The World at War

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British Army Welsh Guards undergo a training exercise with Infantry Support Vehicles / Universal Carriers - England, July 1940

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German POWs wounded during Operation Dragoon wait to be treated by medics - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; Aug 1944

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A US 2nd Infantryman takes the opportunity to write to his loved ones at home - France 1944

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Polish soldiers raise their flag - Monte Cassino, Italy, 18th May 1944

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British soldiers of the 43rd Wessex Div move aside on the road to Goch, Germany as a Universal Carrier, Humber Scout car and Sherman tank go on ahead on 17th Feb 1945

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Douglas Bostons of the Desert Air Force patrol the skies - Alam Halfa, south of El Alamein, August 1942

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Home Guard units organised motor boat patrols on the canals and waterways to protect local factories and buildings - Edinburgh, Scotland, date unknown

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Senor Prigile, an Italian partisan pictured on 14th August 1944 in Florence after the liberation of the city. Photo : IWM

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German panzergrenadier pioneers with a mine detector on the back of Panther tank - France, June 1944

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Winston Churchill in the turret of a Churchill tank (nearest camera) during a demonstration of the new vehicle at Vauxhall's at Luton, 23 May 1941. Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, is in the second vehicle. These were the first two production models of the new tank, named after the Prime Minister. Photo : IWM

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A Universal Carrier of the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery moves through Vaucelles, France, July 1944

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At the end of another mission. Crew Chief M/Sgt Penrose Bingaman paints another bomb on the nose of his B-17F “Idiots Delight”, the first of 94th Bomb Group to survive 50 missions. Exact date unknown.

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A partially camouflaged German Tiger I designated 101 from 1.Kompanie s.Pz. Abt. 502 - near Nevel, Soviet Union, Dec 1943

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A US soldier shares some chocolate with a young girl - Scheinfeld, Germany Oct 1945. Photo by David E. Scherman, LIFE Magazine

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A US Sherman from the 66th Armoured Regiment, 2nd Armoured Division has its tracks repaired - date and location unknown

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US ground crew watch helplessly as a returning aircraft crash lands and bursts in to flames - East Anglia, England, date unknown

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Canadian artillerymen from the 10th Battery of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment go in to action - Torella region of Italy - 30th Oct 1944