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Women at work at a munitions factory during the Second World War. Circa 1941

On the night of March 31, 1941, a landmine was dropped on the Shell Mex building, Ferensway, killing civilians huddled in an air raid shelter

Picture shows a World War One cemetery at Pozieres, France. It has been kept neat and tidy. The Battle of Pozieres (23 July Ð 3 September 1916)

Picture taken at an old (unamed) Belgian fort which had been used as a Gestapo Prison. Rough wood coffins left by The Nazis being examined by Allied officers

Group Captain DA Guillaume is reunited with his daughter. Her name reads as possibly Monrealle ?. Picture taken in Brussels

Tommy making a cautious approach to a baby in Sicily, Italy. July 1943

At 4. 30 on the morning of September 3rd, fourth anniversary of the outbreak of war
At 4.30 on the morning of September 3rd, fourth anniversary of the outbreak of war, 8th Army Troops set foot on the mainland of Europe

Rescue of a buried woman, trapped under the rubble after a V1 rocket attack in a residential area near Manor Park Station, London. 24th July 1944

Damage to a tramcar hit by an HE bomb on Victoria Embnkment, London following an air raid during the Second World War. Circa 1941

The Italian mainland from the air. Aerial pictures of the latest Allied invasion. The mountains near the coastline of Italy seen from the aircraft. October 1943

British army engineers move across the Volturno River, near the Castello Volturno in a shore landing deck-craft which they built

With the fall of the ferry port Messina to U.s troops on 17th August
With the fall of the ferry port Messina to U.S troops on 17th August, the whole of Sicily was in Allied Hands, just 39 days after the forces of the United Nations first set foot on the Island

Hysterical cheers greet U.s Troops en route for Palermo
Hysterical cheers greet U.S Troops en route for Palermo. As they passed through a small town on the way to take Palermo, American troops had a foretaste of the enthusiastic joy with which the people

The Guildhall in Central Hull, decorated in readiness for the VJ Day celebrations at the end of the Second World War. August 1945

Combined Operations exercises. Picture shows, section of a landing craft flotilla setting off during exercises. Circa June 1943

London residents of a bombed out street hold a street party amongst the ruins of their devastated homes following an air raid in London during the Second World War. Circa 1941

A Heinkel 111 bomber aircraft of the German Luftwaffe flies over Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London during the Battle of Britain in World War Two. 7th September 1940

Wrecked and capsized enemy merchant vessels line the quays in the harbour at Naples, Italy. October 1943

Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street, London, EC4 after one of the many Nazi Luftwaffe air rads on London. Fleet Street was the newspaper centre of Britain, with many newspapers such as The Mirror

Troops returning from the biggest ever Combined Operations daylight raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, northern France, during the Second World War

A German petrol dump hidden in the woods, found in the Forest de Evreux near the River Seine in Northern France as Allied Forces continue to fight in Normandy following the D-Day landings

Clothing coupon books issued to the public during the Second world War. May 1943

British tanks approaching the extremely difficult terrain and "Longstop Hill"
British tanks approaching the extremely difficult terrain and " Longstop Hill". Tunisia. North African Campaign of World War II. April 1943

St Michaels Cathedral in Coventry lies in ruins after the devastating air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the night of 14th November 1940 that lasted for over 10 hours

First pictures of the huge 800 strong bomber attack on the east exit road from Falaise, Normandy six weeks after D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944

Second World War, North Africa Campaign. The 8th Army do it again. Entire Mareth defences taken. Picture shows, men (of the East Yorks)

Second World War, North Africa Campaign. Tunisia, the First army pushes on. Picture shows, infantry resting against a craggy crest above Kelbine after they had taken the height

Workers at a jam factory in Maidenhead, Kent prepare jars of jam for customers during the Second World War. 23rd October 1943

World War Two - An elderly lady returns to her home in Italy. October 1944

Rocket projector drill for the Home Guard during the Second World War. West Midlands. Circa 1942

The 8th Army do it again. Entire Mareth defences taken. Picture shows, the observation post in one of the captured forts, note pillbox in the background. North Africa Campaign, Second World War

Under the eye of a "Regular"Home Guards learn the art of loading
Under the eye of a " Regular" Home Guards learn the art of loading. Rocket projector drill during the Second World War. West Midlands. Circa 1942

Mareth line battle, North Africa Campaign, Second World War. Gun flashes of the terrific barrage directed against the Mareth Line. Tunisia, March 1943

Under the rule of the Allied Military Government, Sicilian Carabinieri are regaining the respect of the populace which they once had in pre-facist days

Men of American Infantry regiment moving across an open square in Itri while the town is still under fire and occupied by enemy snipers. Note abandoned German gun in background. 21st May 1944

Sailors of the Royal Navy parade past the City Hall in Hull during the Second World War. February 1942

An eleven month old baby boy plays in his cot at the London nursing home where he was left, watched over by the matron of the home

Munition workers Katherine Pearson and Alf Thatcher box up 25 pounder shells at a Ministry of Justice Shell Filling factory in England during the Second World War. May 1945

VJ Day celebrations at Bridlington, East Yorkshire at the end of the Second World War. August 1945

Royal Navy battlecruiser HSM Hood was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941 during the Second World War. HMS Hood seen here on exercise in July 1925

A Combined fleet Royal Navy training exercise in 1934. Awaiting the move off

Young boy on Blackpool beach as family take a holiday near the end of the Second World War. May 1945

Officers of the East Yorkshire Regiment pictured at Whitby, North Yorkshire. in 1934

Workers at Wisbech Smedleys Cannery works bottle and can locally grown fruit and vegetables which are then are sent all around during the Second World War. 6th October 1943

Anxious faces on little children of Holland Park, London who wait throughout air raid warnings to keep their place during the Battle of Britain. October 1940

Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz in World War Two. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World

Scouts marching during VJ Day celebrations in England at the end of the Second World War. 15th August 1945

Textile production in Britain during World War Two. Miss Eileen Rhodes with Peke Chinnie. 21st August 1943

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