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• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN MALTA, GIBRALTAR AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1940-1945.

  part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Italian Air Force

  Vertical aerial photograph taken during a bombing attack by Italian Air Force on Hal Far airfield, Malta. Bombs are seen exploding on the installations in the northern corner of the airfield and over its eastern perimeter.

• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Gregory R (Sergeant)

  Damage to the Allenby Bridge carrying the main road from Palestine to Trans-Jordan following an attack by Jewish saboteurs during the night of 16-17 June 1946.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1942

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ackland A W (Sgt)

  A soldier examines a German 88mm gun believed to have been knocked out by the RAF in the Western Desert, 10 September 1942.

• THE WESTERN DESERT CAMPAIGN, 1941

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

  Port installations burn over the harbour town of Tobruk, Libya, on 24 January 1941 following its capture by British and Australian troops two days earlier. M11/40 (on the left) and M11/39 (on the right) Italian tanks can be seen in the foreground....

• ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.

  part of "BATCHELOR K S (GROUP CAPTAIN)" (photographs) Made by: RAF Shepherds Grove

  The scene at Shepherds Grove, Suffolk, on the day after Short Stirling B Mark III, EF252 of No. 1657 Conversion Unit swung off the runway, following an engine failure during take off, and hit the watch office, 27 July 1944.

• WARSAW CITIZENS RETURN, FEBRUARY 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR FOREIGN OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Russian official photographer

  Residents of Warsaw pull a large cart loaded with their belongings as they return to their homes following the liberation of the city by the Red Army. A large ornate building, perhaps a church, can be seen through the mist.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  The Japanese Campaign and Victory 8 December 1941 -15 February 1942: A column of smoke from burning rubber rises over the trees on a Malayan rubber plantation during the British retreat to Singapore.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  The Japanese Campaign and Victory 8 December 1941 -15 February 1942: Stocks of rubber, held by a factory on a rubber plantation in Malaya, are burnt during the British retreat to Singapore.

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

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  A German 15cm armoured heavy infantry howitzer in firing position in the ruins of Carroceto.

• MINISTRY OF HOME DEFENCE (SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS' BRANCH)

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME DEFENCE (SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS' BRANCH)" (photographs)

  A view of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan on 6 August 1945.