Ww 2 Collection (page 5)

Burma - World War II - Chindit Brown
Chindit Brown of the Kings Own Regiment (nicknamed Digger ) in action in Burma. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Heavy fighting during the battle for Pinwe, Burma
Heavy fighting during the battle for Pinwe on November 30th 1944 by units of the British 36th Division. Here Royal Artillery fire 25-pounders on Japanese positions in Pinwe

Badge of S. H. A. E. F
Badge of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (abbreviated as SHAEF, pronounced " shafe" ), the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe

Save Water Poster Ww2
A poster urging the British population to save water This poster uses the example of a Sad Sack over-filling his bath

Fairey Battle K9182 aeroplane in camouflage paint. 1940s

Cricket match in gasmasks
Public Record Office staff stage a cricket match in gasmasks during WWII Date: 1939-1945

Poster - Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme
Mothers - let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health. Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme circa 1942

Silhouette of Land Girl taking dog for walk, WW2
Silhouette of a Land Girl taking a dog for a walk during the Second World War. 1939-1945

Prinz Eugen
The heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at high speed on trials or working up exercises in the Baltic before joining the Bismarck at Gotenhafen

Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

The Red Mill - Volvograd, Russia
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad): The Red Mill, the only building left from the World War Two Battle of Stalingrad fought between August and January (1942/43). Date: 2010

Eternal Flame at Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial at Mamajev Kurgan Hill. The Memorial Hall of Honour with the Eternal Flame. Date: 2010

French wartime poster, The Allies Respond
French wartime poster, by land, by sea and by air, The Allies Respond. Showing a group of men in khaki uniform with various national flags. 1940s

British artillery in Malaya
British troops move an artillery piece into position amongst banana trees in thick jungle during the Battle of Malaya. The British and Commonwealth forces were unable to halt the Japanese advance

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and husband, 1941
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek(also known as Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling)(1898- 2003), pictured with her husband General Chiang Kai-Shek at Chungking, China. Date: 1941

Greek Anti-British Propaganda Postcard - this translates as: " Greek Soldiers - this is whom you are fighting!" The British forces are characterised as a fat John Bull

Madame Eugenie Petain, wife of General Petain, seen here during the Second World War, getting out of a car somewhere in Germany. Date: 1944

WW2 - 90cm A. A. Searchlight
WW2 British Home Front - a 90cm Anti Aircraft Searchlight. Date: circa 1940

Princess Elizabeth in A. T. S. uniform
Towards the close of the Second World War, the Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Services (A.T.S.). She is pictured here in its uniform

Lieutenant-Commander Gunther Prien (19081941) - one of the outstanding German U-boat aces of the first part of the Second World War

RAF cadet arrived at Heaton Park
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet during World War Two looking puzzled as he arrives at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester, for air crew training

Camp Clairwood pass 1943
A pass for the Imperial Forces Transhipment Camp at Clairwood, Durban, South Africa for Sergeant Alec Talmage. Clairwood, a huge tented camp

Industrial Farm Colony, Duxhurst, Surrey
Inmates at the Industrial Farm Colony for Female Inebriates, Duxhurst, Surrey. Founded in 1895 by Lady Henry Somerset, the colony provided care for women alcoholics

Panzer Grenadier - Germany, WWII
Panzer Grenadier - German Officer (1936 - 1945)

Dig For Victory
British wartime poster encouraging the public to grow their own food

Lord and Lady Jersey at Osterley Park House
Lord and Lady Jersey (George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey and his second wife, American actress Virginia Cherrill) in Osterley Park in the suburbs of west London

TSF WWII, France
TSF position in France to intercept transmissions during World War II

Parachute factory WWII
Women in a parachute factory sewing silk to make parachutes during World War II

Animal ambulance workers WWII
Women hurrying to an animal ambulance for stray and unwanted animals during World War II

Horse Ambulance at Beverloo Training Camp, Belgium
Belgium - Beverloo. An infantry training camp during World War One. First used by the Belgians, then taken on by the Germans. Used as an SS training camp by the Germans in WW2. A Horse-drawn ambulance

D-Day - Metal Detectors in use after invasion
American GIs stroll through a captured village close to the Normandy coast following the invasion. Two metal detector operators check the road ahead of the troops for hidden/buried mines or booby

Wedding Gas Mask
A bridesmaid has a novel wedding gas mask container decorated with silver paper at a wedding in Sidcup in Kent during World War II in 1939

Manor Asylum, Epsom, Surrey
A tennis match in progress at the Manor Asylum, Horton Lane, near Epsom in Surrey. The asylum opened in 1900 as the sixth London County Council asylum

DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma - circa 1945. The DUKW (popularly pronounced " duck" ) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors

Firing mortars over pagodas at Meiktila, Burma
Firing mortar shells over the historic pagodas at Meiktila, Burma - 28th February 1945

Bombed Bath - St. Andrews Church Damaged
The centre of Bath, the view from Julian Road showing bomb damage to St. Andrews Church (left) after a German air raid - circa August 1940"

Princess Elizabeths first radio broadcast
Princess Elizabeth gives her first radio broadcast, little sister, Princess Margaret at her side. Talking of the Second World War, she proclaimed, We know... that in the end all will be well

The Queen visiting a cemetery in Tobruk
During the Royal Tour, the Queen and Prince Philip visit second world war graves in Tobruk, Libya. 1954

Battersea firemen WWII
Battersea firemen keeping pigs during World War II 1939-1945

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of paper
During World War Two, the growing shortage of paper from overseas meant that the daily papers shrinked in size. Britains public was encouraged to save every scrap of paper

Advert for British Industrial Plastic Limited 1942
Shush - secret session for advancd thinkers. Post-war planners have been told - sometimes rudely - that we ve got to win the war first. We agree - absolutely

Sheltering on underground stations 1940
During the blitz of the Second World War, Londoners made uses of the underground tube stations as air raid shelters, because they felt secure. Date: 1940

Advert for Eclipse razors 1940
Unlike any other razor the Eclipse has micrometer adjustment. Illustration by George Ernest Studdy of the famous Bonzo the dog. Date: 1940

What German troop-carriers look from above 1940
You should know... What the German troop-carriers look like in the air. 1940

Mending household items 1943
Make Do and Mend. During World War Two women became very resourceful, they tackled repairs and maintenance of many clothing and household items, that today we would just throw away and replace. 1943

Advert for British Industrial Plastic Limited 1944
Don t imagine that all you ll need is a moulding press and some moulding powder and you ll by ready for the competition. The plastic moulding business is probably already overcrowded by peace-time

Advert for British Industrial Plastic Limited 1943
What are Plastics ? One might a well ask What are metals ? - for Plastics are becoming as numerous and varied as the older raw materials

Making bombs out of wrought iron gates 1943
Production for victory. This advert is for The motor Industry who helped to make wrought iron gates into weapons for the Second World War effort. 1943

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