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Before Bizerta fell to the Allied forces, a good deal of resistance had to be overcome in the streets of the town. French and US. troops fought battles in the streets all day long
Unopposed capture of valuable Burma Oil fields area is a most pointed indication of Japanese collapse. Troops probing down towards the Yenangyaung Road
Advancing along the Irrawaddy basin road towards Sagaing and Manderlay, British troops of the 14th Army have captured the small Burmese village of Ywathitgyi in the face of fanatical Japanese
A party of boys from Army Cadet battalions from all parts of Southern England last week spent seven days at a REME School of Technical Training near Reading
A British Army jungle patrol attacks a native "Basha", a bamboo hutA British Army jungle patrol attacks a native " Basha", a bamboo hut, in a banana grove while on the hunt for Japanese enemy soldiers in the swamps
Polish Army General and part of the Polish government in exile in England, General Wladislaw Anders attends a Polish Independence Day Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London
Along the Kohima - Imphal road in India, heavy rain will bring down landslides on the road making an awkward block. Then the Sappers rush to the rescue and begin to clear away the rock
American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, accompanied by General Henri Giraud, leader of the Free French Forces, inspects a Guard of Honour formed by British Army soldiers during victory celebrations in
On 24th March 1945 it was announced that Allied Forces under Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery had crossed the Rhine on a wide front north of the Ruhr River in Germany
Allied D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. American G.I. soldiers with equipment entering the landing craft before the invasion. June 1944
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
A private of the Kings Regiment stands guard with a sub-machine gun at the entrance of a tunnel network in Gibraltar. Circa 1942
Gurkhas of an, Indian Division are holding a sector of the Italian front south of the River Senio. The only movement now is from recce patrols
Indian troops have been in the thick of the battles on the 8th Army front. On 2nd December 1943, Indian shock troops were reported pushing forward past Consalvi
Soldiers manning one of the thousands of coastal defence guns against possible German invaders somewhere in England during the Second World War. August 1940
After long months and even years of hard training and battle, US soldiers register apparent happiness at embarkation for invasion of Normandy, Northern France
Secretary of State for War Mr Oliver Stanley inspects the gas protective clothing during his visit to Canadian troops at Aldershot. 23rd February 1940
Major General Sir Iven Mackay reviews an Australian division on the eve of his departure for Australia, where he will take supreme command of the Commonwealths military forces for home defence
A mobile Broadcasting Company appeals to hidden German snipers to surrender themselves as American forces occupy the town Saint Malo in Brittany, North-Western France. 16th August 1944
American troops disembarking at Cardiff docks during the Second World War, 1943
These soldiers stride off their landing craft onto the rocky shores of Kiska Island on invasion day. Carrying full packs they came prepared to meet the Japanese enemy
American troops entraining at M shed at Kings Dock, Swansea after their journey from Boston on the ocean liner SS Santa Rosa. 18th October 1943
American infantrymen edge their way through the streets of Saint-Malo, in Brittany, North-Western France. 16th August 1944
The Eighth Army moving North and Northwest of Taranto, former Italian naval base, has captured Matera inland and Bari on the coast
American soldiers laden with equipment and weapons assemble on board a small landing craft. ahead of the D-Day invasion and landings on the coast of Normandy, Northern France. Circa 4th June 1944
Infantrymen gather in Bastogne, Belgium to regroup after being cut away from their regiment by Germans in the enemy drive in this area. December 1944
The Battle of Saint-Lo, one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows which took place between 7th - 19th July 1944
A US mortar team uses a cart to move their equipment in the Venafro sector on the Italian front near Monte Sammucro. 5th January 1944
In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at
Landing craft infantry of the 9th Canadian Infantry prior to their landing on Juno beach during the D-Day landing sin Normandy, Northern France. 6th June 1944
Photo taken from an American landing craft approaching a beachhead oh the northern coast of France shows American soldiers ready to leap into the surf during the D0-Day landings in Normandy
Tea being served in a London barracks. This photorgaph shows the great contribution in man power by large firms. All the men, 210 of them, have been recruited from one firm alone. August 1940
Clerks at work in an Army Post Office dealing with letters and parcels returned through incorrect addresses during the Second World War. 17th November 1939
A tea party held by Mrs. A. J. Flower for convalescent soldiers at StA tea party held by Mrs. A.J. Flower for convalescent soldiers at St. Michaels Parish Hall. Each man received 20 cigarettes and a box of matches as he entered the hall. 29th October 1945
Mrs D. G. Fletcher, President and Chairman of the Cardiff Ladies Social Union with some ofMrs D.G. Fletcher, President and Chairman of the Cardiff Ladies Social Union with some of Cardiffs repatriated prisoners of war, at a tea and presentation held at the YMCA. 11th November 1943
Field-Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell addressed a War Weapons Week meeting at Bridgend. Left to right: Secretary of the War Weapons Week (Mr. Clifford S)
A group of workmen cheer some of the repatriated and wounded prisoners, who respond from the windows aboard a Red Cross train which took them from the quayside at Liverpool. 25th October 1943
Wounded soldiers recuperating at a hospital in England during the Second World War, entertain children with songs and music during a performance outdoors in the hospital grounds. 20th July 1941
Repatriated prisoners of the Welch Regiment who have recently returned to this country, photographed here with Col. A.G. Lyttelton. Pictured left to right (seated): Pte. I. Owen, Sergeant J
Bombardier M. Simons of Cardiff pictured with his wife and mother after his return from serving with the British Army in the Far East during World War Two. Circa 1945
Railway Guard Mrs Connelly gives a big kiss to British troops arriving home at Glasgow, repatriated under the prisoner exchange scheme. 25th October 1943
Convalescent soldiers painting a fresco on the wall of a hospital building near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire during the Second world War. Miss Joan Peters poses here as a model. 14th July 1944
Arrival of a British solider at Neath General after being freed as a prisoner of war during the Second World War. Here he is greeted by his two sisters Mrs M. Walters and Mrs A. Rees Circa 1945
British troops give the thumbs up as they return home following their release from captivity when they were held as prisoners of war during World War Two. 24th April 1945
Men of the Pioneer Corps are doing valuable work all over the country making embankments alongside rivers which are likely to overflow or breach their banks
A hospital of pensioners from both wars (world war One and Two), civil and military, regularly hold competitions in the evenings, whist drives, table tennis and dart matches
Troops perform exercises at the Royal Army Medical Corps Military convalescent depot in the West Country. Men who are below category A are raised too it by special massage
A group of repatriated Welsh prisoners of war hear a special message of welcome from the Lord Mayor of Cardiff read to them at a military hospital. Left to right: Pte. Hammond, Pte
