Cheering civilians ride on Cromwell tanks as British troops enter Brussels, 4 September 1944.
Cheering civilians ride on Cromwell tanks as British troops enter Brussels, 4 September 1944.
A Cecil Beaton photograph showing Italian gasmasks abandoned in the Western Desert during 1942.
A Cecil Beaton photograph showing Italian gasmasks abandoned in the Western Desert during 1942.
Flight Lieutenant J Pattison of No. 485 Squadron RNZAF graphically recounts a combat to Squadron Leader 'Reg' Grant (left), and Flight Lieutenant R Baker (right), in front of a Spitfire at Westhampnett, 21 January 1943.
Flight Lieutenant J Pattison of No. 485 Squadron RNZAF graphically recounts a combat to Squadron Leader 'Reg' Grant (left), and Flight Lieutenant R Baker (right), in front of a Spitfire at Westhampnett, 21 January 1943.
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940.
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940.
Scenes of jubilation as British troops liberate Brussels, 4 September 1944.
Scenes of jubilation as British troops liberate Brussels, 4 September 1944.
Men of 1st Parachute Battalion in action at Arnhem during Operation 'Market Garden', 17 September 1944.
Men of 1st Parachute Battalion in action at Arnhem during Operation 'Market Garden', 17 September 1944.
British airborne troops moving through a shell-damaged house in Oosterbeek near Arnhem during Operation 'Market Garden', 23 September 1944.
British airborne troops moving through a shell-damaged house in Oosterbeek near Arnhem during Operation 'Market Garden', 23 September 1944.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940.
A soldier battling his way through a sandstorm in the Western Desert during 1942.
A soldier battling his way through a sandstorm in the Western Desert during 1942.
A Cecil Beaton photograph of the navigator working at his chart table in an RAF Stirling bomber, 1941.
A Cecil Beaton photograph of the navigator working at his chart table in an RAF Stirling bomber, 1941.
A Douglas Dakota of BOAC at Gibraltar, silhouetted by searchlights on the Rock.
A Douglas Dakota of BOAC at Gibraltar, silhouetted by searchlights on the Rock.
Mrs Day and her cat 'Little One' in London during 1941. 'Little One' is wearing a National Air Raid Precautions for Animals Committee collar to help ensure the cat is returned to his owner should he stray during the blitz or black-out.
Mrs Day and her cat 'Little One' in London during 1941. 'Little One' is wearing a National Air Raid Precautions for Animals Committee collar to help ensure the cat is returned to his owner should he stray during the blitz or black-out.