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This ingenious still for purifying water for the defenders of Tobruk was invented by Lieut. J. Blair-Yuill (right of photograph). Circa 1940s
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
At dawn on 22nd October 1944, the British Second Army struck westwards from Oss towards the important town and rail junction of Hertogenbosch, some 12 miles away
Bren gun carriers move through France. November 1939
Russian infantry and tanks advance. (Picture) Tanks having blasted the German positions, Russian infantry dash forward to occupy new points. 26th May 1942
A detachment of of the Soviet Popular Volunteer Force on the way to the front line near Odessa. 16th September 1941
An excerpt from the German film War In The East concerning the advance into Russia during Second World War. 10th September 1941
Red Army ski troops on their way to advanced lines, riding on sledges and tanks. Circa 1940s
Dutch forces of the interior called P. A. N. crowd on to a captured German car in EindhovenDutch forces of the interior called P.A.N. crowd on to a captured German car in Eindhoven. Circa 1940s
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
Civilians were ordered by the Germans to leave the Dutch town of Kerkrade. German soldiers in civilian clothes were found mingled with the Dutch people when Americans came onto the scene
Following a recent counterattack by the Germans some British troops in Holland having held the advance, put in a counterattack of their own
Men of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards manning one of the thousands of blockhouses built around the coast of Britain and elsewhere as part of the coastal defences against possible German invaders
To counter possible attempts by the enemy to land troops on Scottish lochs, by seaplanes, armed motor boat patrols have been established
Units of General Transport, RASC, Medical Corps, Hamburg, Royal Engineers and CREs embark on a landing ship tank from Hamburg, Germany bound for Norway
Sergeant H. Clinker of Bexleyheath, and his gun crew, eat their Christmas dinner around their gun. The sit amid the rubble
A general intensive training of British Army units in Northern Ireland is being undertaken to prepare them for offensive operations in the event of invasion
Canadian soldiers tend to French Refugees in Normandy shortly after the successful Allied landings during the Second World War. Many of the French refugees had not eaten for three or more days
British Army infantry in training exercises to keep a high level of fitness. The british Armed forces are maintaining the highest possible standard
The Occupation of Syria. Turkish soldiers and the crews of British armoured cars fraternising on the Turkish Syrian border. Circa 1940s
First French troops go into action on 5th army front. 10th January 1944
A British general with some British and Indian troops visited the Russian lines in Persia where they had an opportunity of inspecting the Russian equipment
The allied advance into Syria. Axis infiltration into Syria compelled the advance of the allied forces to avert so dangerous a threat
Abyssinian patriot soldiers fighting against the Axis occupation forces of the German and Italian armies in Abyssinia, East Africa during the Second World War. 27th January 1941
Troops of the 7th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd (Wessex) Division resting in the village of Bauchen during the assault on Geilenkirchen in Germany, 18th November 1944
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion Glasgow Highlanders seen here in their snow camouflage on patrol at Gangelt, Germany. 11th January 1945
British amphibious tanks leave the west bank of the Lower Rhine heading eastwards. Another tank can be seen behind it on the river bank. The photograph was taken by a low flying RAF aircraft
Behind the biggest smoke screen in the history of war, British armour and infantry move into position for the offensive - the ?final heave?
First picture of the Soviet Red Army in Vienna. capital of Austria captured by troops of the Third Ukrainian Front on 13th April 1945 after eight days of stubborn fighting
In their drive forward down the Pi Chaung and Kaladan valleys on the Arakan fronts, British and West African troops of the 81st Division have advanced more than 50 miles in 40 days
Access to Burma for troops and supplies must be maintained and many roads are being built by the Army under unimaginable difficulties
It is 75 miles from Hopin to Mawlu fourteen days journey through a monsoon swept jungle, over Japanese road blocks, through little devastated villages where every possible track is mined
A Chinese mule team hauls a Chinese Howitzer over the mountainous terrain of the Burma Road to the fighting front against the Japanese in China. November 1944
15th Scottish division advances on the River Elbe, Germany. Tanks and troops awaiting their turn to cross a huge crater which sappers had to bridge. Picture taken 14th April 1945
As the great Allied tank drive south of Caen along the Odon valley continues in Northern France, as well as the push east of the city to Trouarn
British and Canadian troops captured the city of Caen in Northern France after a massive assault from air land and sea. The Germans resisted bitterly before the city was entered
American soldiers of the US Ninth Division and French patriots ride a captured German tank through the streets in the the centre of the city of Cherbourg
Liberation of the town of Cherbourg in Northern France by the American forces shortly after the successful Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy
British soldiers making friends with French families in the Bayeux area of Normandy, Northern France, shortly after the Allied landings. 11th June 1944
Soldiers of the British expeditionary Force have a break for refreshments in the snow covered countryside of Northern France during the Second World War. 4th January 1940
Armistice Day celebrated in Brussels. British soldiers march past the tomb of the unknown soldier. 12th November 1944
Burmese civilians and US soldiers help construct a manifold valve as part of a pipeline to China. 4th January 1945
The Canadian Troops Arrive in Britain, waving as their transport docks at a North Western port. Circa August 1941
Hong Kong was the first place Canadians fought a land battle in the Second World War. From 8 to 25 December 1941, almost 2
A light ack-ack battery (all from Warwickshire) in action on the Caen front. Circa 1940s
An advancing Allied column passing a damaged German Panther tank on the Falaise road. Note the bomb crater in the foreground. 20 August 1944
Men of the Kings African Rifles assembled in their steel helmets on the beach at Mahajanga. 16th October 1942
US Army Engineers clear ice on the Saar canal with dynamite. 12th January 1945
