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During the recent great four-day battle in the Atlantic waged by aircraft of Coastal Command against Nazi U-boat packs, a flying officer and his crew sighted eight U-boats and attacked five

HMCS Swanseas seaboat alongside as U-boat survivors are helped out of the sea and on board the frigate. Circa July 1944

The last moments of a Dornier Do217 over Dieppe on 19 August 1942, captured on the gun camera of Sergeant Helge Sognnes of No 331 Squadron

The hand maidens. They also serve who only sit and wait. So the youngest inhabitant in the Cardiff Royal Infirmary, her fingers too small to hold knitting needles

R. A. F. Pilot makes night-fighting record over Calcutta. Three Japanese down in four
R.A.F. Pilot makes night-fighting record over Calcutta. Three Japanese down in four minutes. (Picture) Wrecked Japanese bomber. 12th March 1943

Patti Boulaye, Singer and winner of TV Talent Show New Faces, April 1978

In the left foreground is an American Grant tank fitted with special British CDL turret from which the searchlight is shining with a flat fantailed beam

The city of Duren is located on the main fighting front during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. (Picture) US convoy rolls through Duren. 4th April 1945

The flying Magic Carpet of the Arabian Nights has nothing on the Anderson shelter you see battered and bent, but still taking it, in the picture

L. C. As depart from a jumping off point for the attack on Flushing by British
L.C.As depart from a jumping off point for the attack on Flushing by British Commandos. 4th November 1944

Destroyed German aircraft shot in Libya during Second World War. 14th January 1942

All Creatures Great and Small, Wrap Party at the end of filming a successful first series, Christopher Timothy who plays James Herriot and Peter Davison who plays Tristan Farnon, April 1978

In this quaint old mansion where they have a real old four-poster bed, four evacuees play make-believe bedtime games with their dolls. Circa November 1941

Tanks and equipment being unloaded on the beaches of Normandy. 9th June 1944

This photograph was taken at the start of a recent night attack by the RAF on Stettin. 1. Bomb flash 2. Bomb burst close to viaduct carrying Berliner Strasse over the railway 3

Great damage in the centre of Bremen where raging fires swept large areas following an attack by RAF Bomber Command using incendiary bombs

Administration buildings, hangers and revetments are covered by bomb bursts during a recent successful raid by Flying Fortresses on Athena Eleuala airfield in Greece. 2nd November 1943

A Military Policeman shepherds children through a crowd to receive rations, Athens, Greece. circa January 1945

Extensive damage among the buildings, rolling stock and installations at the Gereon railway yard in Cologne. These photographs

The Greek commander in Chief at his Middle East Headquarters. The Royal Greek army in the Middle East in close co-operation with British High Command. Left to right: Lt. Col. Kitsos, Lt. Col

British paratroopers fighting near the Acropolis in Athens. Circa January 1945

Bombs dropped by B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators explode onto choke points at the Herford rail marshalling yard 35 miles southeast of Osnabruck, Germany

A tank gives cover to paratroopers as they probe the ruins of a dynamited house n Athens for mines. December 1944

British troops remove dynamite from a sewer under the Hotel Grand Bretagne in Athens. It was placed there by ELAS troops and was discovered by a patrol

A company of paratroopers accompanied by a Sherman tank hunt snipers in Athens. 16th December 1944

This excellent night photograph was taken during the attack on Emden on the night of 31st of March 1941 when it will be remembered that the RAF used, for the first time, a new type of bomb

Photographs taken after the second heavy raid on Essen on the night of 12-13th March 1943 following the severe and concentrated attack on the 5-6th provide ample evidence of the devastation caused

British U-class submarine prepares to go on patrol, North Sea, April 1943

A section of the heart of the great Krupp armament works at Essen, photographed the day after the devastating raid on the night of 12-13th March 1943

Reconnaissance pictures taken after the RAFs 1000 bomber raid on Cologne on May 30th 1942 show damage to be heavy and widespread over all parts of the city

On the night of May 30th 1942, RAF Bomber Command carried out the heaviest air attack of the war up to that time. The raiding force was well in excess of a thousand bombers

Reconnaissance photo taken by the RAF over the industrial town of Osnabruck, Germany, showing: A. Wood C. Railway engine sheds D. Railway workshops E. Gasworks F. Railway lines G. Railway stations J

Womens Land Army Girls, womans work is never done, especially when a girl needs a stitch in the seat of her pants, its her number one priority, October 1943

A photo of Kiel harbour taken two weeks after a successful raid. The Scharnhorst is still in the floating dock and the Lutzow in dry dock, the damage to her stern being very apparent

Damaged and destroyed buildings of the Krupp munitions factory following a raid by the RAF. Essen, Germany. Circa April 1945

Two bombs drop from a US heavy bomber towards U-boat yards in the German district of Vegesack as part of a successful raid. 18th March 1943

The centre of Sheffield ablaze during the first major bombing raid to hit the city on the night of 12-13th December 1940

A battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in a dugout with a machine gun post, in a forward area with the British Expeditionary Force. March 1940

Bomb damage in Sidmouth Road, London, 9th February 1945

Fire raging around the church of St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, on the night of 24th March 1944 after incendiary bombs were dropped as part of Operation Steinbock. 24th March 1944

Part of the Charlottenburg and Moabit district of Berlin after raids by RAF Bomber Command, where damage among a number of works and industrial concerns is concentrated and severe

RAF Photo reconnaissance photograph of Kiel harbour following a raid by RAF Bomber Command. Circa December 1940

Photo-reconnaissance image taken by a Spitfire of 541 Squadron over Hamburg, Germany after major raids by aircraft of Bomber Command on the nights of 27/28 July

Civilians in Athens moving through destroyed buildings during curfew hours. January 1945

The task of the Greek police in Athens, who accompany the paratroopers on patrol, is to enter and search buildings on the north side of Euripidhou Street on " no mans land" when

Pictures taken yesterday on 11th April 1945 showing RAF bomb damage at Hanover, Germany. The " machsee" (large Lake), south of Hanover which had been camouflaged with floating wood slats

RAF attack on Le Trait in occupied France. Shipyards at Le Trait, on the Seine, in enemy-occupied France, were attacked in daylight on March 25th by aircraft of Bomber Command. 29th March 1942

The office area on the top floor of Selfridges gutted by fire during the Blitz, 20th April 1941

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