Ww 2 Collection (page 8)

Advert for recruiting women for the WaF 1942
Serve in the WaF. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force. As an administrative airwoman. Good organizers are needed in a fast growing service

Advert for Cool-ees by Joyce California shoes 1941
Cool-ees by Joyce in pig skin. These saucy little porkers are simply crakling with pride because someone has at last decided that beauty really is skin deep

Normandy gilders, D-Day
An aerial shot of gliders landed in a field in Normandy, at the time of the D-Day landings. 1944

Knitting pattern 1941
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a v-neck cardigan. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Prevent revealing sensitive information to the enemy spies
A poster design from WW2, warning against idle talk to strangers, even if they are exceptionally attractive! circa 1940

Two kilted princesses: Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret, 1941
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, sporting kilts and tweed jackets, photographed around the time of Elizabeths 15th birthday. Date: April 1941

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret with a corgi, 1941
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, pictured here with her sister Princess Margaret, and a corgi, in 1941. Date: 1941

Caring for Evacuated Mothers and babies
Public Information poster issued by the Ministry of Health relating to the caring of evacuated babies during the bombing of Britain

Save Power at Work - Help your Fuel Watcher
World War Two public information poster for the Ministry of Food & Power - Save Power at Work. " Hi! Don t leave that machine running idle! And turn off that Blue Pencil Light!" circa 1940s

Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War
Allied prisoners of war, following their liberation by the Russian Red Army, await repatriation in Odessa. The ex-prisoners had marched or hitch-hiked across Europe to Odessa

The French Red Cross
" The French Red Cross never forgets them..." A superb stylised postcard praising the efforts of the French Red Cross in World War Two - entering the warzone with supplies to aid

Advert for The Ministry of Food 1941
Don t waste it, advert during the Second World War for not wasting food. Cheap and nourishing, ways of cooking potatoes in a varity of appetising

Senglea Maritime Festival

VJ Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory over Japan Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with lots of fun and games

Wartime Lifeboat Crew after a dramatic rescue, Walton
Eight members of the lifeboat crew at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured on the day they rescued three men from the barge Martha

VE Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory in Europe Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with food and cakes which had been in very short supply during the war years

The Red Cross Canteen, Evansville, Indiana, USA at the intersection of Oio Street and Fulton Avenue. During World War II, over a million and a half GIs stopped in Evansville

Lieutenant Ernest Gidden receiving the George Cross, 1942
Lieutenant Ernest Gidden(1910 -1961)receiving the George Cross for making safe a mine which had fallen on Hungerford Bridge

Children collecting paper to aid war effort, Walton, Essex
This group of children at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, have collected paper and cardboard for salvage to support the war effort. circa 1940

Poster advertising War Savings, encourage people to invest in war bonds to support the ATS (the womens branch of the army, the Auxiliary Territorial Service). 1940s

Poster: You can bet your boots on him! Showing a British soldier checking his own feet, as part of a daily foot inspection. circa 1940s

Poster: You can help to build me a ship
Poster: a British sailor says You can help to build me a ship. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any Employment Exchange for advice and full details

Metropolitan Police officer with sandbags in wartime
A Metropolitan Police officer with sandbags in the background, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Free French Sailors - World War Two - pictured in London Date: circa 1945

Italian bombers prepare for an attack during WW2 Date: 1941

Spanish pilots prepare for an attack during WW2 Date: 1941

Poster: I need your Rags. A man in uniform explains that rags are needed for salvage, to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, etc as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Wartime bomb damage, paintshop in Hendon, north London
Wartime damage to a paintshop in Hendon, north London, hit by an incendiary bomb, with damaged vehicles in the foreground. Date: September 1940

Silhouette of RAF OCTU officer

Poster requesting Rags for salvage
Poster: request for Rags for salvage. Rags are needed to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, gun wadding, charts, roofing felt, maps, etc

Poster: Waste Paper goes into Action. Paper makes shell containers, cartridge wads, rifle grenade washers, mortar bomb carriers, etc. Put out paper for salvage. circa 1940s

Poster: Save More Fuel This Winter
Poster encouraging people to Save More Fuel This Winter as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Relief of Prague by Russians (3 / 6)
Damage caused to Wenceslas Square, Prague - end of World War Two. Date: 1945

Poster: Buses give way to tanks. Pleasure travellers must give way to war workers! Avoid rush hours. 1940s

Vehicles damaged by wartime bombing, Lambeth, London
A graveyard in Lambeth, south east London, containing vehicles damaged by wartime bombing. There are a few cars, as well as a prison van (right) and the chassis of a 20-seater coach (centre)

Wartime bomb damage, Lambeth, south east London
A bomb site in Lambeth, south east London, with a Humber Saloon car used for top-priority Cabinet business partially hidden by debris at the centre

Wartime bomb damage, Met Police vehicles, London
Bomb damaged vehicles belonging to the Metropolitan Police, waiting to be repaired or scrapped. Date: September 1940

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Silhouette of a Polish officer

HMS Sheffield
Splinter damage to HMS Sheffield. The light cruiser had been shadowing the Bismarck at the time of the Ark Royals last air attack

Spanish cavalry WWII

Eight-sleeper bunk in Stalag XXI D
Sketch showing life of British prisoners of war in a German camp during World War Two. The sketch was made in Stalag XXI D in Posen, Poland

Warsaw - The Destruction of Church of St Alexander
WWII - Destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the Church of St Alexander during the Warsaw uprising in 1944. The church was rebuilt between 1949 and 1953 Date: circa 1906

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