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• JAPANESE MURDER SIKH PRISONERS: CAPTURED ATROCITY PICTURES, C. 17 SEPTEMBER 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  This set of four atrocity pictures was found among Japanese records when British troops entered Singapore. The pictures clearly show the inhuman brutality practised by the Japanese upon their helpless prisoners. Picture shows:- This shows Japanese...

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

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944: British paratroops of the 1st (British) Airborne Division in their aircraft during the flight to Arnhem. They had the toughest assignment of the operation, the capture of the bridge over the Neder Rijn at Arnhem. Although...

• BRITISH PARATROOPS ON WAY TO LAND IN HOLLAND, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  British paratroops inside a C-47 transport plane to land with the First Allied Airborne Army on enemy-held Holland.

• BRITISH ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, C. 8 NOVEMBER 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Picture taken in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, a group of British Islands in the Micronesia Pacific Ocean, now restored to British administration after occupation by the Japanese. In November 1943, American troops launched a seaborne...

• BRITISH ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, C. 8 NOVEMBER 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Picture taken in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, a group of British Islands in the Micronesia Pacific Ocean, now restored to British administration after occupation by the Japanese. In November 1943, American troops launched a seaborne...

• BRITISH TROOPS OF THE FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY WHO LANDED IN HOLLAND, BRITAIN, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  British paratroopers line up to board the C-47 transport aircraft.

• SCHOOLGIRLS IN CEYLON HELP IN FOOD PRODUCTION, C. 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Competitions and prizes have encouraged the schoolgirls of Ceylon in their efforts to increase food production. Picture shows:- Prize-winners in the Pavilion.

• SOUTH CARIBBEAN FORCE LEAVES WEST INDIES FOR ACTIVE SERVICE, C. 23 OCTOBER 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Picture shows:- Soldiers of the South Caribbean Force drink a cheery toast before leaving Trinidad, British West Indies, for some active war zone overseas.

• TONGAN HEROES RECEIVE BRITISH AND AMERICAN DECORATIONS, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Sergeant Jione Inukiha Agana and Private Simotevea Mahe of Tonga, receiving awards of the United States Silver Star from Major General C F Thompson, South Pacific Command. A few minutes previously they had both received the British Military Medal from Mr...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, operating in the air ambulance role, prepares to evacuate a wounded Askari of the 11th East African Division, from a forward airstrip in Central Burma.