Army amphibious vehicles "Ducks"being loaded with casualties by
British 8th Army amphibious vehicles " Ducks" being loaded with casualties by members the Royal Army Medical Corps, near Fossacesia, Italy. January 1944

French refugees from the Verson area are seen on the Cheux-Colleville road. 7th July 1944

Picture taken on the Burma rivers. Camoflaged houseboats and shelters have not deceived the crews of searching RAF Beaufighters, and cannon shells strike one of the Houseboat Has string fires

Beaufighters strike at Japanese Rivercraft. Picture shows the scene after a bombing at Yothaya, a few miles south of Magwe on the Irrawaddy, Burma, after an attack recently by RAF Beaufighters

American soldiers near the Salween River. 21st December 1944

Fifty British solders of the regiment which supplied a large part of the Wingate expedition dropped in at an indian fishing village. (Picture) Indian boy with lobster, given to Private H. Fordy

A Naval Aviation Engineer of the Russian Air Force, Col. S. Borisenko, sights a 50 cal. machine gun in an 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress. December 1944

Aachen Germany. A part of the city Aachen, Germany, showing fires and smoke caused by American combined air and ground attack. 18th October 1944

Churchill tanks roll into battle. Churchill tanks of the Royal Armoured Corps move along a road north of Geilenkirchen Germany. Circa December 1944

The Battle for Caen is the name given to fighting between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and vicinity

Church service. During the short lull in the fighting before Roermond - just over the German border soldiers attend a morning service at the mobile church of St. Pauls outside Baeken

Panorama from Monte Castiglione with Ghurka positions. The area is 2, 400 feet above sea level, with a view towards The German Gothic Line

R. A. Fs Record Supply Drop to Yugoslav Partisans. Parachute borne supplies
R.A.Fs Record Supply Drop to Yugoslav Partisans. Parachute borne supplies dropping from a supply aircraft to Marshal Titos forces in mountainous country. Circa December 1944

Risan captured by Yugoslav partisans. Partisans taking a rest after the battle for Risan in the fort of Grkobac, 1 mile north of Ledenice

The results of an 8000 lb bomb dropped in a suburb of Berlin. Circa 1944

Italian civilians cross the damaged railway bridge at Pesaro. Italy In an effort to break contact with 8th army troops in the peso sector

Attacks by RAF Bomber Command caused extensive damage to Stuttgart, the most important industrial town in Southern Germany. October 1944

Indian troops capture Tedim in Burma. A leading scout of the 5th Indian Division looking down on Tedim as the last Japanese hurry out. November 16th 1944

A bomb damage diagram showing the cumulative effect of attacks on the heart of the German capital from November 1943 up to February 20th 1944. This birds eye view of the city covers 14 square miles

Reconnaissance photograph made some time after the Eighth Air Force attack of the 24th August shows the V-2 Rocket plant at Weimar almost completely destroyed, the radio factory severely damaged

Russian Air Force visitors refer to an air chart for a discussion of air tactics and strategy. Col. Maurice A. Preston explains American methods to Col. S. Borisenko, Maj. T. Samarin, Maj. Gen

Members of the Russian Air Force inside a operations room of the bomber base. Col. Maurice A. Preston explains details of a bomb sight to Maj. Gen. A. Sharapov. December 1944

French Army units fight in Italy. A French soldier part of a French expeditionary force now in action against the Germans in Italy

Col. Maurice A. Preston, Combat Wing Commander, explains the operations of a B-17 Flying Fortress ball turret to Russian Air Chiefs. Left to right: Lt. Col. N. Roudoi, Russian Air Force Liaison, Maj

People of Ortona return home. A town captured by by 8th Army Canadians after days of street fighting. Circa January 1944

Arakan front line: 7th division fights its way out of Japanese ring. The Arakan Campaign was the Allied attack into Burma, following the Japanese conquest of Burma earlier in 1942

First French troops go into action on 5th army front. 10th January 1944

US bombers wreck Japanese held railroad centre in French Indo-China. A Japanese-held railroad centre and repair depot (upper photo) at Vinh

8th army advances into the German Gothic line, central Italy. The are occupying a trench already dig then fled, by the Germany enemy. Picture taken 16th September 1944

Blasting Germans on far side of Rhine river. Smoke arises in Kehl, Germany. Circa December 1944

Artillery observer in Papua New Guinea. The War in the East. World War Two. He sits in a chair that will soon be hoisted high in the air to observe military fire. The soldier is from the US Army

Yugoslavia - Battle For Risan. Near Ledinice a section of 75mm mountain howitzers pound the enemy. These guns are being fired by a section of the British Light A.A battery R.A. Circa December 1944

Col. S. Borisenko, Russian Naval Aviation Engineer, inside an American B-17 Flying Fortress. He looks the plane over while on a visit to the heavy bomber base. December 1944

Breaching of the Gothic line, near Travoleto, Italy. Allied Indian troops capture stray outposts round the mountain village of Tavoleto. Bren gunner watching from a window

Vapour trails from British and American aircraft over the Dutch-German border. At this point in World War Two, Germany was launching what would be its last offensive, at The Battle of The Bulge

Sherman tanks in San Angelo, Italy. 20th May 1944 By May 15th 1944 the Fifth and Eight Armies had made substantial progress in the offensive against the Gustav Line in Italy

Allied infantrymen in the ruins of San Angelo during the assault on the Gustav line. Italy. By May 15th 1944 the Fifth and Eight Armies had made substantial progress in the offensive against

Air reconnaissance photograph of the road and rail bridge between Kaiserlautern and Darmstadt, Mannheim, which will be of great strategic importance in the battle of Germany. December 1944

Antwerp Docks, Belgium. The docks were captured intactly General Montogmerys 21st Army Group on 4th September 1944. A group of Pioneers on parade are pictured

Air reconnaissance photographs of the bridges serving Epinal and Karlsruhe, which will be of great strategic importance in the battle of Germany. Strasbourg. December 1944

Liberated Antwerp, Belgium. Picture shows a local woman helping a British soldier escort captured Germans through the streets of her city. Antwerp was liberated by The Allies on 4th September 1944

A soldier buying toys in Brussels for his children back home. Picture taken circa 15th December 1944

Aerial reconnaissance photo of one of the Rhine bridges. Pictured, Bingen, the bridge serving Koblenz and Kreuznach, which will be of great strategic importance in the battle of Germany. December 1944

The Union Rheinische Braunkohlen Kraftstoff A G Synthetic Oil (Bergius) Plant at Wesseling put out of action after air attacks. July 1944

U. S. A. A. F. Liberators and Flying Fortresses bomb Berlin. March 1944
U.S.A.A.F. Liberators and Flying Fortresses bomb Berlin. March 1944

At the Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft assembly plant at Oscherleben heavy damage can be seen in this picture taken a few days following the attack by Liberators of the US Eighth Air Force on 11 April 1944

Air Commodore F. J. W. Mellersh AFC, Air Officer Commanding the Strategic Air Force of
Air Commodore F.J.W. Mellersh AFC, Air Officer Commanding the Strategic Air Force of Eastern Air Command, centre, holds the daily conference of operational activities at a Bengal headquarters

R. A. F. attack on a suspension bridge in Cologne. RAF reconnaissance photograph taken
R.A.F. attack on a suspension bridge in Cologne. RAF reconnaissance photograph taken after the attack of the 28th October showing the large Highway suspension bridge which was completely demolished

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping