Historical Period - Second World War

The British Navy Guards the Freedom of Us All

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A heavily-armed jeep patrol from 'L' Detachment SAS in North Africa, 18 January 1943.

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Three Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I aircraft of 19 Squadron.

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Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson and Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy' Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford, September 1940.

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Train to be a Nurse

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Use Spades Not Ships

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Pilots of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940.

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Keep Mum - She's Not so Dumb! - Careless Talk Costs Lives

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A Douglas Dakota of BOAC at Gibraltar, silhouetted by searchlights on the Rock.

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For Progress in the Future - Save Now

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Mr Churchill Inspecting a 'Tommy' Gun, 31 July 1940

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Potatoes - Feed Without Fattening and Give You Energy

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Winston Churchill reads a newspaper on the platform at St Andrews railway station, during a tour of defences and naval forces in Scotland, 23 October 1940.

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Winston Churchill, accompanied by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, inspects tanks of 7th Armoured Division in Berlin, 21 July 1945.

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The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (RAF Box), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943.

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