World War Two Collection (#95)

Two crew of Royal Navy Chariot "human torpedos"
Two crew of Royal Navy Chariot " human torpedos" during exercises on the surface of the water in the Second World War. April 1944

Children, Mums and Dad celebrate VJ Day by burning bonfires on the streets of Birmingham 15th August 1945

British prime Minister Winston Churchill gives the famous V for victory sign on board a British warship during his visit to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Second World war

Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO, Commander-in-Chef Allied Expeditionary Air Force, paid a visit to France

In the South Eastern Command it is the job of a mobile section off the Military Police to put upon the road signs. Picture shows; Military Police sign party putting up signs on the roadside

R. A. F. Ventura in daylight blitz on Den Helder. Ventura aircraft of R. A. F
R.A.F. Ventura in daylight blitz on Den Helder. Ventura aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command escorted by fighters attacked the docks at Den Helder by daylight on 19th February 1943

Striking action picture taken from a Mosquito of R. A. F. Bomber Command during a dusk
Striking action picture taken from a Mosquito of R.A.F. Bomber Command during a dusk attack on workshops and installations at Namur, Belgium. 3rd April 1943

Commandos pause during cleaning up of village during WWII. Circa 1940s

These arial photos were taken from an R. A. F. reconnaissance plane
These arial photos were taken from an R.A.F. reconnaissance plane and show factory and buildings of the Societe Des Produits Chimiques at Tessenderlo in Belgium. Before ad after vast explosion there

A last stand is a military situation where a (normally) small defensive force holds a position against a significantly more powerful attacking force

Air-Ground Striking Skills. Picture taken at an Air-Ground attack display by R. A. F
Air-Ground Striking Skills. Picture taken at an Air-Ground attack display by R.A.F. at a bomb range in Nowshera, India. 2nd January 1944

Commandos sail for home as a Stamsund objective burns. Circa 1940s

Among the naval ships which came to British ports after the capitulation of the French government was this fine destroyer

The propaganda gun fires and the shell is sent on its way to the enemy lines. The gun crew are Gunnar Grant of Doncaster, the layer: Gunnar Abraham of Cumberland and Lance Bombardier Cavana

The demolition of the German army has started. First men to be released were some thirty thousand farm workers. These pictures show some of the men passing through one of the any Demob centres

To drive home the Allied victory in North Africa the French and British authorities in Syria and Lebanon organised with the help of the R.A.F

A new method of distributing propaganda leaflets among enemy troops is now being evolved by The Psychological Warfare Branch of the 8th army

Fire bombs on Singapore during the Second World War. Circa 1942

Women and children who were evacuated from the city of Penang, Malaysia to reduce the possibilities of casualties from bombs, arrive at a station en route to the South of the country. June 1945

Japanese air raids in the battle for Malaya during the Second World War. A local resident erecting a temporary shelter amid the ruins of his home bombed by Japanese air raiders while his wife

RAF Heavies Strike in Malaya. In a round trip of nearly 2500 miles from bases in India, RAF Liberators of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command

Malaya Is now strong on the sea, in the air on the land. Units which have been here some time are trained to fight in Malayan terrain, on the coast in jungle or rubber land

American forces which successfully drove the Japanese from New Georgia Island, as part of the current Allied offensive in the Pacific were forced to contend with mud

The smoke had barely cleared away when this picture of a US Marine 105 mm gun crew in action on New Britain island was taken

American marines with a caterpillar tractor and trailer move ahead through a sea of mud with supplies for troops who are driving the Japanese farther inland on Bougainvilie Island in the Northern

American marines and their jungles rained war dogs move past a light machine gun nest as they advance along a jungle trail on Empress Augusta Bay at Bougainville Island in the Northern Solomons to

Allied soldiers and equipment despite Japanese flre, pour from on American LST (landing ship-tank) vessel on to the beach at Nono Atoll in the Treasury Islands of the Central Solomons in the daylight

US amphibious tanks line a beach bringing in supplies to American marines who landed on Japanese- held Emirau Island in the St Matthias group of the Southwest Pacific

US Marines carrying stretchers splash through the surf after having disembarked from huge American LST (Land ship-tank) vessels on a beach at Cape Gloucester as small amphibious craft roll ashore

Wine Street was an important shopping street in the centre of Bristol. The ruins near big stores following air raid attacks. 19th March 1941

Standing by their 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, US and New Zealand soldiers scan the skies for Japanese planes as their landing craft nears the Green Islands in the South Pacific

Picture taken at a New Zealand Air Force base in the Solomon Islands, where the RAF are operating against the Japanese. Photo shows: In the tropical heat

Weald House Nursery, Westerham, Kent, which was hit by a flying bomb in the early hours. There was a heavy loss of life. 30th June 1944

Stokes Croft, Bristol, following air raid attacks. 19th March 1941

Cardiff blitz - damaged houses in Grangetown. Circa 1944

Aftermath of a Nazi raid at the Commer motor works, Luton, Bedfordshire. April 1945

Photograph taken from the roof of a house in Bristol showing where part of a car crashed through a roof and lodged in a top floor bedroom, the other part landing in a front garden. April 1941

Air raid in Liverpool. May 1941

Swansea blitz - A rescue squad looking for burned people in a shelter. June 1941

Cardiff blitz - bombed property in the Canton district. Circa 1944

Men enjoy a drink at a bombed pub in Bristol. March 1941

A scene in Southampton after the Nazi attack. November 1940

The Kings School, Canterbury, Kent, following an air raid attack. Circa 1941

Hight Street, Canterbury, Kent, following an air raid. Circa 1942

Air raid in Portsmouth. March 1941

Air raid in Liverpool. Circa 1941

RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter Squadron. R. A. F. Beaufighter strike off
RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter Squadron. R.A.F. Beaufighter strike off the Norwegian Coast. 12th August 1944

Reconstructing the Burma road near the Salween River during the Second world War. An American Army bulldozer and Chinese labourers carrying basket loads of crushed rocks

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