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• WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Winston Churchill attends a ceremony at the Guildhall in London to honour the victors of the River Plate action on 23 February 1940. Also present are the Lord Mayor of London and the captains of the Royal Navy ships involved.

• KAMIKAZE

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Air Launched Weapons: The recognition silhouette of a Mitsubishi G4M2A 'Betty' 22 bomber fitted with a 'Baka' suicide bomber underneath. When the target is reached the bomb and its suicide pilot are released from the bomber.

• THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION"

  Air cadets and civilians examine the dinghy from a shot-down Junkers Ju 88 on display at Wood Green in London, 31 August 1940.

• GERMAN PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION SEALION, THE PLANNED INVASION OF ENGLAND, 1940

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: RAF official photographer

  German invasion barges waiting at Boulogne Harbour, France during the Battle of Britain.

• AIR RAID DAMAGE IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Air raid damage including wrecked houses and school in Hither Green Station area, South East London, Second World War.

• WINSTON CHURCHILL IN WASHINGTON DC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt relax in the grounds of the White House in Washington DC prior to a daily meeting of the joint Chiefs of Staff from the United Kingdom and United States to discuss Allied war strategy.

• ATTACK ON THE THE FRENCH FLEET AT ORAN, NORTH AFRICA, 1940

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  French sailors escape from fires below deck on board an unidentified French battleship which had been damaged during the attack by Royal Navy warships on the French Fleet at Oran. The controversial attack, which was designed to prevent the French Fleet...

• THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Shipping losses: A tanker explodes after being torpedoed by a U-boat in the Caribbean.

• THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Shipping losses: A merchant ship sinks stern first after being torpedoed by a U-boat.

• THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1945

  part of "FOREIGN OFFICE POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (PID) SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Shipping losses: A U-boat shells a merchant ship which remained afloat after being torpedoed.