1945 Collection (page 4)

Paratroopers drop from C-47 transport planes in the Rees-Wesel area of Germany. 26th March 1945

Food supplies which R. A. F. Lancaster bombers carry to Dutch civilians
Food supplies which R.A.F. Lancaster bombers carry to Dutch civilians. The sacks contain dried eggs, milk powder, dried yeast, cheese, chocolate, margarine, dehydrated meat, mustard, salt

Men of North Wales serving in the British carrier Empress. Left to right: Back row: Signalman E F Roberts, A/B T. Howells, Telegraphist J Roberts. Second row: A/B W G Jones, A/B T M Jones

British troops and transport moving through the cleared streets of Stadtlohn, Germany. 4th April 1945

The torn Battle Ensign of HMS Tartar carried in her action with German destroyers in the English Channel. Left to right: Able Seaman E.G. Nurse, W. Weatherall, D.J. Harvey, G. Lilley, and P. Gill

US Flying Fortresses attack the German underground oil storage depot at Derben. 14th January 1945

German women in Charlottenburg clearing rubble of bomb-out structures during the Second World War. 6th July 1945

Heavy flamethrowers installed for the defence of English Channel ports. 5th June 1945

Russian soldiers examine the trench in the Reich Chancellery Gardens, Berlin, were the bodies of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were burnt following their suicides in the Fuhrer bunker on the 30th April

Reconnaissance photography after Superfortress attack on the Keriyama Chemical Company plant at Yokohama, Japan. 13th July 1945

Incendiary bombs fall on Yokohama. (Picture) Thousands of incendiary bombs rain down upon the war factories of Yokohama, the devastating raid which destroyed nearly seven square miles of the city

British Avengers attack Shannoshu shipyard, Innoshima during Second World War. 17th August 1945

US Marines examine a Yokosuka MXY7 Mark 11 K-1 OHKA Baka piloted suicide weapon on the island of Okinawa. This rocket powered flying bomb was slung underneath a bomber and released over the target

This burning tug is the result of of an attack by R. A. F. Liberators in the Gulf of Siam
This burning tug is the result of of an attack by R.A.F. Liberators in the Gulf of Siam. 22nd August 1945

Ships of the US 3rd fleet and of the British Pacific fleet off the Japanese coast. September 12th 1945

Japanese escort carrier hit bombed by a British Pacific Fleet task force near Takamatsu, Shikoku Island. 10th August 1945

Attack by naval Avengers on an Innoshima shipyard. 3rd September 1945

British Military Police sit in comfort while checking convoys across the bridge at Arnhem. 18th April 1945

Troops of the 1st Batt. Glasgow Highlanders sitting in the streets of Verden waiting to push forward to take Dauelsen, watch a German policemen drawing water from a pump. 18th April 1945

U. S. task forces advances into Burma jungle. 14th February 1945
U.S. task forces advances into Burma jungle. 14th February 1945

British prepare for the big push into Germany. (In what would be the final few weeks of World War Two in Europe). Up and down the banks of the Rhine, thousands of troops keep the smoke curtain going

Some Ninth Army Medics man an assault boat to evacuate wounded across the swift flowing Roer River during the assault under deadly fire

Infantry and armour of the British Second Army, launched a new attack on the German salient east of the MaS between Roermond (in The Netherlands) and Geilenkirchen (in Germany)

An askari was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, ... During World War II, (Picture) Askaris washing in the Chindwin River. 9th February 1945

A US combat patrol crossed into Hanweiller, Saar Basin, just alongside Saarguemines, North East France/Germany border area

Field Marshal Montgomery new offensive in the west. The new offensive south east of Nijmegen, Holland, The Netherlands, which launched on Thursday 8th February 1945, is making good progress

The parachute division of the sixth airborne division advance towards Hanover. Germany. 13th April 1945. They are pictured on the road to Scharrel

U.s Mars Task force advance in Burma. 15th February 1945
U.S Mars Task force advance in Burma. 15th February 1945

Von Papen flown by plane from Germany. Franz Von Papen (centre, with glasses), former German chancellor prepares to board a transport plane at a 9th Airforce base on the continent

Aerial photograph showing damage to Pforzheim by R. A. F. Bomber Command. February 1945
Aerial photograph showing damage to Pforzheim by R.A.F. Bomber Command. February 1945

Some of the effects of the terrific air bombardment of Cologne. 7th March 1945

Assault across the Elbe. Buffaloes carrying troops and equipment. Circa April 1945

Results of R. A. F. bombing on the Mitelland Canal near Gravenhorst. 22nd February 1945
Results of R.A.F. bombing on the Mitelland Canal near Gravenhorst. 22nd February 1945

British Army front on the Ms River The Meuse or Ms is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands

The industrial town of Kassel after repeated bombings by the R. A. F. and U. S. A. A. F
The industrial town of Kassel after repeated bombings by the R.A.F. and U.S.A.A.F. March 1945

Pipes for use in constructing the long line are transferred by US soldiers from a C-47 cargo plane to a truck in northern Burma

A pig makes his way in a Liverpool Fire Station. Picture taken 20th January 1945

VJ Day Liverpool, Wounded men from Burma and other fronts celebrate at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, Wednesday 15th August 1945

RAF bomb damage in captured Hanover. The Maschsee, an artificial lake south of Hanover, partially camouflaged with floating wood slats strung together to simulate earth

Roer crossing. The river Roer crossing was accomplished by units of the 9th U. S
Roer crossing. The river Roer crossing was accomplished by units of the 9th U.S. Army. (Picture) Mortar crew of the 1st U.S. Army, lays down a barrage across the Roer river. 24th February 1945

Smoke rises from a German town under assault by of the 10th Armoured Division, 3rd US Army. 28th March 1945

Heavy machine gun crew in Saarlautern, Germany. 21st February 1945

Civilians of the town of Trois Vierges, Luxembourg after German troops were pushed out by 90th Division Infantrymen. 8th February 1945

5th Infantry Regiment troops march through the streets of Bitche, France. 23rd March 1945

Ruins in Germany on the edge of the Roer river. 9th US Army. 26th February 1945

The city of Duren is located on the main fighting front during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. (Picture) US convoy rolls through Duren. 4th April 1945

Girl Aircraft Designers at Miles Aircraft Factory in Reading, being taught how to get grace and beauty in the lines, and the aircraft they plan, by Polish dancer, Pole Nirenska

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion Glasgow Highlanders seen here in their snow camouflage on patrol at Gangelt, Germany. 11th January 1945

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