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After the capture of the mountains of Roccamonfina and Camino - a triumph of sheer and hard fighting in the face of appealing weather conditions
Aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attacked the airfield at Tours, France, on the night of 7th - 8th May 1944. Earlier, aircraft of 8th US Fighter Command attacked this airfield on 28th April
Royal Air Force fighters gave cover to the Allied shipping at Algiers, Algeria, where landings were made to effect a bridgehead in preparation for the assault on the airfield at Maison Blanche
Outside Navy House, Tobruk. Note sunken ship in background. Circa 1940s
Italian Warship Beached. This photo taken by the Royal Air Force after the attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto shows a 23
British Expeditionary Force troops somewhere in Northern France near the beginning of the Second World War. Photo shows: Camouflaged British artillery in France to protect against enemy aerial
American soldiers waist deep in water, man a lifeline rigged from a swamped landing craft to the shore on the North coast of France
An American infantryman, his tommy gun at the ready for potential snipers hiding amongst the shelled buildings in the town of Caumont, Northern France during the Battle of Normandy in World War Two
British troops in Eastern Desert. (Picture) A communication trench sandbagged and camouflaged with net. 14th December 1940
In a daylight attack on Cherbourg, Northern France on 15th September 1942, 15 Boston bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked the whale oil ship " Sololimt" in the Bassin Napoleon III
San Giorgios fate. In Tobruk Harbour. The end of the Italian cruiser San Giorgio. She is seen burning furiously amidships. Circa 1940s
On the night of 29th - 30th April 1944, RAF Bombers attacked the Clermont Ferrand / Aulnat Airfield in German occupied France
RAF Baltimores of the Tactical Bomber Force in operation over the Sangro river battle area in Eastern Central Italy, attacked German defensive positions near Lanciano on the Sangro ridge
Preparations for the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany)
Troops embarking for the journey to Tobruk during Second World War. 6th November 1941
The Italian cruiser San Giorgio, which was sunk during the Italian retreat, seen in the harbour of Tobruk. Circa 1940s
Blockade of Djibouti. A total blockade is now taking place by land, sea and air of Djibouti. The K.A.R. air taking acre of certain sections of the land frontline
US infantrymen in a typical French farm lane drive cattle before them while they keep a sharp watch for enemy snipers during the Battle of Normandy Northern France in World War Two
Men of the border regiment cross the Chindwin River during Second World War. Circa January 1945
Seamen on the deck of the US Coast Guard Frigate watch a large caravan of ships, carrying supplies and reinforcements to American troops who are engaged in battle against the Japanese in
Soldiers of the British 36th Division in Burma during the Second World War. Picture shows Private Campion (Southport) being assisted by Sergeant Perry (Rock Ferry) and Private Grice (St. Helens)
Co-operating with American Allies, New Zealand troops in the Pacific are helping to make the total defeat of Japan a reality
Tobruk. (Picture) After a very heavy rainstorm which followed a sandstorm which had lasted all day. Water rushed down Waddis and flooded many of the tents
A rest camp for Royal Air Force air crews in North Africa has been organised in the Algerian Alps. At an altitude of 5, 000 feet, the camp is reached by road which winds through woodlands
Captured Italian gun being put to good use by British bush artillery men at Tobruk. Circa 1940s
Men of the Royal Air Force at forward aerodromes in Tunisia are making themselves at home in a new country and getting used to new and very different conditions
Gunners in Tobruk, Libya. (Picture) These gunners have as their mascot a Libyan sheep. They had a lamb as mascot when in Hyde Park. Circa 1940s
Escort carriers of the US Navy prepare for action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. On 16th and 17th February 1945, more than 15
Cautiously, their guns ready for quick action, American troops push through the heavy tropical brush towards a Japanese machine gun nest on Leyte Island in the Central Phillipines. October 1944
A Sunderland Flying Boat spreads its wings over the Pembrokeshire village of Neyland as it comes in to land at RAF Pembroke Dock Seaplane and Flying Boat Station
Royal Airforce Flying Officer Alan Preston with his partner Agnes Brown. The couple are engaged to be married. Location unknown. Picture taken circa 1st May 1942
Picture showing how the weather conditions are hampering air operations on the Italian Front. Picture shows: Rain and mud are playing their part in slowing down the advance of the Allied armies in
A clipped wing Spitfire of the Royal Air Force being serviced at a Fighter Command Station in England prior to a sweep of the English Channel
RAF Spitfires are taking part in the new offensive which has begun in Italy. The Spitfires are providing cover for Allied bombers and are also going out on offensive sweeps
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively
RAF Advanced units take over captured Airfields in Tripolitania during the Second World War. Step by step, the RAF keep pace with the Eighth Army advancing through Tripolitania
RAF reconnaissance photo of the German Naval base at Wilhelmshaven. January 1940
8th Army Mobile Surgery in the field. (Picture) A patient is unstrapped from a jeep and carried into the operating theatre. Circa January 1944
