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Said Al Idris Senussi of Libya returns to Ajdabiya, WW2After 22 years in exile Said Al Idris Senussi of Libya comes home to Ajdabiya during the Second World War Date: 1944
The Kinecar by William Heath RobinsonDouble page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film
D-DAY MAP 1944Plan 1C - Operation Neptune, an elaborate map detailing the proposed D-Day Normandy assault landings by Allied troops on the French beaches. Date: June 1944
B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing an American B-26 Marauder medium bomber flying through light flak above the coast of France, 1944
WW2 Poster -- Map of the British ArmyA Map of the British Army with Battle Honours, Military Achievements and Regimental Badges, first published in 1944 by HM Forces Savings Committee
WW2 poster, activities of 52 (Lowland) DivisionScreen-print poster, published circa 1950, showing the activities of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War, with a map of Northern Europe, and unit badges along the top and bottom
The Road to the West (1944). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1944
D-Day - British and Canadian troops landing - Juno BeachBritish and Canadian 3rd Division troops land at Juno Beach. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an
D-Day - Landing in France - Omaha BeachAmerican assault troops prepare to disembark their landing craft as it approaches the beach head, Omaha Beach. The smoke visible in the background attests to the massive naval artillery assault
A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a LawnIllustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by
D-Day - Supplies pour ashoreA stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping, as reinforcements
StauffenbergCLAUS SCHENK GRAF VON STAUFFENBERG Lieutenant colonel on the General Staff and central figure among the conspirators of the July Plot
The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944
Cutaway Diagram of the V-1 Flying Bomb; Second World WarCutaway diagram of the German V-1 Flying Bomb, showing the inner workings of this rocket propelled bomb, 1944
HMS Duke of York firing a broadside; Second World WarPhotograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing her 14-inch guns, whilst heavy seas break over her bows, sometime during the Second World War
Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden Second World WarPhotograph showing gliders and men of the Allied Airborne Army, on an airfield somewhere in Britain, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan
Bernard MontgomeryField Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (1887 1976), Montgomery was in command the 3rd division assault on Northern France in 1944
Churchill AVRE Tank in France; Second World War, 1944Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank moving up to the front, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank was equipped with a Petard mortar
German Panzer tank, 1944A German Panzer tank, pictured during the Ardennes counter-offensive which became known as the Battle of the Bulge. Date: December 1944
Amazing Stories scifi magazine cover, The Mad RobotTHE MAD ROBOT by William P McGivern. A brave man fires a ray-gun at an advancing metal robot with large claws and a brain encassed in a glass-domed head Date: 1944
Normandy Invasion 1944A depiction by C.E.Turner of a scene during the early morning of 6th June 1944 as British forces make an amphibious landing on one of the Normandy beaches during D-Day
British First Airborne dug in at Arnhem; Second World War, 1Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division, in shallow trenches along a road side near Arnhem, September 1944
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen HutsWW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in
The Men of Arnhem by Bryan de GrineauThe Men of Arnhem: " A Superb Feat of Arms Performed by our First Airborne Division." - The Prime Minister. The First Airborne Division beating off a heavy attack by German S.S
Battle of the BulgeAmerican soldiers on a German Tiger II (Royal Tiger) tank which had been knocked out by American Air Force fighter-bombers during the Battle of the Bulge
Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Dinah -Used between mid-19441-1945 by the Japanese Army for long range reconnaissance
Advert for Idris quality soft drinks 1944Who made the lemon squash Date: 1944
The British Second Army in Valkenswaard, Holland; Second WorPhotograph showing advance units of the British Second Army in the Dutch village of Valkenswaard, September 1944. This was the first settlement in Holland to be liberated
Paratroops landing on the outskirts of ArnhemPhotograph: Paratroops landing on the outskirts of Arnhem. Taken by Sgt D M Smith, Army Film and Photographic Unit, Arnhem, 17 Sep 1944
Winston Churchil visiting gun sites, England, 1944Winston Churchill visiting anti flying bomb defences in June 1944. Seen here at a gun battery in southern England. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, " The Prime Minister today
NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene
Tank Battle in Villers Bocage, France 1944Illustration showing a battle between German Tiger tanks and British tanks and infantry in the village of Villers Bocage, Normandy, June 1944
D-Day - Glider reinforcement teamA team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast
Lockheed P-38 Lightning in action; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing an US Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning shooting down a German aeroplane during the Second World War
Soldier of the British First Airborne in action in Arnhem; SPhotograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing his Sten gun at Germans near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944
Wedding Feast by William Heath RobinsonFinely detailed colour illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a wedding feast amid a rural setting. Robinson would follow this image with two more in subsequent years
Americans Land D-DayAmerican troops under enemy fire wading through the sea to land on the beaches of Normandy, France
Mad Metal RobotTHE MAD ROBOT by William P McGivern. A brave man fires a ray-gun at an advancing metal robot with large claws and a brain encassed in a glass-domed head Date: 1944
Coal mining by G. H. DavisCoal mine working and outcrop production: how coal, so vital to every form of war industry, can be won from opencast veins at shallow depths. Date: 1944
Young woman washing clothes at a sinkA young woman at a kitchen sink washing clothes using a washboard. There is a stack of four dinner plates waiting to be washed up, a kettle, and a tin of One-O-One which cleans without scratching
D-Day - Bomber giving air support to infantry invasionA B-26 Martin Marauder of the 9th Airforce over the Normandy coast, giving air support to the landing craft on the beaches below
Poster for Nazare in PortugalPoster advertising the seaside town of Nazare in Portugal featuring a blazing sun, yellow sand, a Portuguese lady dressed all in black with a basket on her head, and a boy with a fish
Parachute Regiment - Sergeant - 6th Airborne Division
General Dempsey, General Hodges, Field-Marshal Montgomery, GPhotograph showing (left to right) Lieut-General Sir Miles Dempsey, British Second Army; Lieut-General Hodges, US First Army; Field-Marshal Montgomery; Lieut-General Simpson
German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)
Major-General R. E. Urquhart in Arnhem; Second World War, 194Photograph showing Major-General R.E. Urquhart, Commander of the British First Airborne Division, standing outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Hartenstein Hotel, September 1944
American Troops heading for Normandy on D-Day; Second WorlAmerican infanrymen in a landing craft heading towards the shore of Normandy on the morning of D-Day, 6 June 1944
American Troops landing on D-Day; Second World War, 1944Photograph showing American troops storming one of the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 6 June 1944. This image shows the first tanks charging through the water to the shore