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Pilot Officer Frederick Cecil Harrold was killed in action onSaturday, September 28th, 1940, during

Evelyn Bross and Catherine Barscz, a couple, photographed after their arrest for cross-dressing and

gunsandposes:Members of the American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) attend a “rifle class” at the

gunsandposes:Up top, that’s Pearl Harbor hero Doris “Dorie” Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24,

General Charles de Gaulle [centre] shakes hands with children twomonths after the German capitulatio

Herrenhausen Palace (Hanover, Germany).The palace [1] was destroyed during an air raid in 1943, and

The Marktkitrhe in Hanover’s Old Town (Germany).The Market Church of Sts. George and James is

The Berliner Schloss was heavily damaged during WW2, but although it could have been repaired, the E

Gestapoheadquarters in the Shellhus (Copenhagen, Denmark) during OperationCarthage (March 21st, 1945

Operation Carthage(March 21st, 1945) was an RAF raid on Copenhagen.  Thetarget was the Shellhus (She

The Shellhus (Shell House) in Copenhagen, Denmark (sometime between 1930 and 1944).  The Gestapo con

General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off from the Arc de Triomphe, down the Champs-Élysée

georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov:Two artillery gunners in Malaya place a stuffed mascot on the front of

nymphe-etoile:sixpenceee:During World War 2, women would paint their legs to make it appear that the

Three members of the Resistance on a patrol to rout out the Germansnipers still left in areas of Par

VE Day Celebrations in London (May 8th, 1945):A mounted policeman tries to clear a path for traffic.

WW2 British Tank Designers in 1942: Gentleman, this is the Sturmgeshutz III, a German casemate style

gunsandposes:France 1944: On the second day of the Normandy invasion, American soldiers toast each o

German Soldiers parading down the Champs-Élysées (June 14th, 1940).

Squadron Leader Peter Townsend DSO DFC chats with his ground crew,who are sitting on his Hawker Hurr

The body of an Italian soldier lies where he fell during battle, in astone-walled fort in the West L

Mrs. Sew-and-Sew Chart Leaflet No. 4: How to Patch Sheets and Blankets.The Board of Trade gave offic

P-51 Mustang

A Hawker Hurricane Mk. I, flown by the CO of No. 83 Squadron,Squadron Leader Peter Townsend, taxiing

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