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Sweeping the channels into Singapore, one of the most vital and most mined ports in the world, are flotillas of minesweepers manned by Malays
Operation Pluto (Pipe Lines Under The Ocean) where pipes were layed under the English Channel by which Allied Armies in Europe were nourished during WWII
Dazed patients outside the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945
King Haakon visits Norwegian troops in Scotland, accompanied by Crown Prince Olav. King Haakon takes the salute as the Norwegian troops march past. Circa August 1941
Raid damage in Kingsway, Valetta, capital of Malta. Circa March 1942
The aftermath of the Battle for Caen. The town fell to Canadian and British troops on the 9th July after a sustained bombardment which caused substantial damage to the town
Air raid shelter in Malta. Malta has 30 long underground galleries of great antiquity now in use as shelters. December 1941
On the second day of their attack on German positions forming a pocket around the Dutch town of Overloon, south of Nijmegen, British army troops advanced to take the town on 14th October 1944
Maltese workmen hauling and measuring grain from one of the underground granaries in front of the ruined church of St. Publius. Malta. Circa 1943
Troops from the British Army of the Rhine (BOAR) leaving the Empire Lance at the Mulberry Dock in Hull, preparing for demobilisation and some returning home on leave. 16th August 1946
Rescue workers search the collapsed buildings of the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945
HRH Crown Prince Olaf of Norway visits the Norwegian ML Flotilla at a British port. Pictured inspecting the crew of the Norwegian ML Flotilla on the quay. June 1941
A British Armoured Brigade in the Middle East, inspected by the General officer commanding Corps. After the inspection the general took the salute at the " Drive Past" using an armoured car
General Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister and Commander in Chief, visits Gibraltar and is shown the defences by the Governor, General Lord Gort (left). November 1943
General Sikorski presenting Polish paratrooper badges. Circa September 1941
Deep shelters in Malta to protect convoy carried supplies. Pictured, Maltese workmen busy in one of the large supply shelters. Circa October 1941
Civilians collect at the entrance to an air raid shelter as the sirens sounds, Valetta, Malta. April 1942
Refugees from Penang arriving in Ipoh Station, Perak, on their way to Singapore. Scenes at Ipoh Station as refugees take refreshments provided for them by local residents. Circa 1941
Oslo, Norway Cargo Steamer Ship The SS Burgos, 3, 220 tons, pictured sinking off the East Coast of England after it hits a mine. There were no casualties
Snow and heavy rainfall turned North African and Italian airfields into swamps, but the bad weather did not stop flying from these waterlogged fields
At an RAF bomber station in Bengal, India, air and ground crew save working time by having on the spot lunches. The double Journey from the airfield to the mess is roughly eight miles so to have more
A private of the Kings Regiment stands guard with a sub-machine gun at the entrance of a tunnel network in Gibraltar. Circa 1942
Emperor Haile Selassie addresses Ethiopian troops in the desert. Circa 1941
Haile Selassie inspecting Ethiopian troops together with British Officers attached to the units in the Sudan. Circa 1941
Emperor Haile Selassie kissing the cross offered by the High Priest of Debra Marcos after the Ethiopians had driven the Italians from the fort. 15th April 1941
The surrender of the Duke of Aosta. Picture shows the entrance to the cave where the Duke of Aosta lived on the side of the mountain at Amba Alagi, now guarded by British and Indian troops
Haile Selassie inspecting Ethiopian forces. Circa 1941
In the Western Desert, a bakery at work. Fresh bread for Australian troops at Tobruk is baked in these " Aldershot" ovens in the field
After five years to the day, a beflagged and decorated Addis Ababa turned out to watch their Emperor Haile Selassie return in triumph to the capital of his liberated country
Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, five years to the day since his 1936 exile. Seen here breaking the Royal Standard at the Palace. 5th May 1941
Gurkhas of an, Indian Division are holding a sector of the Italian front south of the River Senio. The only movement now is from recce patrols
A Wirraway aircraft in flight over Australia. March 1942
A party of six Canadian members of Parliament Messrs. W Ross Macdonald, A. G. Slaght, A. Fournier, H. Jackman, H.J. Coldwell and J.H. Blackmore recently saw the cross channel guns
Men at work in a Surrey timber yard, South East England. Circa 1930s
Inspection of Sea Scouts by Commander W. L. Rosseter of the Royal Navy at PaigntonInspection of Sea Scouts by Commander W.L. Rosseter of the Royal Navy at Paignton harbour, Devon during the Second World War. 21st April 1942
Indian troops have been in the thick of the battles on the 8th Army front. On 2nd December 1943, Indian shock troops were reported pushing forward past Consalvi
Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, CH, QC, FRS was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat. A wealthy lawyer by background. (Picture) Sir Richard Stafford Cripps reading a book
The pilot of a German Heinkel Bomber plane of the Luftwaffe is brought aboard a British Royal Navy destroyer after his plane was hit by a barrage of fire and plummeted into the sea
A British destroyer out East had hunted this Italian submarine and finally located it. Depth charges were dropped and a few minutes later up out of the water came the Italian vessel
Paignton Council band rehearsals at Cecil Road, paignton during the Second World War. 16th October 1939
Soldiers manning one of the thousands of coastal defence guns against possible German invaders somewhere in England during the Second World War. August 1940
Blood transfusion at Paignton hospital, Devon during the Second World War. July 1940
Rear Admiral Sir Philip View, DSO (centre), Captain Wright DSO and Captain Eccles (left) of the Royal Navy, discussing the latest plan of action. Circa January 1944
Picture shows Sea Venture after it was a attacked by a German U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in the English waters of the North Sea during the Second World War
The 10th Torbay Devonshire Home Guard during the Second World War. August 1941
Members of a crew of a small British steamer which was bombed and machine gunned by aircraft of the German Luftwaffe off the coast of Norfolk, being landed by lifeboat at Cromer
A sunken enemy ship lies in the harbour of Gaeta on the west coast of Italy near Rome during the Second World War. Circa May 1944
ARP personnel have been spending a holiday as the guests of Oxford University. They are given undergrads quarters, use the dining hall, eat meals with the undergrads
