World War Two Collection (#10)

Modern armaments, 1938: Gas-Mask Equipment (b/w photo)
8660651 Modern armaments, 1938: Gas-Mask Equipment (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gas-Mask Equipment)

Modern armaments, 1938: Naval 16" Guns ready for action (b/w photo)
8660648 Modern armaments, 1938: Naval 16" Guns ready for action (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Naval 16" Guns ready for action)

Modern armaments, 1938: Bomber Squadron Formation Flying (b/w photo)
8660643 Modern armaments, 1938: Bomber Squadron Formation Flying (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bomber Squadron Formation Flying)

Blitz, 1940-41: The Tower of St Clement Danes, hit 10 May 1941 (b/w photo)
8634821 Blitz, 1940-41: The Tower of St Clement Danes, hit 10 May 1941 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tower of St Clement Danes)

Blitz, 1940-41: Ave Maria Lane, 29 December 1940 (b/w photo)
8634820 Blitz, 1940-41: Ave Maria Lane, 29 December 1940 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ave Maria Lane, 29 December 1940)

Blitz, 1940-41: A mobile laundry service in Portsmouth (b/w photo)
8634815 Blitz, 1940-41: A mobile laundry service in Portsmouth (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A mobile laundry service in Portsmouth)

WW2 and the Inner Temple: Fig Tree Court before the Raids (b/w photo)
8653459 WW2 and the Inner Temple: Fig Tree Court before the Raids (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fig Tree Court before the Raids)

WW2 and the Inner Temple: The Temple Church and Cloisters after the Raids (b/w photo)
8653457 WW2 and the Inner Temple: The Temple Church and Cloisters after the Raids (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

WW2 and the Inner Temple: The Temple Church and Cloisters before the Raids (b/w photo)
8653456 WW2 and the Inner Temple: The Temple Church and Cloisters before the Raids (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Officers dining in the painted hall (at the Royal Hospital in Greenwich, England)
MMM5480488 Officers dining in the painted hall (at the Royal Hospital in Greenwich, England, for naval retirees) during the Second World War (1939-1945) by Bone

Different views of a submarine, in immersion, in flotation and from different angles of view
MMM5480884 Different views of a submarine, in immersion, in flotation and from different angles of view. Color lithograph from the Submarine series, circa 1940

WW2 Volga Tartar Volunteers armshield, c. 1939-45 (object)
7177607 WW2 Volga Tartar Volunteers armshield, c. 1939-45 (object); Private Collection; (add.info.: Volga Tartar Volunteers cloth armshield)

England East Coast, 1941 (engraving)
7340577 England East Coast, 1941 (engraving) by British School, (20th century) ; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

The defeat of Emperor Maxence who died on 28 October 312, during the Battle of the Milvius Bridge
ELD4963509 The defeat of Emperor Maxence who died on 28 October 312, during the Battle of the Milvius Bridge, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Dorothy Dawes (colour photo)
8670634 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Dorothy Dawes (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dorothy Dawes)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Margaret Gredon (colour photo)
8668515 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Margaret Gredon (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Margaret Gredon)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Augusta Thoms (colour photo)
8668508 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Augusta Thoms (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Augusta Thoms)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Constance Bergen (colour photo)
8668505 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Constance Bergen (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Constance Bergen)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mlle De Sainte Marie (colour photo)
8668502 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mlle De Sainte Marie (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mlle De Sainte Marie)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Carole Lombard (colour photo)
8668501 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Carole Lombard (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carole Lombard)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mary Kidd (colour photo)
8668495 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mary Kidd (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mary Kidd)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Jean Morgan (colour photo)
8668494 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Jean Morgan (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Morgan)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Patricia Bllis (colour photo)
8668487 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Patricia Bllis (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patricia Bllis)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mary Carlisle (colour photo)
8668479 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mary Carlisle (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mary Carlisle)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Paulette Maszaros (colour photo)
8668476 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Paulette Maszaros (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paulette Maszaros)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Suzanne Kaaren (colour photo)
8668475 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Suzanne Kaaren (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suzanne Kaaren)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Polly Waters (colour photo)
8668474 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Polly Waters (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polly Waters)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Sonja Levkova (colour photo)
8668469 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Sonja Levkova (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sonja Levkova)

Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, 1942 (charcoal on grey/blue paper)
3088063 Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, 1942 (charcoal on grey/blue paper) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); 29.2x34.2 cm; Private Collection; © Liss Fine Art

Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, 1942 (charcoal on paper)
3088059 Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, 1942 (charcoal on paper) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); 45x31.7 cm; Private Collection; © Liss Fine Art

Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 5 (conte carbon pencil on tracing paper)
3088061 Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 5 (conte carbon pencil on tracing paper) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); 50.8x48 cm; Private Collection; © Liss Fine Art

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625728 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625726 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625724 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625720 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625732 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625719 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plotting enemy and British aircraft positions in an operations room (b/w photo)
8649406 Plotting enemy and British aircraft positions in an operations room (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Flight Mechanics at work on a Beaufighter (b/w photo)
8649405 Flight Mechanics at work on a Beaufighter (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flight Mechanics at work on a Beaufighter)

WAAF Telephonists (b/w photo)
8649402 WAAF Telephonists (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: WAAF Telephonists. Illustration for The W.A.A.F. in action (A&C Black, 1944)

A Middle East Photographer prepares an aerial camera (b/w photo)
8651449 A Middle East Photographer prepares an aerial camera (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Middle East Photographer prepares an aerial camera)

WW2: A Stirling is refuelled, her bomb-racks open ready for bombing-up (b/w photo)
8639410 WW2: A Stirling is refuelled, her bomb-racks open ready for bombing-up (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Stirling is refuelled)

WW2: Handley Page Halifax bomber (b/w photo)
8639409 WW2: Handley Page Halifax bomber (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Handley Page Halifax bomber. Four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines)

WW2: Sector operations-room in Fighter Command (b/w photo)
8639405 WW2: Sector operations-room in Fighter Command (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sector operations-room in Fighter Command)

WW2: After a raid on Naples a reconnaissance photograph shows many direct hits on railway sidings
8639402 WW2: After a raid on Naples a reconnaissance photograph shows many direct hits on railway sidings and administrative buildings (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Scottish National War Memorial: The English, Irish and Welsh Windows, "Spring" and "Summer"
8648384 Scottish National War Memorial: The English, Irish and Welsh Windows, "Spring" and "Summer" (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Scottish National War Memorial: The British Dominions and Colonies Windows
8648383 Scottish National War Memorial: The British Dominions and Colonies Windows, "Autumn" and "Winter" (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots, The Royal Regiment (b/w photo)
8648382 Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots, The Royal Regiment (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Scots, The Royal Regiment)

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"World War Two: A Glimpse into the Heroic Struggles and Triumphs" In 1942, amidst the chaos of World War Two, Winston Churchill stood tall, his indomitable spirit shining through as he made his famous V for Victory sign. This symbolized hope and resilience in the face of adversity. The skies were ablaze with bravery as the Supermarine Spitfire V soared through enemy lines, its sleek design and powerful engine proving to be a formidable force against Nazi aggression. Alongside it, the Avro Lancaster B. I PP967 emerged as a true champion of the air, delivering devastating blows to German targets. On April 30th, 1945, history was forever etched when Red Army soldiers raised the Soviet flag over Berlin's Reichstag. Captured by Vladimir Grebnev's lens, this iconic photograph stands as a testament to their unwavering determination in liberating Germany from tyranny. Amidst these global struggles, Polish pilots from the renowned 303 Squadron took flight in 1940. Their courage knew no bounds as they fearlessly engaged enemy aircraft while flying their Supermarine Spitfire XIV planes – heroes defending freedom at all costs. At sea, HMS Illustrious sailed proudly in 1942; an aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in protecting vital supply routes and launching relentless attacks on Axis forces. It became an emblem of British naval power during those turbulent times. Meanwhile, high above ground level flew Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers - mighty machines raining destruction upon strategic targets with precision and might. These aerial behemoths struck fear into hearts across Europe. But not all victories required brute force alone; enter De Havilland Mosquito B. XVI – an agile marvel that silently infiltrated enemy territory under cover of darkness. Its stealthy missions brought critical intelligence back home safely.