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Midget submarine, c 1943
Photograph of a British Navy X Class midget submarine used in Operation Source to disable the German Kriegsmarine battleship 'Tirpitz', with an officer on deck looking through a periscope.
Capture of Pinwe, 1944
Photograph of troops of the 36th British Army Division firing mortars on Japanese positions near the railway station during final assault on Pinwe.
Fairey Barracudas over the sea, 1939-1945
Photograph of a formation of Fairey Barracuda torpedo aircraft over the sea.
British soldiers advancing through countryside in South East Asia, c 1944-1945
Photograph of British Army infantrymen advancing through open countryside in South East Asia.
Scottish and American soldiers meet in Belgian town, 1944-1945
Photograph of three British Army soldiers exchange greetings with three United States Army soldiers in a snow-covered town in Belgium.
British howitzer firing, 1944-1945
Photograph of British artillery field gun being fired in South East Asia
Lanchester armoured car, Far East, c 1944
Photograph of Lanchester armoured car and soldiers of 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (vehicle name: Blair Castle).