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• BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR CENSORSHIP BUREAU LIBRARY OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS: CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Hygiene in the field: A member of the Canadian armed forces standing by a sign that reads, 'Beware of VD, Use precautions' in front of a dug-out in Holland, 1945. Venereal disease had to be vigorously tackled using both medical and administrative...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  A formation of Hawker Typhoon Mark IBs of No. 84 Group flying past in salute at a Dutch airfield, during a tribute to their co-operation with the Canadian Army, attended by General H D G Crerar, G.O.C. 1st Canadaian Army and Air Vice-Marshal E C...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Penfold (Plt Off)

  Operation MANNA: the air movement of food and supplies to the Dutch populace. Ground crew prepare to load sacks of food into the bomb-bay of an Avro Lancaster of No. 514 Squadron RAF at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.

• THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN HOLLAND, 1944

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Two armourers of No 440 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, trudge through the mud of an airfield near Eindhoven to re-arm a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: FIGHTER COMMAND

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Lamonby J (Sgt) SPRO

  Armourers set the tail fuses on a clutch of 500-pounders in front of a Spitfire XVI of No 603 Squadron at Ludham, March 1945. The bombs were destined for V-2 sites in the Netherlands. Rangers and interdiction sorties were also flown from this Norfolk...

• CHRISTMAS FOR MEN OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, VOLKEL, HOLLAND, 1944.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  An aircrew officer and a guard on night duty listen to a choir, composed of the ground crew of No. 122 Wing, singing Christmas carols by a Hawker Tempest in a dispersal at Volkel airfield (B80), Holland, conducted by the Wing's Padre, Squadron Leader K J...

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ames H (Sgt)

  Universal carrier of 12th King's Royal Rifle Corps, 8th Armoured Brigade with .30 cal Browning machine-gun in action against a German MG position, Holland, 2 April 1945.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Malindine E G (Capt)

  DUKW and Universal carriers of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 43rd Division, Holland, 18 September 1944.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Handford (Lt)

  Universal Carriers of 49th (West Riding) Division's Reconnaissance Regiment are welcomed by Dutch civilians on the outskirts of Kampen, 19 April 1945.

• Bombed-out Families Sheltering in a House between the Two Front Lines, Holland, 1944

  (art) Made by: Taylor, Eric Wilfred 1944

  image: a large group of civilians of all ages sitting in a circle around five dancing children in a dimly lit room. Behind them another seated figure plays the accordion.