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Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi
A 1942 photograph of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Aichi D3A Type 99 dive bombers are preparing for takeoff. Taken during the Indian Ocean Raid (March 1942) which attacked Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon).
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British Gliders, Operation Market Garden
A photograph of British glider planes landed near Arnhem in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War (1939-45). The operation, carried out in September 1944, aimed to take several important bridges across the...
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Battle of the Atlantic, 1943
A May 1943 showing a Dutch tugboat, the Zwarte Zee, towing a US freighter which is on fire after an attack by a German U-boat. The freighter was part of a convoy taking supplies from Marshall, Liberia to Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Imperial...
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North Atlantic Convoy, 1941
A 1941 photograph taken from the battleship HMS King George V and showing ships of a North Atlantic convoy during the Second World War (1939-45). Convoys were essential to get vital supplies and weaponry from North America to Britain during...
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US Troops in Snow, Battle of the Bulge
A January 1945 photograph showing US troops in snow near Herresbach, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The battle, fought from 16 Decemebr 1944 to 16 January 1945, was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive of the Second World War (1939-45...
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Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
A photograph known as "Raising the Flag over the Reichstag" shows troops of the USSR's Red Army raising the Soviet flag over Berlin on 30 April 1945 near the end of the Second World War (1939-45). The photo was actually censored since one...
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Hiroshima after the Atomic Bomb Attack
A photograph of the Japanese city of Hiroshima after being hit by an atomic bomb dropped from a US Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress on 6 August 1945. The bomb was dropped in order to end the Second World War (1939-45) as quickly as possible...
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German Soldier, Battle of Stalingrad
Photo of German soldier Wilhelm Traub during the Battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 - February 1943) in the USSR during the Second World War (1939-45). Taub has a Russian submachine gun while he takes cover. Taken in late Autumn 1942.
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Two German Soldiers in Action, Stalingrad, 1942
Photo of German soldiers of the 24th Panzer Division in action during the battle of Stalingrad (9 July 1942-February 1943) in the USSR, specifically the fight for the southern station of the city, September 15, 1942. The battle was a key...
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Centre of Stalingrad After Liberation, 1943
Photo of the centre of Stalingrad in the USSR after liberation from the German occupation during the battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 - February 1943) in the Second World War (1939-45). Photo taken in February 1943.
