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• THE HOME GUARD IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Civilian Home Guard trainees learn to handle guns by drilling with broomsticks.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Parapacks containing food and ammunition being dropped to American forces in the vicinity of Bastogne, encircled by German troops.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The German Counter Offensive 16-22 December 1944: Stavelot church standing amid the ruins of the town which was briefly recaptured by the Germans on 19 December.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The bodies of civilians lie beside a hedgerow, the casualties of fighting around Stavelot which the Americans retook on 21 December.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  American troops from the besieged garrison at Bastogne, load onto a truck supplies and ammunition brought to them by gliders. The foxhole in the foreground is for an artillery unit protecting the town.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  American military policemen check the credentials of refugees who are fleeing from the German offensive near Bastogne.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  An artillery observation plane under camouflage netting in a snow-bound field near Erezee. The Germans relied on bad weather to keep the Allied air forces grounded and for a short while their hope was fulfilled.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: Civilians of Wiltz in Luxembourg at the window of the hospital, watch as the Luxembourg flag flies again after the town's liberation by the 4th Armoured Division on 25 December as Patton's 3rd...

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Two men of the 82nd (US) Airborne Division bringing in a young German SS Trooper captured while on reconnaissance patrol outside Bra, between Malmedy and Marche on the northern flank of the salient.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Men of the 28th Division HQ Company prepare mines to check the advancing German Panzers.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: Men of the 4th Armoured Division, 3rd US Army, cross a snow covered field near Bastogne. The American counter attack proceeded despite the particularly severe weather conditions.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: Two sharpshooters of G Company, 290 Infantry Regiment, US 75th Infantry Division, entrenched in a foxhole on high ground near Devantave. They are providing cover for other members of their...

• THE BATTLE OF SEVASTOPOL, OCTOBER 1941 - JULY 1942

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  A scene in the devastated Soviet port city of Sevastopol following its capture by the German 11th Army in July 1942.

• THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE 1939-1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Rocket Weapons and the Atomic Bomb: The scene of devastation at Hiroshima which resulted from the explosion of the Atomic Bomb on 6 August 1945. The destructive power of the device was equal to the bomb-load of nearly 2000 B-29s carrying conventional...

• THE ALLIED LANDINGS AT ANZIO: 22 JANUARY-23 MAY 1944

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  US 5th Army troops run ashore during the landings.

• THE ALLIED LANDINGS AT ANZIO: 22 JANUARY-23 MAY 1944

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  US artillerymen protect their ears as a 155mm 'Long Tom' gun fires from a dugout during fierce fighting resulting from German counter attacks.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The German Counter Offensive 16-22 December 1944: Two German soldiers advance towards burning vehicles during the breakthrough in the Ardennes.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The German Counter Offensive 16-22 December 1944: Two American soldiers, Thomas Richardson and G Leach, examining a German parachute found in the forest. The Germans hoped to spread confusion by infiltrating small groups of specially-trained English...

• THE ALLIED LANDINGS AT ANZIO: 22 JANUARY-23 MAY 1944

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  US troops board landing craft for the voyage to Anzio.

• THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945

  part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: Belgian civilians carrying personal possessions flee as the Germans opened an artillery barrage against Langlir in an attempt to halt the American drive on Houffalize.