Forties Collection (#85)

Order instructing Italian submarine to attack certain Spanish ships without warning, signed by Mario Falangola. circa December 1940

First pictures to be released of the R. A. F. Ferry Service which flies aircraft built in
First pictures to be released of the R.A.F. Ferry Service which flies aircraft built in North America across the Atlantic to Britain. (Picture) Control desk in the control tower

8th Army advances into the Gothic line. (Picture) Welsh infantrymen near the River Conca. Circa 1940s

Picture from Algiers shows Gen. Montgomery with Gen. d Havet, commander of the Italian 206th Coast Defence division after its surrender. Circa July 1943

A 17pdr anti-tank gun and half-track of 269 / 87th Anti-Tank Regiment approaches the River
A 17pdr anti-tank gun and half-track of 269/87th Anti-Tank Regiment approaches the River Foglia, 1st September 1944

Long columns of vehicles wind over the hills of the Gothic Line, past men who are resting after completion of their tasks. 7th September 1944

This defence position, in the heart of the Gothic Line, was taken by men of "D"
This defence position, in the heart of the Gothic Line, was taken by men of " D" Company 6th Lincolns. 2nd September 1944

A 17-Pounder anti-tank gun of the 46th Division crosses the ford of River Foglia, the first obstacle in the Gothic Line. Circa 11th September 1944

The Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British

Italians in action with Allies on 5th army front among the rocks of Mt. Lungo, north east of Mignano. 16th December 1943

Italian partisans working with the Allied armies in Pomerance, Italy. Circa July 1944

French civilians clearing rubble of destroyed houses beside the church in Periers, France. June 1945

Italy in the wake of the retreating Germans. German ammunition dump destroyed by British bombing. Circa July 1944

Grenadier Guards of the Fifth Army front arduously climbing to a forward position in Italy. Circa 1944

An R. A. F Salvage Unit (the Queen Mary
An R.A.F Salvage Unit (the Queen Mary ) with a damaged Spitfire in Tunisia. May 1943

Men of the Tripura Rifles prepare and ambush after sixth month campaign against the Japanese. Circa 1940s

Indian troops of the Frontier Force Rifles launch an assault on a precipitous hill feature on the road to Taungup, the last Japanese coastal supply base in the Arakan

British troops launch Gothic line offensive. Pipers piping their comrades. Circa 1940s

Sherman tank overtakes Italian Pack Mule company moving up through Legare Italy. Circa October 1944

Elba occupied by Allies. (Picture) Allied landing craft approaching the island of Elba behind a smoke screen. Circa June 1944

An 8th U. S. A. A. F. P-47 attacks a flak tower at a German aerodrome in occupied France
An 8th U.S.A.A.F. P-47 attacks a flak tower at a German aerodrome in occupied France. June 1945

Fifth army supply route, Italy. Transport held up while the road is repaired, but supplies still have to go through. Mule teams are seem passing the waiting transport

British soldier shelters from the rain under the tracks of a disabled Mark 6 German Tiger tank on Route 6. Circa June 1944

A Douglas A-20 Havoc Light bomber of the 9th US Air force is shot down over France. June 1945

Reinforcements for 5th army at Nettuno. Constant reinforcements for the Fifth Army are being landed day and night on the Nettuno beaches

Infantry position in the Gothic line during Second World War. Circa 1940s

The crew of a Lee tank pose with a captured Japanese flag during the advance south of Mandalay, Burma. 20th March 1945

On October 7th 1943, a German military train was wrecked by sabotage on the Drammen-Mjondalen railway about 50 km from Oslo. A large number of Germans were killed and wounded

French civilians welcome American paratroopers, members of the Allied Expeditionary Force which landed in Northern France on the 6th June 1944. June 1944

Liberation of Europe. Normandy fields used for bomb dumps. A French dairy maid leads her cows across a field full of 1000 lb R.A.F. bombs which had been defused. August 1944

US soldiers evacuate French civilians. Circa 1944

French submarine Casablanca operating with Allied fleets in the Mediterranean, shown here in the port of Algiers. January 1944

Close support dive bombing. Dive bombers, P-47 s, in support of the American troops make a direct hit on a German Garrison in the Marienau area, France. February 1945

One of the first fighter landing strips to be completed in France after the D-Day landings. June 1944

Chinese troops cross a temporary suspension bridge over the Salween river as they continue their drive to open the Burma Road. 28th October 1944

Jeeps and trailers of an Assault Field Regiment, 36th Division, negotiate a muddy track. 9th December 1944

Italian Colonel gives information on enemy dispositions near Nicastro. Circa September 1943

Another of the "Axis Collaborationists"is shorn of her hair
Another of the " Axis Collaborationists" is shorn of her hair, to be publicly shamed, through the streets of Cherbourg

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U. S. A. A. F. drop supplies to Maquis. August 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S.A.A.F. drop supplies to Maquis. August 1944

A simple wooden plaque marks the spot on Luneberg Heath where the Germans signed the terms of unconditional surrender presented by Field Marshall Montgomery

Indian troops disembarking from their landing craft after commandos had secured the beach head. 8th February 1945

An air view of devastated Julick, on the road to Cologne, Germany. Bombed by the RAF in what would be the last 6 months of World War Two. Picture taken 24th February 1945

Punjab Premier visits Indian troops in Western desert. Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. Sir Sikander Hayat chatting with personnel of the Poona Horse armoured regiment. August 1942

A captured Italian anti-aircraft gun, the pit of which is being used as an observation post by British Officers. December 1941

Stripped to the waist, RAF ground crews in North Africa "bomb up"
Stripped to the waist, RAF ground crews in North Africa " bomb up" a Wellington bomber ready for a night raid on Bizerta. March 1943

Hamburg in ruins. Germany. The RAF and USaF bombers practically obliterated Hamburg in July and August 1943. These pictures issued in November 1943, show this beyond doubt

Memorial service for murdered victims of Buchenwald, Germany. April 1945

Nijmegen, Cleve Road under water. Before retreating across the Rhine, the Germans breached the banks, flooding large areas of land between the river and the Nijmegen-Cleve Road

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