D 21958. The Women's Land Army (WLA): A group of happy Land Army girls in the back of an OHMS truck Devon England.

The occasion is notorious for giving the hardworking Cambridge University students a chance to get hopelessly drunk and frolic in the streets.

H 5603. The ruins of Coventry cathedral two days after the German Luftwaffe air raid on the city on the night of 14 November 1940.

Professionally produced high quality open edition print on textured brilliant white Zetamatt linen textured board 350gsm. Title: "Raid Of Remembrance" Artist: Jacqueline Hurley © 2016 Jacqueline Hurley - Port Out, Starboard Home POSH® Original Art - All Rights Reserved Measurement of print including titled border 12.5 inches x 12.5 inches Please be aware that the actual colours may vary slightly from your screen. Many thanks for your interest and support of my artwork. LEST WE FORGET © 2016 Jacqueline Hurley All Rights Reserved www.poshoriginalart.co.uk POSH Original Art Limited Registered in England & Wales No. 10548194 VAT No. 278 8731 44 **https://www.etsy.com/shop/PortOutStarboardHome **International customers are responsible for all customs, taxes, fees, once the item arrives in their country

It seems that one German officer found the proposed assault a bit comical

A number of outrageously Edited World War II Pictures

80 Years Ago—May 8, 1940: British Labour Party calls for vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s government. Gen. Semyon Timoshenko replaces Marshal Kliment Voroshilov as Soviet defense commissar. 75 Years Ago—May 8, 1945: V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)—the US and the western Allies celebrate as the German surrender becomes official. Off Bergen, Norway, an RAF Catalina sinks U-320, the last U-boat sunk in the war. US troops and Monuments Men discover art stash at Altaussee, Austria, saved by Austrian civilians. US secures Leyte in the Philippines.

1. Factory workers ride on Valentine tanks as they leave a factory in Smethwick. A notice propped on the front of the tanks reads All Help for Russia Now. 2. Factory workers ride on Valentine tanks as they leave a factory in Smethwick. The notice on the tanks reads Tanks for…

Lest We Forget. Jacqueline's collection of WWI (1939-1945) prints honours all those that fell or were injured in the Second World War

Title: Jubilant American soldier hugs motherly English woman and victory smiles light the faces of happy service men and civilians at Piccadilly Circus, London, celebrating Germany's unconditional surrender. England, May 7, 1945., ca. 1900 - 1982 Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, 1754 - 1954; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982; Record Group 111; National Archives. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=531280 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

One of the last V-2 rockets fell on Farringdon Market, a fish, poultry, and meat supply area in the city of London, on the 8th March 1945. Three hundred and eighty people died, and many more were...

After being overrun during the early Blitzkrieg in September 1939, and later in France in 1940, the Polish Air Force – flying British and American made fighters and bombers out of England in their own units – made a tremendous contribution to the Allied air victory. The PAFs gallant, lonely fight in September 1939 inflicted the first losses on the mighty Luftwaffe and allowed Britain a nine month grace to strengthen her air defenses. Their part in the Battle of Britain became legend, and its contribution to the early RAF bomber offensive on Germany was equally great. PAF exploits over Dieppe, North Africa, and during the invasion of Europe received special commendations from the RAF. This two volume set is the result of years’ painstaking research of the official RAF and PAF documentation, and is fully supported by the Polish Air Force Association. After a brief introduction to the PAF’s formative years and to the political background to the war itself, the factors shaping PAF operations in Great Britain and to the abandonment by Britain of her most faithful ally are discussed. The book also provides a wealth of information about all PAF squadrons, their participation in operations, the great variety of aircraft flown by the PAF – Hurricanes, Spitfires, Mustangs, Warhawks, Mosquitoes, Lancasters, Wellingtons, Bostons, Liberators and many others – their achievements and disappointments, victories, and losses. These are supplemented by operational statistics in detailed appendices, lists, charts, maps and over 700 black and white and color photographs, and color profiles. Volume 1 covers: the origins of Polish aviation; the air war against the Luftwaffe during the initial Blitzkrieg; the air battles over France and the formation of the Polish squadrons; the establishment and development of the PAF squadrons in Britain after the battles in France; the Battle of Britain; PAF units over Dieppe and North Africa; expansion of the PAF and operations in 1941-1943; and PAF bomber squadrons and bomber operations 1940-1943.

Breathtaking vintage photos of England, taken just weeks before World War II on August 1939, shows the peacefulness before the storm. The photos offers us a view of the past in vivid colors and lets us compare the England then with more recent image of England of our own. These photos were believed to be lost for 75 years, but were recently discovered by Barney Britton, a grandson of the couple which honeymoon is documented on these photos. He discovered them while cleaning his grandmother's attic. The photos are a rarity, because they were shot on a very expensive at that time color film. The photos tell a story of two newlyweds, Margaret and Denys Gardiner, on their honeymoon. We get to glimpse at not only the beautiful beginning of their life together, but also at a time long gone, only moments before the peace vanished and chaos broke out.

World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human history.

Despite all the bombing that took place in London during World War Two, a vast amount of Second World War history has survived.

The mascot of the Gipton Section of Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service, two year old Brian Garnett, complete with uniform.

Michael Aspel was one of hundreds who gathered today to mark the 70th anniversary of when they were evacuated from their homes as children.

// _ // ]]>_ // ]]> // The canal network is well over 200 years old in places – The articles below shed some insight into how and why the canals in the UK were built. The Canal Enginee…

When countries wage war on each other, there are no winners. The price of all war is paid for with the blood of people, soldiers and civilians, adult, child and creatures alike. In times of struggle, a war-torn country, which is being heavily bombed by a more powerful invader often finds itself bonded in greater unity of purpose and with a greater instinct for survival than one might imagine. England experienced such during the Second World War years of 1939 - 1945. This story is set in the period of The Second World War. It is written from a traditional English and British perspective. Its purpose is not to glorify war, but to offer the reader, both young and older, an opportunity to feel what it was like for a man, woman or child to live through and to provide a flavour of the English Nationalism that prevailed then and since.

Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest-reigning monarch, set a record on Feb.6, 2017, when she became the first British sovereign to reach their sapphire jubilee, marking 65 years on the throne.

War is not just the hell, it is also the disconnection, and of course the sadness... A Canadian soldier kisses his daughter goodbye before going off to war, Quebec, 1914 A soldier kisses his son goodbye as children are evacuated to the countryside, 1940 A soldier kissing his daughter goodbye before he leaves Britain A soldier on a troop train taking leave of his wife and young children, September 1939 A soldier says goodbye to his wife and infant child in Pennsylvania Station before shipping put for service in World War II, New York, 1943 A US soldier is welcomed home by his wife and baby, 1940s A WWII Greek soldier kissing his daughter to say goodbye A WWII soldier give his son a kiss before leaving Army, U.S. troops coming home, 1917 Soldier and his child in London, March 1940 Soviet soldier returning to greet his daughter, 1945 'Wait for me, daddy' - One of the most famous Canadian photographs of WWII Wife of a departing soldier lifts her son for farewell embrace, Oklahoma, 1945 WWII soldier reuniting with his wife and son A British soldier with his 8 month old daughter as he arrives at the docks from overseas, 1945

HU 36121. Women classed as enemy aliens being escorted by police and officials to board trains at a London station at the start of their journey for internment on the Isle of Man early in the Second World War

Winston Churchill, British statesman, World War II, 1939-1945. Churchill , Britain's wartime Prime Minister, smiling and smoking a cigar, shakes hands with a soldier.

Fear of gas attacks at the start of the war prompted the British goverment to issue all citizens with gas masks.

Leo Metzstein (pictured) has been talking about the Kindertransport scheme which evacuated Jewish children from Germany to England before World War II.