World War Two Collection (#87)

A War Office Travelling School is touring the country, instructing home guards. Pictures taken in the Eastern Command. A demonstrator shows how to use a sticky bomb. August 1941

RAF Bomb damage in captured Hanover, Germany. The machsee large lake south of Hanover which has been camouflaged with floating wood slats, strung together, to simulate earth

The rail tracks at Hamm, Germany. This stretch of railway was a regular target for the Royal Air Force, during World War Two

A building in El Salloum being used by the British as a signal station during the Second World War. 12th January 1941

This night photographs show direct hits scored by British bombers on Tobruk jetties. 30th July 1942

Wrecked merchant vessels in Mersa Matruh harbour after accurate bombing by Allied forces. 29th November 1942

The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya

An aerial view of Bardia in Libya during the Second World War. Circa 1940s

Benghaz bombing, the plan was to destroy the harbour and storage facilities at Benghazi and raid the airfield at Benina in Libya in coordination with the RAF

Indian infantry and Bren carriers in Libya during the Second World War. 18th December 1941

The British made landings on Madagascars west coast with the intention of moving inland from there. In September, the colonial capital of Tana or Antananarivo was captured by the British

The Italian rule over Derna lasted 29 years, 3 months and 14 days until it was captured on 30 January 1941 by Australian Troops during the Second World War

The German ship Warenfels lies scuttled in the port of Diego Suarez. 25th May 1942

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt who was awarded the VC for heroism during the Dieppe raid. Circa October 1942

A low level air attack on an enemy column near Benghazi during the Second World War. 23rd November 1941

Operation Compass (also la battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War

The Kings African Rifles split into two columns and marched around the U of the valley and met Vichy troops in the rear and then ambushed them

Winston Churchill visits Tripoli to thank troops of the 8th Army at Castel Benito airfield. 9th February 1943

One more victim of RAF fighter in France. A Junkers 88 - latest type of German bomber - brought down during the recent air fighting. May 1940

Canadian Major Andrew Thompson Law, awarded the DSO for his operations in Dieppe. Circa October 1942

Lieut. Colonel Dollard Menard awarded the DSO for heroism during the Dieppe landings. Circa October 1942

Canadian Captain William Dennis Whitaker, awarded the DSO for his actions in Dieppe. Circa October 1942

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

South African infantry search a ruined village for enemy soldiers near Bardia. 26th January 1942

Civil Defence service badge, woven in a gold colour, worn on the left breast of a uniform instead of an A.R.P. badge. Circa 1941

Major Cunningham A / B. M of a Canadian Infantry Brigade awarded the DSO for his actions
Major Cunningham A/B.M of a Canadian Infantry Brigade awarded the DSO for his actions during the Dieppe raid. Circa 1942

British 8th Corps in Lubeck celebrate the surrender of German forces. 8th May 1945

Albanian guerrilla Baba Faya. Circa February 1944

The Battle for Bardiyah in progress showing armoured divisions advancing on the defences of the town. 3rd February 1941

Canadian Major James Earl McRae, awarded the DSO for his operations in Dieppe. Circa October 1942

Lieutenants A Sten, (Burnley, Lancashire), of the field regiment, Royal Artillery, synchronises his watch with the Brigade Headquarters over phone, prior to a barrage on Pinwe. Circa January 1945

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

Photograph taken on a ship transporting stores to Tobruk during Second World War. 22nd November 1941

British infantry pass a wrecked transport as they enter Benghazi during Second World War. 26th November 1942

Marshal Tito stands on the right as a Yugoslav commander addresses his troops during a liberation ceremony is Vis, Dalmatia. October 1944

Canadian Lt. Colonel Arthur Hayward Fraser, awarded the DSO for his actions in Dieppe. Circa October 1942

Royal Artillery battery fire against the Japanese in Pinwe. Circa January 1945

Drawing their civilian clothing from the Clothing Depot, Olympia, Colonel C.W Baker (left) tries on a jacket, and Lieutenant Colonel W.P. Britton (right) a hat

South African troops charging a house in Sollum during the Second World War. 6th February 1942

Armoured cars of the South African Field Force pass ancient ruins in Cyrene during Second World War. 13th January 1942

Troops of the 15th Scottish Division cleared the town of Uelzen of April 19th, 1945. Picture shows troops of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. April 1945

90th Infantry Division mortar crew fires high explosive (HE) shells into fortified German positions along the Moselle River region, near Halstroff, France. December 1944

German civilians hurry past a burning building in Bamberg, that is on the verge of collapse. April 1945

British troops occupying Kleve eliminating snipers. Circa February 1945

Royal Naval Division signallers send commands to merchant ships waiting to offload their cargoes on to Gold Beach ten days after the initial D-day landings. 16th June 1944

German male civilians of military age in the town of Uerdingen are assembled by Military Police of the 9th US Army for identification. March 1945

Russian 203mm M1931 B4 Howitzer. 13th September 1941

Infantry waiting to advance into Tobruk which is seen in the background with fires burning. 9th February 1941

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