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French Maquis guerillas in training. The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II

Bombing raid on oil production facilities in Hamburg as the US Eighth aF Liberators and Fortresses press home their attack. 20th June 1944

Torpedo being loaded on to an aeroplane of the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean. Picture taken 20th October 1941

Two Polish pilots training to fly P-51 Mustang fighters. 12th May 1944

Russians advance through Berlin, Germany. Soviet Red Army Mortar Crews in action. Germany had invaded Russian in World War Two, and in July 1943 they launched what would be their last attack

Ex-Gestapo agents being rounded up in Flensburg prior to their transport to Denmark. The war in Europe ended 8th May 1945. Picture taken circa 29th May 1945

Sappers of a South African Division clearing and making safe enemy mines in the Bardia area of Lybia. 12th January 1942. The Western Desert campaign (the Desert War)

Canadian troops arrive in Britain, where they were welcomed by Admiral Bromley and General Sir Robert Gordon Findlayson. Location unknown, though many Canadian troops did sail into Liverpool Docks

R. A. F. daylight attack enemy ships at Rotterdam port, Holland
R.A.F. daylight attack enemy ships at Rotterdam port, Holland. Picture taken 1st September 1941

15th Scottish division advances on the River Elbe, Germany. Tanks and troops awaiting their turn to cross a huge crater which sappers had to bridge. Picture taken 14th April 1945

Infantry of the Royal Ulster Rifles clearing a street in Bremen. Germany. The end of the war in Europe would be announced only a week away, on 8th May 1945. Picture taken 30th April 1945

The Battle in the Western Desert. Picture taken around Libyan, Omar. British troops searching the trenches which they captured at Sidi Omar

British field artillery in action in Tobruk: Captain John Hay of Edinburgh giving orders by megaphone, alongside L/Bdr Leslie Browning. Picture taken circa 1st December 1941

Inside a British coastal Sea Fort. Picture shows the soldiers manning the defence gun. Location unknown. North of England is suggested on the caption. Picture taken circa 17th February 1942

Driver Harrison of London inspects the silk stockings that are on sale in the Corps gift shop near the front line. The shop sells perfume, toys

US Navy pilots briefed before flight to Tokyo. Pilots aboard a U. S
US Navy pilots briefed before flight to Tokyo. Pilots aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier receive last minute instructions before taking off to attack industrial and military installations in Tokyo

Defeated German troops and staff leave liberated Copenhagen on their way back to Germany. The end of the war in Europe would be announced on 8th May 1945 Picture taken 6th May 1945

Inside the ruins of the Reichstag. Circa July 1945

Men of 2nd Platoon B Company firing from trenches near Stein, Germany. The push into Germany continues on until the end of the war in europe is announced on May 8th 1945

A SS training school in Ordensburg Vogelsang which has been captured by men of the 9th Infantry Division, US Army. February 1945

Surrender of the German armed forces in Italy. On Sunday 29th April 1945 an unconditional surrender document was signed in Caserta, Italy, by two German agents representing General von Vietinghoff

A view of the shell-torn town of Sinz, Germany. Smoke rises from a still burning building and in the rear, a white smoke screen is laid down to hide the town from German artillery observers

The Battle Libya - pictures from the front. In the this of the fight. South Africans charging a the enemy through a smoke screen with fixed bayonets. Picture taken circa 21st December 1941

British commandos of the 1st Commando Brigade made a surprise crossing on the Rhine in assault craft at 10pm on the night of 23rd March, under a terrific barrage of 1500 guns

A reconnaissance photograph shows heavy damage in Karlsruhe after an R. A. F
A reconnaissance photograph shows heavy damage in Karlsruhe after an R.A.F. raid on the 2nd September 1942. Pictured, the partially destroyed Junker und Ruh Werke factory. September 1942

Further damage to Duisburg station in the Papendell-Neudorf district. May 1943

The fall of Tobruk. Libya. In the background is the Italian Cruiser, San Giorgio, on fire. The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941

British Commandos resting in Wesel, Germany. Sergeant Murdoch (wearing helmet) and Company Sergeant Major Tullerton are pictured here reading accounts of their own exploits after they had formed a

A heavily damaged section of the Krupps work in Essen. March 1943

A. T. S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) telephonists in a Command Post receiving news
A.T.S. (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) telephonists in a Command Post receiving news of an air attack. Miss J. Houston (right - from Liverpool) and Miss A

Westkapelle is a small city in the municipality of Veere on the island Walcheren, in the province Zeeland of the Netherlands

US Flying Fortress takes off in blizzard. M / Sgt Mike Borrett scrubs ice off a wing
US Flying Fortress takes off in blizzard. M/Sgt Mike Borrett scrubs ice off a wing. 16th February 1944

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation during the... Walcheren Island, at the western end of the Beveland Peninsula, overlooked the Scheldt Estuary

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The Fall of Tobruk. Libya. Italian women being evacuated from Tobruk. The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation

Attack on the sea dyke near Westkapelle on the Dutch island of Walcheren. 5th October 1944

The first closing of the Tobruk-Sidi Rezegh Corridor. - British and New Zealand commanders meet. Story from wikipedia. Operation Crusader (18 November Ð 30 December 1941)

Winston Churchill speaks to men of the Merchant Navy speaks to men in Merseyside whilst on a tour of Lancashire. He commends their work in The Battle of the Atlantic. Picture taken 28th April 1941

Home Guards in North Wales lowering a stretcher down a cliff face. Picture taken 10th November 1943

Heavy damage to the railway station in Dusseldorf. September 1942

Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium. Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury on stage. 13th July 1985

Russians advance through Berlin. Germany had invaded Russian in World War Two, and in July 1943 they launched what would be their last attack, at Kursk

Picture taken on board a British Battleship as it takes part in a naval bombardment of Derna, a port city in eastern Libya. Picture taken circa 14th January 1942

The destroyed factory of Deutsche Rohren Werke in Dusseldorf. September 1942

4Reconnaissance Corps in training. The Reconnaissance Corps, or simply Recce Corps, was a corps of the British Army, formed during the Second World War whose units provided the mobile spearhead of

Home Guard training in North Wales. A stretcher casualty attached to a rope cable is transported across a river during the exercise, Picture taken 10th November 1943

The surrender of Diego Suarez, at Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean. The French Naval Military and Air representatives are seen (backs to camera) facing the British combined services delegation

Heavily damaged Derendorf works of Rheinmetall-Borsig A. G Arms after an R. A. F
Heavily damaged Derendorf works of Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G Arms after an R.A.F. raid over Dusseldorf. November 1944

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