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World War Ii Collection

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Lancaster Bomber

Lancaster Bomber
circa 1945: A Royal Air Force Lancaster Bomber in flight. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Wellington Bombers

Wellington Bombers
8th February 1940: A flight of Vickers Wellington long range bombers, used by the Royal Air Force to undertake raids into Germany and elsewhere. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Gas Masks For Dogs

Gas Masks For Dogs
1939: Three Airedale dogs wearing their special gas masks at a Surrey kennel. They are being trained by Lt Col E. H. Richardson. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Docklands Blazing

Docklands Blazing
1940: The docklands ablaze after the first mass air raid on London. Tower Bridge is in the background. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Dogs Of War

Dogs Of War
Two Airedale terriers at Lt. Colonel E. H. Richardsons canine training camp in Woking, Surrey, during World War II, 16th October 1939

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Bombed St Thomas Hospital

Bombed St Thomas Hospital
The site of an air raid, which severely damaged St Thomas Hospital, London, May 1941. The Palace of Westminster and Big Ben can be seen across the Thames

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Eyes Of The Fleet

Eyes Of The Fleet
circa 1940: A Blackburn Skua two seat fighter and dive-bomber of the Fleet Air Arm with arrestor hook and wheels lowered, flying over warships of the British Fleet. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Supermarine Spitfire

Supermarine Spitfire
A Supermarine Spitfire IIa P7350 (foreround), and a Hawker Hurricane IIc LF363 with markings as they appeared in Guy Hamiltons film Battle Of Britain, 1969

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: German King Tiger tank

German King Tiger tank

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: RAF Scramble

RAF Scramble
RAF fighter pilots run for their planes. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: British Army Airspeed Horsa Glider Force

British Army Airspeed Horsa Glider Force
circa 1944: Four British Army Airspeed Horsa gliders with their tails detached for unloading and a Waco Hadrian glider all safely landed in a field

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: American Sherman Crab, army tank with chains spinning on a cylinder attached by steel arms

American Sherman Crab, army tank with chains spinning on a cylinder attached by steel arms

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Rooftop Rifle Range

Rooftop Rifle Range
18th June 1940: London workers at lunchtime target practice on the roof of their office building. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Air Raid Ruined Buildings

Air Raid Ruined Buildings
12th May 1941: Buildings devastated during air raids near the dome of St Pauls Cathedral in the City. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Fighter Plane

Fighter Plane
circa 1940: A German Messerschmitt ME 110 fighter-bomber over Poland. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Bombed London

Bombed London
circa 1940: Bomb damage sustained by the City of London. Tower Bridge can be seen in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: St Pauls Bomb Damage

St Pauls Bomb Damage
20th October 1940: St Pauls Cathedral after a direct hit during the blitz in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Civvy Street

Civvy Street
26th January 1946: Egerton Savory, whose progress during World War II was documented by Picture Post, returning home after being demobbed from the army, the day he dreamed of if full of doubts

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: St Nicholas Church in Hamburg

St Nicholas Church in Hamburg
Formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen (main churches) in the city of Hamburg. The church lies now in ruins, with only its tower remaining

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39

US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39
circa 1940: The US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39. The fighters were flown by the RAF under the name Airacobra 1 P-400. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Testing Aircraft

Testing Aircraft
14th October 1943: A Royal Airforce Mosquito being tested at the de Havilland factory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: All Purpose Bomber

All Purpose Bomber
circa 1945: Three United States TBM Avenger bombers soar above clouds over the Pacific, World War II (1939-1945). The TBM, first known as the TBF Avenger

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Lonesome Jackass

Lonesome Jackass
31st March 1945: A donkey is caught in a cars headlights. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1936 - The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights - pub

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Blitz Skyline

Blitz Skyline
1940: The London skyline during the blitz. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Late Evacuees

Late Evacuees
4th July 1940: Three evacuees from Islington, London, make a dash for the train which will take them to the country, during the Second World War. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Japan Surrenders

Japan Surrenders
2nd September 1945: An American air display in the sky over the USS Missouri on VJ Day. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Decommissioned Tanks

Decommissioned Tanks
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Hawker Tempest Mark V military Plane, side view

Hawker Tempest Mark V military Plane, side view
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Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Tank Graveyard

Tank Graveyard
May 1958: British tanks which took part in the defeat of Germany at the end of World War II, lie piled on top of each other at a scrapyard in Hamburg, waiting to be broken up and recycled

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Italian high school boys military training

Italian high school boys military training
Italian high school boys practising military drill. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: de Havilland Mosquito B35

de Havilland Mosquito B35
circa 1945: Mosquito bombers lined up on the tarmac. (Photo by Harry Shepherd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: VJ Day In LOndon

VJ Day In LOndon
15th August 1945: Crowds assemble in Piccadilly Circus to celebrate the news of Japans surrender. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Hidden Plane

Hidden Plane
October 1939: An RAF bomber covered with branches as camouflage. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Lit-Up Liberty

Lit-Up Liberty
The Statue of Liberty in New York, lit up for the first time since the attack on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Bombed Dam

Bombed Dam
The Mohne Dam in North Rhine-Westphalia after being bombed by the No. 617 Squadron of the RAF, better known as the Dambusters, during Operation Chastise

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Landing Operations

Landing Operations
1945: Full-length view of Amphibious Corps landing craft operations on Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, World War II. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Convoys Meet

Convoys Meet
30th November 1939: A sailor signals a merchant ship as it slowly passes the Naval Control Base in the Thames Estuary. Inward bound convoys halt to take aboard pilots to steer them through

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Bath Boy

Bath Boy
A little boy carries a bath to the salvage dump in Chelsea, London. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Eton Boys

Eton Boys
1939: Schoolboys from Eton, wearing their gas masks in the post office messenger type of carrier. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Allied Convoy

Allied Convoy
October 1943: The docks at Naples had been rendered useless by Allied bombing but, following clearing work by Allied engineers, the Bay of Naples is now open to convoys

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Ruined Interior

Ruined Interior
August 1942: The ruined interior of the New Jerusalem monastery in Istra, Croatia, after a German attack. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Devastated Tokyo

Devastated Tokyo
An aerial view of the industrial area of Tokyo, flattened by Allied saturation bombing. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: 1939 Supermarine Spitfire, side view

1939 Supermarine Spitfire, side view

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Cross section illustration of World War Two British Churchill MK VII tank

Cross section illustration of World War Two British Churchill MK VII tank

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: The Gothic Revival Church of St. Nicholas

The Gothic Revival Church of St. Nicholas
The current condition of the Church of St. Nicholas is the result of the bombing of Hamburg in World War II, resultant demolition in 1951 and restoration work in the 1990s and 2012

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Malta Harbour

Malta Harbour
circa 1944: British warships in Valletta harbour, Malta. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Blitz Skyline

Blitz Skyline
circa 1940: London skyline in the blitz silhouetted by the light of fires. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld War Ii Collection: Hiroshima

Hiroshima
6th August 1955: A view of bomb damaged areas of Hiroshima, ten years after the Atomic bomb was dropped on the city. The dome in the background became known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial



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