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• THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE (SAS) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Members of 2 SAS on parade for an inspection by General Montgomery, following their successful participation in the capture, behind enemy lines, of the port of Termoli in Italy. On the left is Major E Scratchley DSO, MC, commanding the SAS detachment.

• THE ITALIAN DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST BRITAIN AND FRANCE, 1940

  part of "GROSS DEUTSCHLAND IM WELTGESCHEHEN: TAGESBILDBERICHTE [HEINRICH HOFFMANN]" (photographs) Made by: Heinrich Hoffmann

  Germans greet the news that Italy has declared war on Britain and France enthusiastically in June 1940.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: Two German divisions, the XV Panzer Grenadier (in the west) and the Hermann Goring Panzer (in the east) provided most of the strongest opposition to the Allied campaign. Picture shows: German troops keeping...

• 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.

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

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  German troops advance under cover of a railway embankment during fighting near Aprilia. Aprilia and Carroceto bore the brunt of the German attack in February 1944.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: A German 2cm quadruple gun in action.

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

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  German troops of a heavy anti aircraft battery occupy trench foxholes in the front line.

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

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  German troops clean their weapons in the front line during a lull in the fighting.

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

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  US troops captured by the Germans at the height of the fighting are marched through the streets of Rome.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "SELINGER FRANZ" (photographs)

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: Men of XV Panzer Grenadier march through undergrowth in the Sicilian Mountains.