1945 Collection (page 3)

Victoria Square, Birmingham, shortly after Mr. Churchills radio announcement of the end of the war in Europe. 8th May 1945

A service of thanksgiving following the allied armies victory in Europe at the Hall of Memories, Centenary Square, Birmingham. 9th May 1945

Soviet diplomat Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov meets US Foreign Secretary Edward R. Stettinius after his arrival in Yalta. Circa February 1945

Trooper Bob Dawdry, 7th Armoured Division. 5th May 1945

Company Quartermaster Sergeant E. C. Bonner preparing for demobilization in Italy
Company Quartermaster Sergeant E.C. Bonner preparing for demobilization in Italy. 20th June 1945

Members of the US 9th Army move through the captured German town of Hamm during Second World War. 11th April 1945

British soldiers gather fuel for an elderly Dutch woman outside the ruins of her home in Sint Joost. The men are Lance Bombardier K. Davies and Bombardier S

9th Army troops capture Oflag 79. Here British soldiers walk to freedom in Brunswick after years of imprisonment. 15th April 1945

Venice harbour attacked by R. A. F during the Second World War. 13th April 1945
Venice harbour attacked by R.A.F during the Second World War. 13th April 1945

N. F. S. women at a course for instructors at the Regional Reserve Training Station at
N.F.S. women at a course for instructors at the Regional Reserve Training Station at Tandridge, Surrey. 14th May 1945

Soldiers learning how to become brick layers and house builders. The instructor (bricklaying nearest to the camera) is 40 years old Norman Green a foreman for a big building concern in peacetime

Under palm trees on the fringes of the Ceylon jungle, W. A. A. F
Under palm trees on the fringes of the Ceylon jungle, W.A.A.F. equipment assistants handle spare parts for a flying boat moored on the lagoon

Sergeant Cornish and Corporal Baker, A. T. S. workers for the Middle East Bus Service
Sergeant Cornish and Corporal Baker, A.T.S. workers for the Middle East Bus Service. 2nd January 1945

British infantry on leave arrive at a British park during the Second World War. 2nd January 1945

Colour Sergeant J. E. Pardoe (left) tries on a bowler hat in Gibraltar whilst waiting to
Colour Sergeant J.E. Pardoe (left) tries on a bowler hat in Gibraltar whilst waiting to board the troopship that is due to take him home. With him is RQMS H.F.W. Hallam. 11th June 1945

King Christian driving from the Rikstag after opening the first Danish parliament for five years. 11th May 1945

Senior Officers of Allied Land Forces South East Asia, leaving 36th Division Headquarters for an inspection of front line troops with Major General F.W. Festing (driving). 16th March 1945

Civic authorities at the Hall of Memories, Centenary Square, Birmingham, for a service of thanksgiving following the allied armies victory in Europe. 9th May 1945

Bomb damage to the Selfridges building in London. 27th April 1945

Miss Ella Lane hostess and interpreter at the Birmingham Hospitality Club talks with Polish, Frenchmen and other foreigners who visit the club. 30th March 1945

At an RAF station from which part of the great Allied airborne armada set out for Germany early on March 24th. Pictured, final check-up with maps before daybreak

Herbert Morrison (Left) Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee, (Right) on the stage along with his wife, listen to a speech by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin

Police officers recover a cash register following a V2 attack on Sidmouth Street and Grays Inn Road, London. 21st February 1945

Units of General Transport, RASC, Medical Corps, Hamburg, Royal Engineers and CREs embark on a landing ship tank from Hamburg, Germany bound for Norway

Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, (right) addresses a celebratory meeting after the Labour Partys triumph in the general election, August 11, 1945

Dazed patients outside the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

Rescue workers search the collapsed buildings of the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

British Navys gift to Russia. Picture taken when the British battleship H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, together with four British submarines - Ursula, Unison

People welcome a liberation ship in Guernsey. May 1945

The making of the Manipur road. Circa July 1945

Japanese train in Rangoon (Yangon). June 1945

Landing craft being unloaded at the Rangoon (Yangdon) beach head. May 1945

Flying Officer R. B. Connell of Gourock, Scotland (left), Flying Officer J. A
Flying Officer R.B. Connell of Gourock, Scotland (left), Flying Officer J.A. Brown of West Hartlepool, Co, Durham (centre), and Sergeant P.F

Two Consolidated Liberator B Mark VIs of No. 356 Squadron RAF based at Salbani, India, leave the smoke-covered target area after bombing a Japanese supply base

British mortar team during the attack to capture Meiktila. Circa February 1945

Allied troops land the Arakan stronghold. 16th February 1945

Landing craft travel up the Rangoon (Yangdon) river as smoke from an air strike obliterates all effective defence. May 1945

A Japanese Naval envoy comes aboard the HMS Nelson for preliminary surrender talks on August 29th 1945

Preliminary peace conference on board the HMS Nelson in Penang. 29th August 1945

Hiroshima bomb damage from aerial reconnaissance. Circa September 1945

Field Marshal Busch, C in C German Armies in North West Europe, meets the man who defeated him, Field Marshall Montogmery, at the latters HQ on Luneburg Heath

British troops final clean up of Siegfried defences town. Tanks and Infantry advance through Kleve, Germany. Circa February 1945

British troops of the 15th Indian Corps landing on Ramree Island. Supplies come ashore. February 1945

RAF Airmen relax on the island of Diego Garcia, Indian Choral Island, The Indian Ocean. This picture was taken only about 24 hours before the official end of World War Two

RAF attack on Heligoland. The airfield on the island of Dune disappearing under a deluge of bombs as aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attack the target. 18th April 1945

British troops in Bremen. The city and port of Bremen was captured by British Troops on April 27th 1945, although some Germans were still holding out in one of the city parks until the following day

An R. A. F Dakota spraying the city of Singapore with D. D
An R.A.F Dakota spraying the city of Singapore with D.D.T to help in the fight against the malarial mosquito. Circa Nov 1945

Royal Indian landing craft. (Picture) As soon as the landing craft touches the shore a wave of troops pour out to secure the beachhead. Circa 15th January 1945

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