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Picture taken during the fighting at Tula, the last big town before Moscow during the battle between the Soviet Red Army and the Germans on the Eastern Front

American officers have to do their own washing up. Picture taken at a cadet school somewhere in England. The officer using the brush over the the dustbin looks to have the name badge of Sager

Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army in action in the front line east of Velikiye Luki on the Russian Central Front. Fighting has been particularly fierce in this battle area where the Soviet forces

Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet escort her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, travelling on the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia on her 200 mile journey from Tobruk, Libya to Malta on her Commonwealth tour

As the soldiers of the Red Army have by their courage given a new inspiration to the people of Europe, so the workers of the Soviet eager to make every sacrifice in their countrys great fight against

Scene after the alert had been sounded at an anti-aircraft battery protect the Russia Northern Fleet. July 1942

Picture shows men from what might be the Lancaster Division (UK or US - not confirmed) greeting ladies and a small child. Some welcome human interaction from the routine of war

During the past twelve months, a vast increase has taken place in the amount of war supplies for Russia from the United.Kingdom and the USA proceeding through Persia from ports on the Persian Gulf

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Faulknor at sea during the Second World War. Circa 1942

A US Lockheed Hudson plane, lands at an aerodrome somewhere in England. The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber

The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Faulknor has steamed over a quarter of a million miles since the war began. The operations in the Mediterranean this summer called for high steaming

Army ladies during a lesson. It is not clear if the people are French, though the French language is written on the blackboard. Location unknown. Picture taken 12th April 1944

British Committees for Soviet Air include among the sterner war necessities sent to the USSR, a supply of the small comforts and luxuries - chocolate

Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command escorted by Spitfires of Fighter Command carried out a successful attack against a large and heavily armed German convoy off the Dutch coast recently

Royal Navy Illustrious class aircraft carrier HMS Formidable at sea with the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean, seen from the deck of HMS Warspite during the Second World War. August 1942

The British Navys Gift to Russia during the Second world War. This picture was taken when the British battleship HMS Royal Sovereign, together with 4 British submarines- Ursula

Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command made a highly successful attack on an enemy German convoy near Cagliari, Sardinia in August 1943. Torpedo boats escorting a tanker were sprayed with cannon shells

Two heavily armed German escort vessels lying at anchor off Royan at the mouth of the River Gironde were attacked by rocket and cannon-firing Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command in August 1944

Bren Carrier plunge into stream. One soldier killed. Three injured. Private A Fennel of the 12th Devons was killed a Bren (a Gun)

Photograph recording a phase in a successful torpedo attack by Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command, escorted by Spitfires and Mustangs of Fighter Command

RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters attack three enemy merchant vessels in the waters of the North Sea off the Dutch Coast. Picture shows

RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters attack two armed enemy trawers off the Frisian Islands in the North Sea. A large strike force searching for shipping off the Frisian Islands intercepted two armed

Members of the Fire Service during exercise. They are playing Ring the Stick, cheered on by their fellow firemen on the balconies

Soviet Red Army troops on the First Ukrainian front clearing a liberated town of the last enemy German troops during the battle against the retreating Germany army on the Eastern Front in the Second

A Beaufighter strike wing of RAF Coastal Command attacked an enemy convoy off the Frisian Islands on 8th July 1944. Three merchant vessels were hit with torpedoes and were claimed as sunk

The pipe band of the 8th punjab regiments on the deck of the RMS Mauritania. Picture taken 23rd May 1946

White clad paratroops of the Soviet Red Army, dropped behind enemy lines in Russia equipped with skis and tommy guns, prepare to blow up a railway tunnel in an effort to hamper the German retreat

Member of The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF) at a farm near London. The farm rears pigs, rabbits and ducks. Picture taken 25th June 1943

Lussin Island in the North Adriatic contains many German installations which have repeatedly been attacked by the Balkan Air Force

Over 1000 attended the ATC (Air Training Corps) parade of service in Regents Park, London. The Bishop of London gave a speech. Picture taken 7th July 1942

The last big German supply ship left in the Aegean Sea was recently sent to the bottom after a brilliant attack by American Mitchells and RAF torpedo-carrying Beaufighters

Picture shows a peaceful scene at the Siegfried Line. The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall, was a German defensive line built during the 1930s opposite the French Maginot Line Picture

Beaufighters of RAF and RCAF squadrons of RAF Coastal Command attacked and sank two enemy warships off Le Verdon, in the mouth of the River Gironde

The ATC (Air Training Corp) march past St Georges Plateau, Liverpool, Merseyside, after a service to commemorate their formation

A goodbye kiss at Brighton. *** there is no more information available for
A goodbye kiss at Brighton. ****there is no more information available for this picture*** Picture taken 28th September 1939

Aircraft of R. A. F. Coastal Command are ceaselessly attacking the remnants of German
Aircraft of R.A.F. Coastal Command are ceaselessly attacking the remnants of German shipping fleeing from the Baltic coast and Denmark to Norway

Liverpool, Merseyside, in The Blitz. Picture taken circa1st June 1941

The salvage operation of HMS Gipsy. East coast of Britain, near Harwich, Essex. November 1939. HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s

Royal Navy Hunt class destroyer HMS Brissenden at sea during the Second World War. August 1943

Royal Navy Hunt class destroyer HMS Brocklesby at sea during target practice in the Second World War. March 1942

A strike force of BeaufIghters of the RAF Coastal Command, escorted by Mustangs from the U.S. 8th Air Force, attacked a German convoy of six merchant vessels

An enemy naval force of four large-sized minesweepers moving up the Norwegian Coast was attacked of Christiansansand by Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command on 11th September 1944

The Royal Navy Paddle Minesweeper HMS Emperor of India at the Naval base in Harwich during the Second World War. December 1942

Greek engineers place a wreath at the Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff, in celebration of Greek Independence Day. Picture taken 25th March 1942

Naga head-hunters constructing Indias defence road on the Assam (North India) -Burma front. Picture taken 23rd July 1942

Russian trades union delegates seen here during a visit to Cardiff, South Wales. They wave to the crowd. Picture taken 12th January 1942

A large tanker was hit amid ships by a torpedo, , one minesweeper and one armed trawler left on fire, and two other armed trawlers

Watched over by their new step mother in Brighton, Sussex, - these children evacuated from Hayter Road in Brixton, London say grace before enjoying some good home cooking. Saying Grace

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