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A flying leap before the instructor during the battle agility training demonstration of the R.A.F. Regiment at an R.A.F. Regiment Depot in the North watched by Lord Trenchard. Circa February 1943

Lined up on each side of the white line on the flight deck of HMS Emperor waiting for the word " Go". Hellcat fighter bombers with wings stored a short while before they took off to attack

A British soldier of 3rd Division makes friends with a young French couple and their baby in a ruined street in Caen following the fall of the town into allied hands. 10th July 1944

Scene in the town of Ede. Holland, following the entry and liberation of the town by soldiers of the 49th Infantry Division and the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. 17th April 1945

The Ministry of Pensions Hospital in Dunston-On-Tyne, near Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Patients play sport as part other rehabilitation

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion the Essex Regiment street fighting in the heart of Arnhem. 14th April 1945

"Theres some wiring to be done... "And here are seen men of 1 Battalion
" Theres some wiring to be done...." And here are seen men of 1 Battalion Rifle Brigade out on a patrol near Sittard 27th December 1944

Ashridge Hospital, Berkamsted. Buckinghamshire. War wounded soldiers and sailors tending a garden at the hospital. Part of their rehabilitation. Picture taken 18th November 1944

A British Sherman tank pauses for a moment as a Dutch civilian lifts his two children away from danger during fighting in Hertogenbosch, 27 October 1944

Reconnaissance photograph taken by 541 PRU Squadron over Hamburg, Germany after major raids by aircraft of Bomber Command on the nights of 27/28 July and 29/30 July 1943

British forces have carried out a raid on the French Coast near Boulogne. Troops were landed and after penetrating the German defences carried out their reconnaissance mission

British assault troops land on Walcheren at dawn on 1 November 1944 the first stage of Operation Infatuate. The landings were supported by fire from British warships

Troops coming from assault landing craft ashore during invasion exercises which a re a vital part of British Army training. June 1942

A German woman wears shorts for her work as they recover coal from the River Elbe. 3rd September 1945

Convalescent troops, many who have returned from North Africa, provide holiday entertainment in Richmond Park. Many are form the Military Convalescent Dept at Kingston on Thames

A section of "D"Company 4th K. S. L. I. clearing a street in the town of
A section of " D" Company 4th K.S.L.I. clearing a street in the town of Brochterbeck. 6th April 1945

Every day more and more Arab recruits join up in the Palestine Buffa, which consists of nine Jewish and five Arab companies

Demolition by Royal Canadian Engineers of a wireless station in the Svalbard Islands during the Spitzbergen Raid. 3rd September 1941

Allied forces landing on Spitzbergen. Canadian troops leaving the SS Empress of Canada for shore. 24th August 1941

Infantry, guns and trucks 0f the 15th Scottish Division advance through Kleve, 16 February 1945

Men of the 1st Cheshire Regiment after crossing the Rhine in Buffaloes at Wesel, 23 March 1945. In support of No1 S.S. Commando Brigade

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion the Essex Regiment, clearing snipers at the junction of Oude Kraan and Bergstraat in Arnhem, 14 April 1945. Note censor has painted out shoulder badges

Free French troops operating in the Bardia area, which is now in British hands, Members of a patrol are seen in their British pattern infantry truck. 5th April 1941

British Army Commando troops in training learn to surmount every obstacle, fight their way through any terrain and take their objective by storm

Sixty wounded soldiers from Roehampton Hospital pay a visit to Northwold Road Fire Station, Stoke Newington. London. They are entertained by The Mount Pleasanteers

King George VI inspecting the latest Typhoon aircraft fitted with rocket projectile apparatus at an R.A.F. station. Circa July 1944

Wounded British Army personnel, from local hospitals in Norfolk are entertained on by The Norfolk Broads Yacht Club, and area of Wroxham

Defences of the East Coast of Great Britain during the second World War. Picture shows the battery firing. July 1940

British troops at Crete. a gun on the look out for Italian raiders. December 4th 1940

Round the coasts of Britain a ceaseless watch is maintained by men of the Royal Artillery Coastal Defence Regiment.Shore based RA personnel work in co-operation with units of theRoyal Navy

Northrop N-3PB Nomad seaplanes of the Royal Norwegian Naval Air Service on patrol from their Icelandic base. These American-built aircraft

At a Battle school in the Western Command, students undergo a course in modern battle tactics on Commando lines. Charges are fired during practice assaults to give added realism

A British cross-Channel gun in action on the South Coast of England, during the Second World War. These guns are manned by gunners of the Royal Marines

A Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron takes off from the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No

American pilots of No 71 Eagle Squadron rush to their Hurricanes at Kirton-in-Lindsey, 17 March 1941

A gun from the rear turret of a Heinkel aircraft of the German Luftwaffe, brought down over Kent, is remounted in a position held by a company of the Somerset Light Infantry

Operation at sea saves sailors life. November 1944, on board the cruiser HMS Berwick, in northern waters. A destroyer rating believed to be suffering from appendicitis was transferred from his ship

Camera-gun footage shot from a Hawker Typhoon Mark IB flown by Flying Officer W V Mollett of No. 266 Squadron RAF, showing the shooting down of a Junkers Ju 52/3mg6e minesweeping aircraft of

Norwegians being evacuated along with their luggage from the Svalbard Islands late one evening during the Spitzbergen Raid. 2nd September 1941

Allied tanks laden with infantry move into a heavily bombed Munich on April 29, 1945

Bombs falling astern of HMS Ark Royal during an attack by Italian aircraft during the Battle of Cape Spartivento 27th November 1940

Details have just been released of the Armys commandos. These units of highly trained, picked men will be employed, on special duties

Charles Hazlitt Upham, New Zealand Expeditionary Force: has been awarded a V.C, for his exploits during the campaign in Crete, 22 - 30 May 1941 and Bar to VC, Western Desert, 14 - 15 July 1942

A Shorts Stirling takes off from RAF Lakenheath for a mining laying operation off the Dutch coast Circa May 1941

As part of their training, Air Training Corps cadets were privileged to visit a Bomber Command Station and were taken up in a Wellington for a short flight. Circa September 1943

General De Gaulle paid a visit to a midland tank factory, and he is seen here chatting to a member of the Home Guard, who is a winner of the Croix de Guerre. October 1941

British commandos watch fires burning in Stamsund on the Lofoten Island. The raid on the Island by No 3 Commando and No 4 Commando resulted in the oil refinery

H Nor MS Rose a Norwegian Flower Class Corvette seen here on convoy escort duties. 7th January 1943

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