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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)
OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944: PERSONALITIESGeneral Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, during a five day tour of the Normandy fighting front.
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OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944The Commanding Officers of 21st Army Group: General Omar N Bradley GOC US 1st Army.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
THE LIBERATION OF MAUTHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP, GERMANY, MAY 1945Emaciated, inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp after liberation.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: US Navy official photographer
AMERICANS IN BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945GI Brides: The wartime wedding of Carl Mazzola, twenty year old boatswain's mate, second class, USNR from Detroit, Michigan, United States, to Julie Pope from Fulham, London, at a church in Kensington, London.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
AMERICANS IN BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945American forces leaving Britain: Air Transport Command speeds United States Eighth Army Air Force on its way to Japan via the United States. The happy United States airmen are seen in the back of a truck at an ATC Base in Wales.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
AMERICANS IN BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945American military police with a British policeman during the Second World War.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
AMERICANS IN BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945United States troops arrive in England: members of the US Signal Corps enjoy coffee and doughnuts served by the Red Cross on a train which is carrying them to their base after their arrival in Britain.
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THE FREE FRENCH DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARA meeting of the French Committee of National Liberation; seated around the table are M Henri Bonnet, Minister of Information; M Francois Menthen, Minister of Justice; M Dictolin, Minister of Production; General Georges; General Henri Giraud; M Rene...
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THE FREE FRENCH DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGeneral de Gaulle in uniform at his desk.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944Personalities: Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey KCB DSO MC Commander of the 2nd British Army, arrives at the Headquarters of an airborne unit fighting in Holland. His intelligence staff had reported mounting German activity in central Holland,...
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Poznak Murray (US Army Signal Corps photographer)
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, 8 MAY 1945Happy crowds of soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians in front of the American Red Cross Rainbow Corner after the announcement of the surrender.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Massecar T G
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, ENGLAND, 8 MAY 1945Two British sailors and their girlfriends wading in the fountains in Trafalgar Square on VE Day.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Poznak Murray
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, 8 MAY 1945A mass of civilians and servicemen crowding around Piccadilly Circus, London.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, 8 MAY 1945Crowds gather in Trafalgar Square, London.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nero Nunzio (US Army Signal Corps photographer)
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, 8 MAY 1945Soldiers and girls dancing in a street near Berkeley Square.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, 8 MAY 1945Showers of paper cascade from windows of a building in Davies Street, onto soldiers and civilians below.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON, ENGLAND, 8 MAY 1945Men and women dance the conga around a bonfire in East Acton, London during the evening of VE Day.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945Personalities: An informal portrait of Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Commander of 12th Army Group and temporarily appointed commander of the armies on the southern flank of the German salient.
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FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WARFranklin D Roosevelt, Assistant Naval Secretary, stands with naval officers during the First World War.
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THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE 1939-1945Rocket Weapons and the Atomic Bomb: The B-29 'Enola Gay' which dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and her pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.
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THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945American Personalities: Lieutenant-General Jacob Devers, who was in charge of the Allied landings in southern France in August 1944, and given command of the 6th Army Group in September of that year.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945Personalities: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commanding officer of the US 1st Army during the Normandy Landings and promoted in August 1944 to command the newly created US 12th Army Group. Photographed in his trailer at his headquarters in France.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945Personalities: Lieutenant General George S Patton, commander of the US 3rd Army which became operational in Normandy in July 1944, part of the 12th Army Group.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army Signal Corps photographer
THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945Personalities: General Dwight D Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Armies in North-West Europe 1944 - 1945.
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THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945: PERSONALITIESGene Kelly and Frank Sinatra as they appeared in "Anchors Aweigh".
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: United States Army official photographer
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: PERSONALITIESGeneral Dwight D Eisenhower (centre), Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Forces, meeting with Lieutenant General Omar N Bradley (right), Commanding General of the 12th US Army Group, and Lieutenant General George S Patton, Commanding...
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BENITO MUSSOLINI: 1883-1945Decline 1943 - 1945: Italian partisans view the bodies of Mussolini and other fascists.
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THE CENTRAL PACIFIC FRONT 1943-1945Map showing the area of operations on the Central Pacific Front.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMAND"Pour Hitler" - the intended recipient and the cross of Lorraine are chalked on this 2,000lb HC bomb being winched into a Halifax of the Free French No 347 (Tunisie) Squadron at Elvington, March 1945.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: BOMBER COMMANDThe 'round the clock' bombing by RAF and USAAF necessitated closer liaison between the two bomber forces, and even at squadron level goodwill visits between neighbouring units helped foster the spirit of co-operation. Here a B-17 Flying Fortress crew of...
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OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 1944Nijmegen and Grave 17 - 20 September 1944: Allied tanks of British XXX Corps cross the road bridge at Nijmegen during its capture.
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OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' (THE BATTLE FOR ARNHEM): 17 - 25 SEPTEMBER 194417 September 1944: Six American paratroopers of the First Allied Airborne Army receive a final briefing from their commanding officer before emplaning.
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part of "AMERICAN (US) EMBASSY SECOND WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPH LIBRARY: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Kenny (US Army Signal Corps photographer)
AMERICANS IN BRITAIN, 1942 - 1945Off Duty: An English soldier showing GIs how to play snooker at the Red Cross Club at a camp in Britain.
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THE HOME GUARD IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARCivilian Home Guard trainees learn to handle guns by drilling with broomsticks.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945Parapacks containing food and ammunition being dropped to American forces in the vicinity of Bastogne, encircled by German troops.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945The 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.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945The bodies of civilians lie beside a hedgerow, the casualties of fighting around Stavelot which the Americans retook on 21 December.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945American 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.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945American military policemen check the credentials of refugees who are fleeing from the German offensive near Bastogne.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945An 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.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945The 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...
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945Two 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.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945Men of the 28th Division HQ Company prepare mines to check the advancing German Panzers.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945The 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.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945The 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...
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THE BATTLE OF SEVASTOPOL, OCTOBER 1941 - JULY 1942A scene in the devastated Soviet port city of Sevastopol following its capture by the German 11th Army in July 1942.
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THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE 1939-1945Rocket 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...
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THE ALLIED LANDINGS AT ANZIO: 22 JANUARY-23 MAY 1944US 5th Army troops run ashore during the landings.
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THE ALLIED LANDINGS AT ANZIO: 22 JANUARY-23 MAY 1944US artillerymen protect their ears as a 155mm 'Long Tom' gun fires from a dugout during fierce fighting resulting from German counter attacks.
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THE ARDENNES OFFENSIVE 16 DECEMBER 1944 - 28 JANUARY 1945The German Counter Offensive 16-22 December 1944: Two German soldiers advance towards burning vehicles during the breakthrough in the Ardennes.