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1. Flying over Egypt

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1. Flying over Egypt

A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mk VI (AE626) of the Middle East Communications Flight flying over the Egyptian pyramids, 1942.

A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson Mk VI (AE626) aircraft of the Middle East Communications Flight flying over the pyramids.

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2. Watching the skies

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2. Watching the skies

An Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) spotter with binoculars at an anti-aircraft command post, December 1942.

An ATS spotter with binoculars at the anti-aircraft command post. A 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun can be seen in the background.

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3. Making new friends

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3. Making new friends

Two soldiers of the Royal Military Police with Anna, a four-year-old Austrian girl with whose family the men were billeted, in the Klagenfurt area of occupied Austria, May 1945.

Two soldiers of the Royal Military Police in the Klagenfurt area with Anna, a 4 year old Austrian girl with whose family the men were billeted.

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4. Suiting up

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4. Suiting up

Men of the Airborne Division adjust their harnesses alongside an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley 'PX-G' of No. 295 Squadron RAF, October 1942.

Men of the Airborne Division adjusting their harness alongside Armstrong Whitworth Whitley `PX-G' of No 295 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

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5. Playing cards

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5. Playing cards

Men of the Royal Navy play cards on board the submarine HMSTribune, 1942.

Stokers playing cards on board HMS TRIBUNE.

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6. Churchill and his chiefs of staff

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6. Churchill and his chiefs of staff

Winston Churchill with his chiefs of staff in the garden of No. 10 Downing Street on the day Germany surrendered to the Allies, 7 May 1945. Seated left to right: Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. Standing left to right: Secretary to the Chiefs of Staffs Committee Major-General L C Hollis and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence General Sir Hastings Ismay.

Seated, left to right: Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal; Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill; Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. Standing, left to right: the Secretary to the Chiefs of Staffs Committee, Major General L C Hollis; and the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence, General Sir Hastings Ismay.

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7. Touring Athens

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7. Touring Athens

Sergeant R Gregory photographs Driver A Hardman during a tour of the Acropolis in Athens, October 1944.

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8. On the lochs of Scotland

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8. On the lochs of Scotland

An officer and a rating launch a dinghy from HMSForthon Holy Loch, Scotland, 1942.

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9. Training

Private T Henderson practices an assault with a fixed bayonet during training, 1944.

Private T Henderson with fixed bayonet, practises assault.

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10. 'Wrens' at work

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10. 'Wrens' at work

Armourers of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) re-arm a Hawker Hurricane aircraft at the Fleet Air Arm airfield at Yeovilton, Somerset, 2 September 1943.