World War Ii Collection (#34)

Soft drinks, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Soft drinks, 1941. Two sailors in uniform sit at a table watching a cat drinking milk from a bowl. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Against the ruins, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Against the ruins, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

These fragments (St. Lawrence Jewry), 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
These fragments (St. Lawrence Jewry), 1941. The church of St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London badly damaged during the Blitz on 29th December 1940. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

Hats ancient and modern, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Hats ancient and modern, 1941. Men driving a horse and wagon wear helmets whilst making deliveries. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Oxford today, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Oxford today, 1941. Soldiers and civilians walking along the street in the English city of Oxford during World War 2. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Night watch: the Fire Squad relaxes, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Night watch: the Fire Squad relaxes, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Lessons for London children in the village hall, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Lessons for London children in the village hall, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Prayers in May, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Prayers in May, 1941. A group of children, in May Day costumes accompanied by nuns, walk up a hill to church. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Interior with seated figures, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Interior with seated figures, 1941. Evacuees from London billeted at Wilton House, 1939. Children sitting at small tables and chairs. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

Life line, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Life line, 1941. The Countess of Pembroke with evacuees from London, billeted at Wilton House, 1939. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

A nice hot dinner, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
A nice hot dinner, 1941. A mother feeds her baby at the dinner table. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Cookhouse door, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Cookhouse door, 1941. Three young men play bugles in harmony. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Dynasties pass, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Dynasties pass, 1941. A bust of a mans head stares out from a corner of a room surrounded by boxes and fire buckets. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Goodbye, footman; Good luck, soldier, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Goodbye, footman; Good luck, soldier, 1941. A young man leaves his place of employ to begin his life in the army. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Action here, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Action here, 1941. Two people study information to be plotted onto the map on the wall behind. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Keep Calm, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Keep Calm, 1941. Prime Minister Winston Churchill sits at his desk with his trademark cigar clamped between his teeth, and calmly carries on. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

War effort, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
War effort, 1941. A man working in an aircraft factory smooths propeller blades with a sanding machine. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Black out, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Black out, 1941. A man pulls down the blackout blind inside his house in preparation for the night ahead. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Mr. Churchill Spies the Enemy, 1943
Mr. Churchill Spies the Enemy, 1942. Winston Churchill pays a visit to the El-Alamein area, August 19th, 1942. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Sir Richard Strachan Kept Up For Several Hours A Tremendous Cannonade, 1902. The Battle of Walcheren Causeway was an engagement of the Battle of the Scheldt between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade

American troops disembark onto the sands of Normandy, 1944. (Colorised black and white print). (Colorised black and white print)

The King and Queen survey bomb damage, Buckingham Palace, London, WWII, 1940. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth looking at the aftermath of a German bombing raid on 11 September 1940 which destroyed

A boat of soldiers rescued from Dunkirk, 1940, (1945). The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France

He Led Our Liberating Armies to Victory, 1945
He Led Our Liberating Armies to Victory, 1942. Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (1890-1969), Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II

Mr. Churchills V. E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955)
Mr. Churchills V.E. Day Broadcast, 1945 (1955). Mr. Churchill broadcast end of hostilities of WWII, one minute after midnight, although ceasefire had been sounded along the front

Charles Andre Joseph Marie De Gaulle, 1940. De Gaulle (1890-1970}, French soldier, statesman and author in uniform as a General)

Scotties parade on German soil, 1945. From Winston Churchill: His Life in Pictures, by Ben Tucker. [Sagall Press, Ltd. London, 1945]

The Teheran Declaration, 1943, (1945). The Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka) was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D

The Big Three met at Teheran, 1943, (1945). The Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka) was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D

Keeping in touch with home from the White House, Washington, 1943, (1945). Churchill addressed the Home Guard from the White House, Washington in 1943

Henri Giraud and de Gaulle during the Casablanca Conference, January, 1943, (1945). Churchill and Roosevelt are in the background. From Winston Churchill: His Life in Pictures, by Ben Tucker

British Victory Parade in Berlin, July, 1945, 1945 (1955). Held by the Allies of World War II on 7 September 1945 in Berlin, the parade was proposed by the Soviet Union, with United States

Mr Churchill with the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, 1944 (1955). From left to right: General Smuts (South Africa), Mr. Mackenzie King (Canada), Mr. Winston Churchill (United Kingdom), Mr. J

F. M. Montgomery Receives the German Surrender, 1945 (1955)
F.M. Montgomery Receives the German Surrender, 1945 (1955). From left to right: Rear Admiral Wagner, General Admiral Von Friedeburg, Mr. Trumbull Warren jr. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery

Mr. Churchills War Cabinet in the Spirng of 1941, 1941 (1955). Back row, from left to right: Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour; Lord Beaverbrook

Addressing the Crew of H. M. S. Exeter on their return from the sinking of the Graf Spee at the b
Addressing the Crew of H.M.S. Exeter on their return from the sinking of the Graf Spee at the battle of the River Plate, 1940 (1955)

The Commandos Were There, 1940-1942, (1943). The British Commandos were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Family Must Eat, c1940 (1942). An East End family cook a meal for the family from the ruined house across the street (visible through the window)

The Americans Lend a Hand, 1940-1942, (1943). Strategic bombing during World War II. A bombing attack by US Flying Fortresses knocks out a key airfield at Abbeville

Zero Feet, Near Zero Hour, 1940-1942, (1943). Low-flying aircraft took this reconnaissance photograph of Dieppe, 36 hours before the operation began. A German sentry is at the bridgehead

The Spirit of St. Nazaire, 1940-1942, (1943). As part of Operation Ariel, Saint-Nazaire like Dunkirk became an evacuation point for the British back to England. From Combined Operations, 1940-1942

Assault Course, 1940-1942, (1943)
Assault Course, 1943. Training was provided for commandos, brigade groups in the assault role, formations in follow up and the RAF

Sea-borne Assault: Troops Move In To Madagascar, 1940-1942, (1943). The Battle of Madagascar was a British campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar during World War II

The field, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The field, 1941. Airmen take part in physical exercise. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Attentive audience, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Attentive audience, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

At Sea, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
At Sea, 1941. Sailors on board ship hauling ropes. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

To Sit There And Carry On as though nothing was happening outside was not easy, 1941 (1942). G.P.O and Control Centre telephonists were called upon to do their ordinary jobs coolly

There Was Noting He Did Not Do, from moving people out of threatened shelters to mounting guard over unexploded bombs, 1941 (1942)

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