Combat Collection

Alfie Lewis, Kick Boxer from Toxteth has completed a notable double by winning national championships in two different sports

Alfie Lewis, Kick Boxer, pictured with the European Open Martial Arts Trophy, 23rd May 1980

Andrew Boyce (left) and Alfie Lewis with their World Association of Kickboxing Organisations, WAKO, trophies, 17th October 1991

The German battleship Bismarck burns on the horizon approximately 350 miles west of Brest, France in the Atlantic Ocean after being engaged by the British battleships King George V

Allied steamer being torpedoed by a German U-boat. Circa 1941

German Uboat U744 seen being captured after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges from HMS Icarus, and the following ships of the Canadian Escort Group; HMCS St

Bristol Beaufighters peels away from a German escort vessel which blew up after receiving cannon and rocket fire, during a combined attack on an enemy convoy south-west of Heligoland by the North

Picture shows: Advacing detachments of the Soviet Red Army among the remnants of a German supply train on the Russian front during the Second World War. February 1942

A Soviet Red Army infantry unit pursuing the retreating enemy German army during the battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. February 1942

Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army reading newspapers to catch up on the latest news from all war fronts and from home in their positions on the Russia Front during the Second World War. July 1941

Alfie Lewis, World Light Heavyweight Kick Boxing Champion, receives a cheque for 19 thousand pounds from Tony Garforth of Whitbread Brewery and members of Granby

Softening up the defences of Sevastopol during the final assault. Red Army gunners shelling the fortifications of the city. (Picture) Red Army gunners shelling Sevastopol. 13th May 1944

Russian infantry and tanks advance. (Picture) Tanks having blasted the German positions, Russian infantry dash forward to occupy new points. 26th May 1942

An excerpt from the German film War In The East concerning the advance into Russia during Second World War. 10th September 1941

Crocodile Flame throwing tanks in action directing their fire on the enemys strong points covering the bridge in s-Hertogenbosch. 27th October 1944

Photograph taken during a daylight raid on the docks and enemy shipping at Rotterdam, Holland, by Bristol Blenheims of 105 Squadron R.A.F

Following a recent counterattack by the Germans some British troops in Holland having held the advance, put in a counterattack of their own

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

Men of the RAF regiment in the Middle East. A member of the RAF shows his comrades how to disarm an armed attacker although unarmed himself. Circa October 1942

Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy warships exchange fire with Vichy destroyers off the Syrian coast. Circa June 1941

A Crocodile Flame throwing tanks in action directing their fire on the enemys strong points covering the bridge ins Hertogenbosh. 27th October 1944

British victory in Libya. Enemy tanks, armoured vehicles and mechanised transport ablaze and smoking after capture by South African troops who blew up both tanks and workshops. Circa 1941

A British shell finds its mark at Fort Maddalena during the Second World War. Circa August 1940

U-Boat 610 surprised and sunk. 8th October 1943 Photograph shows the depth charge explosions straddling U-Boat 610 which was surprised on the surface and sunk north-west of Ireland

Avenger, Wildcat and Swordfish aircraft from two British escort carriers, HMS Tracker and HMS Activity attacked and sunk German U-boat U288 in the Barents Sea east of Bear Island, in position 73.44N

Depth charges straddling the U-boat U-266 during an attack by a Handley Page Halifax GR Mk II of No.58 Squadron in the Bay of Biscay, 15 May 1943

Smoke belching from the conning tower of German Uboat U744 after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges and forced to the surface by HMS Icarus

A wrecked German field gun provide a good firing point for troops of the 53rd Welsh Division as they advance through Alpon. 11th March 1945

Desperate fighting is taking place in the Valley of the Odon river in Normandy, Northern France, A surprise attack towards Every was made by Allied troops at dawn on 16th July 1944

A Pheasant 17-pounder anti-tank gun of the 73rd Anti Tank Regiment of the 8th Army in action on the Medenine front, 11 March 1943

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion the Essex Regiment street fighting in the heart of Arnhem. 14th April 1945

The Second Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein

Knocked out German armour remains on the battlefield after a tank engagement. 31st October 1942

Motorised infantry move through enemy minefields whilst under artillery fire. 29th October 1942

British reinforcements approaching Vaagso under fire, as part of a successful raid on the Norwegian island. 31st December 1941

Oil burning on the surface of the sea following the British raid on the Norwegian Lofoten islands. Circa 9th March 1941

Units of the US Army Medical Corps in combat areas perform their duties under extreme difficulties. Here an emergency operation is being performed in a dug out located deep in the jungle of

"Theres some wiring to be done... "And here are seen men of 1 Battalion
" Theres some wiring to be done...." And here are seen men of 1 Battalion Rifle Brigade out on a patrol near Sittard 27th December 1944

British assault troops land on Walcheren at dawn on 1 November 1944 the first stage of Operation Infatuate. The landings were supported by fire from British warships

A section of "D"Company 4th K. S. L. I. clearing a street in the town of
A section of " D" Company 4th K.S.L.I. clearing a street in the town of Brochterbeck. 6th April 1945

Men of the 1st Cheshire Regiment after crossing the Rhine in Buffaloes at Wesel, 23 March 1945. In support of No1 S.S. Commando Brigade

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion the Essex Regiment, clearing snipers at the junction of Oude Kraan and Bergstraat in Arnhem, 14 April 1945. Note censor has painted out shoulder badges

Camera-gun footage shot from a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB flown by Flying Officer W V Mollett of No. 266 Squadron RAF, showing the shooting down of a Junkers Ju 52/3mg6e minesweeping aircraft of

Bombs falling astern of HMS Ark Royal during an attack by Italian aircraft during the Battle of Cape Spartivento 27th November 1940

Crossing a road in Gennep which is dominated by enemy fire. Leading infantryman of C Company 5th Black Watch tosses a smoke bomb into centre of the road, which

Short Stirling Mark I, N3658 LS-E, of No. 15 Squadron RAF, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Gilmour, encounters heavy flak at a height of 10, 000 feet over the French coast

The end of this Ju88C of KG 40 was caught on the gun camera of Flight Lieutenant Joseph Singletons Mosquito II on 11 June 1943

Firefighters on board HMS Formidable inspect the wreckage and dampen down the fire after a Japanese suicide plane had crashed on to the flight deck whilst she was operating off the Sakishima Islands

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