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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.

• THE SECOND WORLD WAR: PERSONALITIES

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

  Lieutenant General H D C Crerar looks at a map while sitting on the wing strut of a light observation plane.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

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

  The Falaise Gap: Thick columns of smoke and fire from bombs released by Royal Air Force Halifax and Lancaster aircraft in an air raid on the German positions at Falaise in which 1000 bombers took part.

• THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940

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

  A bullet-riddled Dornier Do 17 lies in hop field in Kent, July 1940.

• THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940

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

  Civilians and RAF personnel with a Dornier Do 17 that crash-landed among hops in Kent, July 1940.

• THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940

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

  Police and RAF personnel examine the rear fuselage of a Heinkel He 111 which came down near houses in Clacton, Essex, 1940.

• GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, 1939-1945

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

  General de Gaulle saluting as he left the Town Hall in Lavel after addressing the people who had turned out to welcome him. Laval was liberated by United States troops driving through Normandy on 6 August 1944.

• GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, 1939-1945

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

  General de Gaulle walking across a bridge into Laval, Normandy, during his truimphal tour of liberated towns.

• GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, 1939-1945

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

  General de Gaulle pictures shaking hands with the United States Commander Lt Gen Dwight Eisenhower at Wellington Barracks, London, during 14th July celebrations in 1942.

• GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, 1939-1945

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

  General de Gaulle laying a wreath on the Marshal Foch statue at Victoria, London, during the 14th July celebrations in 1942.

• GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, 1939-1945

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

  General de Gaulle addressing a large audience at the Albert Hall during a Fighting French demonstration.