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Background imageWorld War II Collection: St. Pauls Survives

St. Pauls Survives
The iconic view of St

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456

Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456
HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940

Background imageWorld War II Collection: WW II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navy

WW II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navy
Vintage photograph World War II - Admiral Karl Doenitz Donitz, German navy

Background imageWorld War II Collection: National Savings Group wartime poster

National Savings Group wartime poster
Convoy your country to victory : save and lend through our National Savings Group. World War II poster illustrated by warship flying the Royal Navy ensign

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Harrogate Ladies College

Harrogate Ladies College
A girls school in a castle: Harrogate Colleges pleasant retreat at Lord Swintons residence near Ripon, Yorkshire at the beginning of World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Police Officer & Triumph

Police Officer & Triumph
Metropolitan Police officer on a Triumph motorcycle during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Bristol Blenheim bomber of World War II

Bristol Blenheim bomber of World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: WW II - Princess Elizabeth working as a mechanic

WW II - Princess Elizabeth working as a mechanic
World War II - Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth 2nd training as a secoond subaltern in the ATS - working as a mechanic, taking out the plugs of a car

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Free French - Honour the Maquis

Free French - Honour the Maquis. The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Occupation of France in World War II Date: circa 1941

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Heather Honey by David Wright

Heather Honey by David Wright showing a semi-naked woman covered by a diaphanous black negligee. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWorld War II Collection: RMS Mauretania (Launched 1938)

RMS Mauretania (Launched 1938)
RMS Mauretania. A successor to RMS Mauretania of 1906

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Bomb disposal unit in action

Bomb disposal unit in action
The Royal Engineers bomb disposal unit in action in West London, 17 September 1940

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2

Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2
Warehouses ablaze following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Bouncing Bomb

Bouncing Bomb
Plans for Operation Chastise drawn by Sir Barnes Neville Wallis for the bouncing bomb used in the raid known as the Dambusters in World War II Date: c. 1943

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Caledonian Park Clock Tower Metropolitan Cattle Market

Caledonian Park Clock Tower Metropolitan Cattle Market
The Caledonian Park Clock Tower - a Grade II*-listed structure, as the centrepiece of a vast cattle market

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Roof spotter at football match

Roof spotter at football match
A roof spotter searching for oncoming German bombers, at a West Ham vs. Chelsea match 8 December 1940

Background imageWorld War II Collection: NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2

NFS (London Region) Pimlico V1 bombing attack, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

Background imageWorld War II Collection: A calculating machine BL21177

A calculating machine BL21177
Cut out of a calculating machine

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright woman in short black underslip

David Wright woman in short black underslip
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a short black, semi-transparent underslip. She is sitting on the edge of her dressing table, loosening her hair

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Child at receiving centre WWII

Child at receiving centre WWII
Bette Malek waits with her doll at the Fulham receiving centre in London during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Victoria Palace Theatre, London BB87_01220

Victoria Palace Theatre, London BB87_01220
VICTORIA PALACE THEATRE, Westminster, London. The Victoria Palace Theatre opened in 1911 and was built as a music hall by Frank Matcham (a specialist in theatre design)

Background imageWorld War II Collection: The Mystery Of Squadron X

The Mystery Of Squadron X
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of Squadron X, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 53 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Yamashita Tomoyuki

Yamashita Tomoyuki(1885-1946) General of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. 1941

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Advertising postcard for the Carron Line Ferries

Advertising postcard for the Carron Line Ferries which ran a service from London to Glasgow. A ferry boat ( The Avon ) is depicted here travelling under the Forth Rail Bridge

Background imageWorld War II Collection: British tank WWII

British tank WWII
British Matilda tank in France during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: World War II evacuees

World War II evacuees
Evacuee train leaving the station with people waving goodbye during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: No Coupons by David Wright

No Coupons by David Wright
A lady, half naked and wearing stockings, placing a hat on her head. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girls WWII

Land Girls WWII
Land Girls working as milkmaids milking cows on a farm in Tooting during World War II. Miss Ivy Baldwin (on the left) was a mulitple shop worker)

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girls WWII

Land Girls WWII
Land Girls, Mrs. Gosden, Miss Peggy Rose and Miss Ivy Baldwin, with a horse and hay cart farming on a farm in Tooting during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girls WWII

Land Girls WWII
A Land Girl working picking strawberries on a farm during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girls WWII

Land Girls WWII
A Land Girl, Joan Coleman, who used to be a city typist, with a forkful of Mangold Wurtzels working on a farm during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girls WWII

Land Girls WWII
Thresher training for Land Girls on a farm during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Admiral Philip Louis Vian

Admiral Philip Louis Vian
A portrait of Admiral Philip Louis Vian, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Navy Home Fleet

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta

Ossuary Chapel of skulls - Valletta, Malta - destroyed by a bomb during World War II. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Lady Louis Mountbatten in WWII uniform

Lady Louis Mountbatten in WWII uniform
Lady Louis Mountbatten (1901 - 1960), later Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Vicerine of India, previously Miss Edwina Ashley, pictured in her uniform as Deputy Superintendant of the St

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright woman in black and pink

David Wright woman in black and pink
Elegant woman in a black top, with a pink and black bow in her hair and gold jewellery. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright woman holding black negligee

David Wright woman holding black negligee
Elegant naked woman sitting on a red and gold couch, holding a flimsy black negligee or underskirt. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster

Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster
World War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Mannerheim line WWII

Mannerheim line WWII
Lieutenant Platan, an officer from Helsinki in command of this sector, points forward into no mans land, explaining Finnish strategy during World War II in Finland

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Hyde Park Police Piggery WWII

Hyde Park Police Piggery WWII
View of the Hyde Park Police Piggery, adjacent to the Hyde Park Police station during World War II. The police officers built for the pigs a spacious pig house and pens

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright woman in a red swimsuit

David Wright woman in a red swimsuit
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a one-piece red swimsuit, red shoes, and a wide brimmed floppy hat. She is sitting on a table with a red and white tablecloth

Background imageWorld War II Collection: French submarine WWII

French submarine WWII
French submarine Casabianca during World War II. One of the last of the 29 units of the Redoutable class, built throughout the 1930s, formed the backbone of Frances Type 1 submarines

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Boy and toy aeroplane by David Wright

Boy and toy aeroplane by David Wright
Portrait of a young boy contemplating a toy aeroplane by David Wright, best known as Britains foremost pin-up artist during World War II. Date: 1944

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright woman in a white bikini

David Wright woman in a white bikini
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a white bikini and shoes to match. She is sitting on the grass, with a wide-brimmed floppy hat at her side

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Tank of Allied armies in front of Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Tank of Allied armies in front of Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Tank of the Allied armies in front of Cologne Cathedral, Germany, towards the end of world War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Daily Mail Front Page 9th June 1944, reporting the progress of the D-Day landings

Daily Mail Front Page 9th June 1944, reporting the progress of the D-Day landings

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Daily Mail Front page 10th June 1944, reporting the progress of the D-Day landings

Daily Mail Front page 10th June 1944, reporting the progress of the D-Day landings
Daily Mail Front page of June 10th 1944, reporting the progress of the D-Day landings

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Mass at bombed Southwark Cathedral

Mass at bombed Southwark Cathedral
Holding mass in the ruins of St Georges Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark London June 1941

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Mrs Kennedy and her deb daughters

Mrs Kennedy and her deb daughters
Mrs Joseph Kennedy, wife of H.E. the United States Ambassador, in a photograph to mark the presentation of two of her daughters at the first court at Buckingham Palace in May 1938

Background imageWorld War II Collection: The tower of the Mannelli near the Ponte Vecchio in Florence damaged by the explosion of the mines of World War II

The tower of the Mannelli near the Ponte Vecchio in Florence damaged by the explosion of the mines of World War II Florence. Date of Photograph:1944

Background imageWorld War II Collection: WW2 - Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber

WW2 - Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Secret Of The Scarlet Bomber, written by Phillip Conde

Background imageWorld War II Collection: World War II Yalta, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin

World War II Yalta, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Vintage World War II photograph: The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named Argonaut, held February 4-11, 1945

Background imageWorld War II Collection: WW II - partly assembled Focke-Wulf 190 Bremen factory

WW II - partly assembled Focke-Wulf 190 Bremen factory
Vintage photograph World War II - partly assembled Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft in the companys Bremen factory, following RAF bombing

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girl in 1944

Land Girl in 1944
Land Girl from Girls Training Corps farming in Southern England

Background imageWorld War II Collection: West Cornwall Railway Station at Hayle, Cornwall. Probably taken in the early 1930s

West Cornwall Railway Station at Hayle, Cornwall. Probably taken in the early 1930s
The photograph shows the front of the station with part of the viaduct visible behind

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Hawksley Avenue, Hillsborough, air raid damage, 1940

Hawksley Avenue, Hillsborough, air raid damage, 1940
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s00993

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Blitz in London, ship at Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2

Blitz in London, ship at Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2
A badly damaged cargo ship at the Surrey Commercial Docks complex after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War

Background imageWorld War II Collection: MV Britannic - Cunard White Star transatlantic ocean liner

MV Britannic - Cunard White Star transatlantic ocean liner. During World War II she was used to transport troops, carrying 173, 550 people. Date: circa 1936

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China

Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China
Manchukuo - a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic, but in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy

Background imageWorld War II Collection: No swim today

No swim today
These boys can only gaze longingly at the sea, through the barbed wire and mined beaches, 1 June 1944

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Shardeloes country house during wartime

Shardeloes country house during wartime
Scenes from a country house, Shardeloes, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: King George VI at his desk in naval uniform, 1942

King George VI at his desk in naval uniform, 1942
King George VI (1895 - 1952), pictured writing at his desk in Buckingham Palace wearing naval uniform in May 1942

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Japanese warship Hiei - Kongo Class Battlecruiser

Japanese warship Hiei - Kongo Class Battlecruiser
Hiei - warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War I and World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: LFB and the Blitz - Queen Victoria Street

LFB and the Blitz - Queen Victoria Street
The moment that an unsupported front wall of a building, severely damaged by fire, dramatically collapsed into the street

Background imageWorld War II Collection: View of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral, WW2

View of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral, WW2
Blitz in London -- view of City fires from St Pauls Cathedral following an air raid

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2

Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Finsbury, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters clearing debris at what was their sub-fire station in Hugh Myddleton Primary School, Finsbury, EC1. The building took a direct hit from a high explosive bomb

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Blitz in London -- rescue workers in bombed street, WW2

Blitz in London -- rescue workers in bombed street, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue teams and building workers (not firefighters) searching and making safe houses in Sydney Street, East London, after a bombing raid in the East End

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, WW2

Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, WW2
Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, SE London, suffered extensive bomb damage during the early days of the bombing campaign

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Foam applied at oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2

Foam applied at oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Fire crews applying foam to a fire at the Thames Haven oil tank fire, near Thurrock, Essex

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2

Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2
Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks during the Second World War

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Ski troops in Finland WWII

Ski troops in Finland WWII
Ski troops patrolling in Finland during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright pin-up

David Wright pin-up
Red-headed woman in black underwear with bra straps slipping seductively down her shoulders. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Madame Vacani

Madame Vacani
Madame Marguerite Vacani, dance and deportment teacher pictured in caricature as walking on air, and admired by a group of adoring debutantes

Background imageWorld War II Collection: David Wright

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Land Girls WWII

Land Girls WWII
Land Girl working with a tractor on a farm during World War II

Background imageWorld War II Collection: The Boys Of The New Home Guard

The Boys Of The New Home Guard
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Boys Of the New Home Guard, printed as a contibution to the Home Guard Spitfire fund

Background imageWorld War II Collection: World War II ruins in the centre of Berlin

World War II ruins in the centre of Berlin
World War II vintage photograph - ruins in the centre of Berlin, dust cloud from collapsing wall

Background imageWorld War II Collection: World War II B25 bomber attacks Japanese ship

World War II B25 bomber attacks Japanese ship
World War II vintage photograph - B25 bomber attacks Japanese ship in China Sea

Background imageWorld War II Collection: World War II navy ship Pacific war against Japan

World War II navy ship Pacific war against Japan
Vintage World War II photograph - navy ship releases a salvo in the Pacific war against Japan

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank

Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank
Vintage photograph World War II - British Churchill tank, Italian campaign, crossing of the Senio River

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Hawker Hector with Napier Dagger III engine

Hawker Hector with Napier Dagger III engine
A detail of a Hawker Hector focussing on the Napier Dagger III H-24 air-cooled piston Engine. Developing 805hp the Dagger was the next step for D

Background imageWorld War II Collection: Grenoside, Sheffield, Salute the Soldier poster, 1940s

Grenoside, Sheffield, Salute the Soldier poster, 1940s
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: w02107



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