Soldiers Collection (#4)

Girls and soldiers in Piccadilly, Lodon, England rejoicing and giving thanks for victory, 9 May 1945 at the end of WWII. From The War in Pictures, Sixth Year.

German gunners defending a coastal battery in the Ruhr against RAF bombers, 2-6 June, 1940 during World War Two. From The War in Pictures, First Year.

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Soldiers of an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands, seen here training. 12 December 1941

Two British soldiers, Corporal Cobb and Lance Corporal Salt who marched for 21 days through the jungle of Burma to avoid capture by the Japanese before reaching the 17th Indian Division in the Imphal

Australian troops land at Jacquinot Bay in New Britain, Papua New Guinea during the battle in the Far East in the Second World War

British Army private serving on the front line in Burma during the Second World War. April 1945

Burma DUKWs (known as Ducks) take supplies and reinforcements from the Chindwin River to forward British troops driving on Mandalay, Burma during the Second World War

First members of the WaF in Berlin, Germany at the end of the Second World War in Europe. Section officer P. hack of Palmers Green, London and Section Officer H

The so called "Tobacco factory"at Carocetto, Italy
The so called " Tobacco factory" at Carocetto, Italy, scene of bitter fighting during the bridgehead battle, fell to British troops on 28th May 1944

The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat, a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War Two

Operation Blackcoc was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

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

British Army constructing gun emplacements near Alexandria, Egypt. 15th December 1940

A French woman slaps a captured Gestapo agent who was the cause of her husband being mutilated during the German occupation in Southern France. 31st August 1944

Number 1 Commando Brigade led the British assault across the Elbe River. They had captured their objective, Lauenburg by dawn on April 29th 1945

Men of C. Company, the Border Regiment, waiting to repulse a German attack, who were barely a hundred yards away during the battle in the Netherlands. 20th September 1944

Front line French class for R. A. F. in Tunisia. 9th March 1943
Front line French class for R.A.F. in Tunisia. 9th March 1943

The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III / KG 76 at Wychbold
The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III/KG 76 at Wychbold. The aircraft was damaged by Sgt Jankowiak of 307 Squadron and also hit by anti aircraft guns in the Liverpool area

The remains of 281 and 283 Hales Lane, Smethwick after Heinkel He 111 1G+KM Wk Nr 1555 of 4./KG 27 was shot down by Defiant N3387 of 151 Squadron and crashed into the houses

Operation Blackcock (14th - 26th January 1945) was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

French civilians stand at attention and an American Army Gl salutes as the American and French flags are unfurled side by side in the centre of the city of Cherbourg

Wounded fighting men from Roehampton Hospital enjoying a trip to the local fair at Putney Heath, accompanied by their friends and families on a visiting day at the end of the Second World War

Bomb damage to Elephant and Castle, London. 6th June 1942

Air raid damage to Barking Road in East London during the Blitz. 20th March 1941

The new cap badge of the Parachute Regiment. May 1943

Men of the R. A. F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome
Men of the R.A.F. regiment marching inland to take possession of Maison Blanche aerodrome. 18th November 1942

Madame Scarlett, hotelkeeper of the Hotel Des Fleurs in Les Andrelys on the Seine, France, proudly wearing her blouse made from a Union Jack flag as she welcomes liberating British troops into

Yugoslav partisans have been supplied with British Armoured cars and American tanks suited to the difficult country in which they must be used

At the War Office Selection Board school. All candidates for promotion from the ranks undergo a three days course to determine whether they have the qualities necessary to make a good officer

Canadian soldiers on the Italian front during the Second World War. New field telephone device but the same " Old Bill"

Yugoslav partisans of Marshal Titos Yugoslav National Liberation Army are making good use of their stay in Malta to learn the use of both Allied and enemy small arms

Three pipers of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers infantry regiment with the battalion mascot " Bill", who seems to be practicing a song to accompany the music. September 1940

Women of the W. A. C. I - Women s. Auxiliary Corps, India
Women of the W.A.C.I - Women s. Auxiliary Corps, India, equivalent of the British ATS are releasing fighting men by doing many skilled

British assault craft reaching the shores of Toamasina, Madagascar during Second World War. 16th October 1942

American troops of the 34th Infantry Division landing on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers. Operation Torch signalled the American entry into the Mediterranean War

A Royal Engineer bulldozer seen here on Gold beach. June 16th 1944

British forces entered Addis Ababa on 5th April 1941 having advanced more than 1800 miles in less than 60 days. Picture shows

Tobruk. (Picture) After a very heavy rainstorm which followed a sandstorm which had lasted all day. Water rushed down Waddis and flooded many of the tents

American landing craft on Okinawa. Landing craft nose inshore to land troops and supplies as the American invasion of Okinawa, Ryukyu island less than too miles from the Japanese homeland

A famous Scottish Regiment on manoeuvres in Malaya during the Second World War. The troops show how they have adapted themselves to the conditions of warfare which would prevail in Malaya by cutting

British soldiers of General Andersons First Army at work on the telephone system which links up all the various companies of the battalion in the hills of North Africa. Issued: January 1943

The first ATS / EFI (Expeditionary Force Institute) girls to arrive for duty in
The first ATS /EFI (Expeditionary Force Institute) girls to arrive for duty in Berlins canteens spent a few days looking over the citys British canteens before starting work

The British landing on Ramree Island, Arakan. 15th February 1945

The Lancashire Fusiliers in Burma. In the swamps and jungle of Burma the Lancashire Fusiliers are fighting with courage. (Picture) Troops at a jungle cookhouse. 22nd March 1943

Scenes inside Dambacha Fort after it was captured by patriots of Abyssinian Emperor Haile Selassie and Sudanese troops. Picture shows: Troops

With the fall of the Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, located between Addis Ababa and Amba Alagi, Italian resistance in Abyssinia is virtually at an end

Italian partisans with Luigi Piazza, a priest of San Valentino. Circa October 1944

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