1945 Collection (page 6)

Mr Ernest Bevan the Foreign Secretary seen here leaving 10 Downing Street following the Prime Minister broadcast to the country on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Prime Minister Clement Attlee seen here on the steps of 10 Downing Street after his broadcast to the nation on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Floodlights light the scene of a V2 explosion close to Tottenham Court Road which killed 9 civilians and injured 46 and badly damaged the Whitfield Memorial Chapel. 25th March 1945

2000 Vickers Armstrong Aircraft workers in Manchester protesting against proposed redundancies. 7th February 1945

Stalin and Churchill in the conference room at Yalta during the Second World War. 4th February 1945

Corporal Arthur Toman (note to editors spelling hard to read - reads as Toman
Corporal Arthur Toman (note to editors ** spelling hard to read - reads as Toman, though cannot see the name Toman on Forces Records) makes friend with a baby in Caen, France

A German U-boat sinking in the Kattegat after an attack by Mosquitos of R. A. F
A German U-boat sinking in the Kattegat after an attack by Mosquitos of R.A.F. Coastal Command. The aircraft is led by Squadron Leader A H Gunnis, DFC, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire

Sgt. Daniel Hochstatter is rescued by a British Air / Sea rescue launch after his PBY
Sgt. Daniel Hochstatter is rescued by a British Air/Sea rescue launch after his PBY Catalina was shot down. April 1945

British Marines escort Chinese women from an occupied area in Hong Kong. 30th August 1945

One of the first official RAF photographs of Berlin since its fall. Taken by a low-flying Mosquito of the RAF Film Production Unit

US 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress under heavy snow. Within the hour the bomber will be roaring eastwards, high in the icy sub-zero skies

The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively

British internees at Camp Stanley, Hong Kong, celebrate their liberation. 1st September 1945

British radar system located somewhere in England. August 15th 1945

Captured German radar at Pachino, Sicily. 15th August 1945

Anti-air trainee in West Africa using Radar apparatus. 15th August 1945

Burma, British Infantrymen search village huts on the approach to Meiktila, Burma, Picture Issued 22nd March 1945

Members of the Liverpool Chinese community cheering on hearing todays good news of the Japanese offer to accept unconditional surrender, Liverpool, Friday 10th August 1945

Inside the ruins of the Reichstag. Circa July 1945

The Reichstag after the battle of Berlin. Russia took Berlin on 2nd May 1945, a few days later the war in Europe officially ended on 8th May 1945. Picture taken 20th July 1945

The "Big Three"round table conference opens, as leaders of the victorious
The " Big Three" round table conference opens, as leaders of the victorious Allied Nations gather to discuss future policies

Winston Churchill greeting President Truman on arrival at the Prime Ministers residence in Potsdam for a dinner party with Josef Stalin. 23 July 1945

A blind man plays darts. His name is not known Picture taken 30th April 1945

The Sunday shift at Burnley Aircraft Products factory during Second World War. 1st November 1945

Bill Teasdale (left) who is now walking about with a broken neck. Surrey Military Hospital. His " horse collar" makes it impossible for him to turn his head. 25th September 1945

German child soldiers captured near Kulmbach, Germany by the US 3rd Army. They were being marched to the Czech border, and though issued with army uniforms had not been given any arms. April 1945

American landing craft on Okinawa. Landing craft nose inshore to land troops and supplies as the American invasion of Okinawa, Ryukyu island less than too miles from the Japanese homeland

August 1945. Peacetime for Europe. Picture shows the Berlin, and the ATS (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) on Bank Holiday

Polish troops of the 2nd Corps in Italy. The continue to train, even after hostilities have ended. Picture taken 25th May 1945

Victory in Europe Day. (VE Day) in Portsmouth, Hampshire. A sailor accompanied by the WRENS (The Womens Royal Naval Service) celebrate in the street

Golfer Joe Phillips of Liverpool hitting a ball from the gun site which is in the middle of the course. L-R Trevor Williams of Bootle

The Civil Defence Stands down. 1945. Cardiff. South Wales. Civil Defence members acted to make living in war time Britain as safe as possible

V. 2 bomb incident, Chingford Road, Walthamstow. What remains of a surface shelter in
V.2 bomb incident, Chingford Road, Walthamstow. What remains of a surface shelter in which eight people were killed. 8th February 1945

The wreckage of the San Demetrio. MV San Demetrio was a British motor tanker, notable for her service during the Second World War. She was built in 1938 for the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company

German Tiger tank destroyed by aircraft of the Desert Air Force in Italy. 24th May 1945

The first ATS of SouthEast Asia Command arrive in Ceylon during the Second World War. Pictured awaiting transport after their arrival. 16th July 1945

Ladbroke Grove day nursery. The "Twos"Threes"and "Fours"
Ladbroke Grove day nursery. The " Twos" " Threes" and " Fours" go to town for the day. Richards wins and pulls hard on the rope. All across safely. July 1945

Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)

Aerial photographic-reconnaissance image showing a carpet of bomb craters and severe damage to the marshalling yards and surrounding town area at Rheine

Heroes of ROF Royal Ordnance Munitions Factory Explosion in Kirkby, Liverpool, on 15th September 1944, receive their awards. LEFT TO RIGHT are

Picture shows "Herald"the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey
Picture shows " Herald" the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, aged 6 years and 7 months, owned by E. D. Falla of Castel

The Mayor of Neath starting the paper shredding machine at Neath Book and Salvage Drive and Exhibition. A notice near the machine gives the invitation

The Youth Hostel Association has fitted the 16th Century Elizabethan Houghton Mill on the River Ouse, near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, to accommodate 56 hostellers

The Queens West Surrey Regiment receives The Freedom of Guildford, Surrey. During the march down the historic High Street, Mrs Violet Turner with her little daughter Gabriel

Hull Victory Parade. Among those at the saluting base when Sheriff (Ald. H. W
Hull Victory Parade. Among those at the saluting base when Sheriff (Ald. H.W. Jackson) and the Lord Mayor (Coun. Herbert Harrison). June 1945

Street party in Birch road, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester to celebrate VJ Day. Picture shows a lady on the left in a white coat

Image shows British actors Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, reading the script for Thornton Wilders play, The Skin of Our Teeth, on stage at the Globe Theatre, London

Picture shows Field Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery wearing his red beret with badge of the Parachute Regt, also the jumping jacket

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