World War Two Collection (page 24)

You cannot have efficiency without discipline. 1940. From I m A Firegirl, booklet on the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), in Tucks Better Little Book series

I m A Firegirl, 1940. From I m A Firegirl, booklet on the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), in Tucks Better Little Book series

How glad we were to be nurses!, 1940. From Life as a Nurse, booklet on nursing during World War II, in Tucks Better Little Book series

A grey old building, 1940. Young woman arriving for her first day as a trainee nurse. From Life as a Nurse, booklet on nursing during World War II, in Tucks Better Little Book series

Life as a Nurse, 1940. From Life as a Nurse, booklet on nursing during World War II, in Tucks Better Little Book series. At the beginning of the war it was estimated that up to 67

She comes home in her smart uniform, 1940. From Life in the W.A.A.F. booklet on the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), in Tucks Better Little Book series

Working on balloons, 1940. From Life in the W.A.A.F. booklet on the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), in Tucks Better Little Book series

How the boys appreciate it!, 1940. From I m A Firegirl, booklet on the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), in Tucks Better Little Book series

Nelsons Column with National Service recruitment poster, London, 1939. The poster on the base of the column claims National Service - its up to YOU. St Martin-in-the-Fields is in the background, left

Bombed houses, Trigo Road, Poplar, London, WWII, 1943
Bombed houses, 32-40 Trigo Road, Poplar, London, WWII, 1943. Street of two-storey terraced houses with bay windows. The house on the left has lost its entire front wall

Erection of Emergency Thames Bridge, London, 1942. View through the bridge from the South Bank while erection of the steelwork by cantilevering was in progress

Cracks in the brickwork from wartime bombing, Beckton Sewage Works, London, 1946
Cracks in the brickwork from wartime bombing, Beckton Sewage Works, Woolwich, London, 1946. View of the underground reservoir showing war damage in the form of large cracks in the cieling arches

Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944
Exterior of Emergency Water Supply Pump Platform, Westminster Bridge, London, WWII, 1944. Small building on piles in the River Thames, built to supply water in an emergency

Hackney Downs School, London, 1941. The front elevation and entrance, with debris heaped up in the playground, after the school was bombed

The Barbican area of the City of London, World War II, 1942. Artists: Arthur Cross
The Barbican area of the City of London, World War II, 1942. View showing the devastation following the demolition of unsafe buildings damaged by German bombing

View looking south down Walbrook after an air raid, City of London, World War II, 1941. The photograph shows the street impassable with rubble

View from St Pauls Cathedral towards Southwark Bridge, London, World War II, 1942. The photograph shows the extent of Luftwaffe bomb damage following the demolition of unsafe buildings

View of east end of St Pauls showing air raid damage in the vicinity, London, c1941

Bombed ruins near St Paul s, London. Artist: James Robert Wallace Orr
Bombed ruins near St Paul s, London. Scene depicting bomb damage suffered in World War II. The dome of St Pauls is visible in the background

Interior view of Middle Temple Hall, City of London, after an air raid, c1941. Artist
Interior view of Middle Temple Hall, City of London, after an air raid, c1941. The floor is strewn with rubble and the sky is visible through a large hole in the ceiling

View of Newgate Street, City of London, showing air raid damage, c1944, probably taken from St Pauls Cathedral

Air raid damage at Church of St Mildred, Bread Street, City of London, c1941. Artist
Interior view of Church of St Mildred, Bread Street, City of London, c1941, after an air raid, with figures clearing the debris

Holborn Viaduct, City of London, showing air raid damage, c1944

Monument to John Milton and part of St Giles without Cripplegate after bomb damage, c1940
View of the monument to John Milton and part of St Giles without Cripplegate after bomb damage, London, c1940

Mark Lane, London, 1945. View of destruction between Mark Lane and Mincing Lane, from bomb damage sustained in 1942 during World War Two

St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1941. Interior view of St Mary-le-Bow showing bomb damage. The building is open to the sky and the ground is covered with rubble

Join the LVF against the Bolsheviks, pub. 1942 (colour lithograph)

Battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) sinking during the attack on Pearl Harbour, 1941. The Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the US military facilities at Pearl Harbour on the morning of 7

The wreckage-strewn Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbour, 7th December 1941
The wreckage-strewn Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, USA, 7 December 1941. The Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the US military facilities at Pearl Harbour on the morning of 7

Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, 1936. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) became leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) party in 1921

Railway carriage in which the Armistice ending World War I was signed, c1918. Artist
Railway carriage in which the Armistice ending World War I was signed, c1918. The Armistice was signed in the carriage, which was the personal carriage of Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Hitler inspecting a group of SA Members during World War II, Germany, 1939-1945. Artist
Hitler inspecting a group of SA Members during World War II, Germany, 1939-1945. Founded in c1919, the Sturmabteilung (SA) was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party

Daddy, What did you do in the Great War?, British recruitment poster, c1940. Artist: Johnson
Daddy, What did you do in the Great War?, British recruitment poster, c1940

Women of Britain Come into the Factories, c1940. WWII propoganda poster

Dig for Victory, propaganda poster for Britains African colonies, c1940. Artist
Dig for Victory, propaganda poster for Britains African colonies, c1940

Putting barrage ballons into a hangar, 1943
Putting the balloons to bed in giant hangars is part of the intensive training undertaken by balloon operators. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

On target! - A 3. 7 inch gun detachment at battle practice, 1943
On target! - A 3.7 gun detachment at battle practice, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Anti-aircraft women of the ATS operating an identification telescope, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

General Sir Frederick Pile, Commander-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Woman of the WaF handling a barrage balloon, 1943. The WaF takes over. The handling of barrage balloon requires skill, team-work and considerable physical strength. From Roof Over Britain

Elephants child. A searchlight of 210, 000, 000 candle-power probes the night sky with its beam, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Women on duty on an anti-aircraft battery, 1943.The girls cannot be beaten in action, said the officer commanding a mixed battery. They are quite as steady, if not steadier, than the men

End of rationing, meat and bacon on sale at the Barnsley Co-op butchers, South Yorkshire, 1954. In 1954, threstrictions on the sale of meat and bacon were lifted

Allied War Cemetery, El Alamein, Egypt. Fought in October and November 1942, the Battle of El Alamein saw the British and Commonwealth forces of the 8th Army under General Bernard Montgomery defeat

German Mausoleum, Tobruk, Libya

Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge, Highland, Scotland. The monument commemorates the Allied commandos who trained at nearby Achnacarry Castle during the Second World War

Poppy Fields, Great Bookham, Surrey, England, c2000
Poppy Fields, near Polesden Lacey (National Trust) Great Bookham, nr Dorking, Surrey, England

War memorial at the Pointe du Hoc near Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
War memorial at the Pointe Du Hoc near Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. On June 1944 the American 2nd Ranger Battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James E Rudder scaled the 100 foot high cliff of

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