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Great activity was seen at the quayside, somewhere in England, when hundreds of British tanks were assembled there for embarkation to Russia, on Oct....

Great activity was seen at the quayside, somewhere in England, when hundreds of British tanks were assembled there for embarkation to Russia, on Oct....

Britain's King George VI has graciously approved the award of the Victoria Cross to 2nd Lieutenant Charles Kazlett Upham of the New Zealand force. Dur...

The first London girl bus conductors have now been issued with their new winter uniform slacks and three-quarter length coat. The trousers are without...

Britain in contrast with axis metros stands for the self-government of the countries with which she comes in contact. British intentions in regard to...

The war cabinet and the attending ministers at No. 10, Downing Street, London, Oct. 15, 1941 - seated, left to right, are: Ernest Bevin, minister of L...

A meeting of the war cabinet was held at No. 10 Downing Street in London, Oct. 15, 1941. The war cabinet- seated are, left to right: Sir John Anderson...

The war cabinet and the attending ministers at No. 10, Downing Street, London, Oct. 15, 1941 - seated, left to right, are: Ernest Bevin, minister of L...

A meeting of the war cabinet was held at 10, Downing Street, Oct. 15, 1941. Members of the war cabinet and members of the Defence Committee, photograp...

Out troops attacked the Island off Aradian on the River Shatt al Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf as their first objective, on this Island is the...

The Italian force at Walchefit Pass, 80 miles north of Gondar surrendered under arms and received the honours of war on Sept. 28, 1941. Headed by the...

An airview of a daylight bombing attack on a power station and factories at grand Quevilly, near Rouen, on the Seine on Sept. 20, 1941. British aircra...

An airview of a daylight bombing attack on a power station and factories at grand Quevilly, near Rouen, on the Seine on Sept. 20, 1941. British aircra...

Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, visited and inspected many units in Syria on Sept. 20, 1941. The Commander-in-Chief inspecting Indi...

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, left, congratulates his son Robert upon the latter's graduation from the U.S. navy school aboard the U.S.S...

During the operations in Iran, there was a meeting in Baghdad of Colonel Popov, Russian military mission with General Sir Archibald Wavell, British Co...

The Commander in Chief and other senior staff officers visit a demonstration in the desert, in Libya, on Sept. 9, 1941. From left to right are: Genera...

When the Italians retreated westward from Harar on the Abbis Ababa road, they blew up and destroyed the railway bridge over the Awash River on the Jib...

Perched high on a threshing machine this modern Ceres with other young women gathers in the golden wheat on a 400-acre field, largest wheat field in E...

A front view of the completed $18,000,000 aircraft plant erected and put into production on the Buffalo Municipal Airport in Buffalo, New York, for th...

The women of Britain are setting a fine example to the rest of the world they are equipping themselves for efficient, important service to their count...

The women of Britain are setting a fine example to the rest of the world they are equipping themselves for efficient, important service to their count...

The Palestinian Auxiliary military pioneer corps at work. The men of the above pioneer corps unloading ships, on July 24, 1941. (AP Photo)

Cranes and Lorries are now hard at work salvaging the most valuable items in the whole of London's air raid debris - the iron and steel girders and sc...

Axis infiltration into Syria compelled the advance of the Allied forces to avert so dangerous a threat. British and free French forces have been oppos...

Axis infiltration into Syria compelled the advance of the Allied forces to avert so dangerous a threat. British and Free French forces have been oppos...

Royal Air Force night fighters have made Nazi raiders pay dearly for their temerity. Until the falling off in the numbers of raiders in May the tally...

Isikeli Doviverata Komaisavai, right, who is a descendant of the ancient King of Fiji, has arrived in Britain to fly with the Royal Air Force. With hi...

As in other zones of war in Palestine today, there are few more important wartime functions then maintaining and increasing the food supply. As the Je...

The Jewish women of Palestine are taking their places behind the plows so that their men folk may join the British forces defending Palestine and the...

In Palestine, focus of world attention as the Nazi pincers threaten the Middle East, Jewish women are being trained to take the places of men so that...

Bombs bursting on goods trains, trucks, bridges, and the track at the western end of Hazbrouck Marshalling Yard, during a Royal Air Force sweep over N...

The twin engined Bristol Beaufighter, from the same designer as the famous Blenheim, is a high-speed, heavily armed fighter monoplane, suitable for us...

The twin engined Bristol Beaufighter, from the same designer as the famous Blenheim, is a high-speed, heavily armed fighter monoplane, suitable for us...

A general view of the Arabian American Oil Company's Abqaiq Powerhouse in Saudi Arabia on May 22, 1941. (AP Photo)

A nazi plane and a modern tank were the objects of attraction at Trafalgar Square for London's war weapons campaign. People queuing up outside the mob...

Many members of the A.T.S. who have a good knowledge of Mathematics and Physics have been trained to assist the men at gun emplacements. Though the me...

The Royal Air Force carried out some heavy raid over Berlin, Hamburg and other enemy territory. On the base of one of the night bomber squadrons engag...

The Royal Air Force has its own navy. It consists of sixty three feet long high-speed motor launches capable of more than 35 knots. The launches are m...

The Royal Air Force has its own navy. It consists of sixty three feet long high-speed motor launches capable of more than 35 knots. The launches are m...

Women internees in France can knit with the double purpose of occupying their time and supplying themselves with clothing. These girls and an elderly...

Paratroops under instruction enter a plane, at a Royal Air Force station, somewhere in England, on May 7, 1941, where the Army and Air Force are colla...

Lieutenant General Neil Ritchie, Eighth Army is one of the most active men in the Libyan Campaign. He lives in a big caravan made out of a Leyland tru...

Lieutenant General Neil Ritchie, Eighth Army is one of the most active men in the Libyan Campaign. He lives in a big caravan made out of a Leyland tru...

Women members of a British mechanized transport corps enjoy a rest from their work which includes, in addition to transport duties, the maintenance an...

Typical of Britain's home guard is Sgt. W. Read (foreground), a retired civil servant, enlisted "for the duration" to keep vigil along the Dover Coast...

South African Prime Minister General Jan Smuts and Britain's General Sir Archibald Wavell at the Aerodrome in Cairo, Egypt, on April 12, 1941, prior t...

A German Nazi plane had crashed in Hertfordshire on April 8. A nearby farmer had used his tractor to collect up pieces of the plane which he found sca...

A member of the Eagle squadron, climbs into his plane, ready for take-off, at an airfield somewhere in England, on April 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

A pilot of the Eagle Squadron, prepares to start his plane before taking off, after he had refuelled, at an airfield somewhere in England, on April 7,...