Caption Gallery

Street fighting in Stalingrad

Photograph: Street fighting in Stalingrad. A picture from Axis sources shows German soldiers, glad of the shelter of a crater in a Stalingrad street. It is the toughest job of the war yet, as the German caption admits. Every house, every heap of rubble, the roofs of factories and the cellars of buildings - They all spit fire at the aggressor. What is described a ?The decisive battle? for the city is now raging. German infantry shelter in a crater during the bitter Stalingrad fighting. Both men are armed with MP40 machine pistols, the standard German submachine during the Second World War. Over one million were made between 1939-1945. Picture issued: 17 October 1942. British Official Photograph: 774/H. Keystone. One of 26 British and Soviet official photographs, 1941-1945. Mounted on card with original associated typescript captions. Covering aspects of the campaign between the German Army and Soviet Forces on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945. Includes the Battle of Stalingrad, World War Two, Eastern Front (1941-1945) 1942-1943. Date: 1942

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WW2 - The Rhineland and the Battle South of Udem

Copy photograph from an original taken by Captain Edward K Deeming, 15th/19th King?s Royal Hussars. Accompanying note provides caption, ?THE RHINELAND AND THE BATTLE SOUTH OF UDEM, 4 March 1945: Lt Ted Deeming with crew after the Schlieffen Line had been breached. Challenger tank with 17-pdr gun and Browning 0. 30 in. machine gun. Location - Hellmannshof S. of Udem. ?A further note names people featured in the photograph, ?CHALLENGER CREW: Lt Ted Deeming (with binocular case) then clockwise - Tpr Ken G. Harrison (operator), Tpr D. J. Cain (gunner), Tpr S. T. Ellis (loader), and Tpr P. F. ?Smacker? Smith (driver). ?From a collection of 74 copy photographs taken during World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Date: 1945

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WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Looking for news of you

The Caption is Looking for news of you'. The card is from a young girl to her parents and was sent under cover with gifts. One of the presents was shaving cream for her father of which she says The aristocratic people use this so it ought to be ok, especially for officers'. The message is brave and poignant. She and her brother clearly want a letter from home. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1940

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