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Planning for battle, 1942
Photograph of RAF squadron leader planning for combat for the City of Glasgow Auxiliary Squadron
Landing in Normandy, 6 June 1944
Photograph of British soldiers landing on the Normandy coast on D-Day. Photograph taken by British Army Film Unit and acclaimed by the American press as \"the war's greatest picture\".
Second World War fighter pilot
Photograph of a pilot of an RAF Thunderbolt taking part in a bombing raid off the coast of Burma.
British soldiers advancing through Aarnhem, 1944
Photograph of four British soldiers advancing through Aarnhem in the Netherlands, at the corner of Bergstraat and Oude Kraan. The soldiers are crouching beside the fence of the Hotel du Soleil.
'Basham - about to nip over the top - I don't think!', 1916
Photograph of Kenneth Basham in a trench in the Somme area.
Runner, East Surrey Regiment, 1916
Photograph of Kenneth Basham's runner (East Surreys) in a trench in the Somme area.
No.4 'Forming up' trench, 1916
Photograph of Kenneth Basham washing in one of the forming up trenches in the Somme area. Note bridge over the trench to enable troops in rear to cross over when 'going over the top'.
In 'No Man's Land' on the Somme, 1916
Photograph of troops in shell holes and fox holes in 'No Man's Land' on the Somme.