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11th August 1942. Fleet Carrier HMS Eagle was torpedoed by U-73, 65 Miles south of Majorca. During 1942 Eagle had transported 183 Spitfires to Malta. She sank in only 8 minutes with 928 of her 1,160 crew being rescued by her escorts.
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MEMBERS OF THE 39TH BATTALION, AMF, PARADE AFTER WEEKS OF FIGHTING IN DENSE JUNGLE DURING THE KOKODA CAMPAIGN. THE OFFICER IN FRONT IS LIEUTENANT JOHNSON. THE MEN STANDING BEHIND HIM, FROM THE LEFT, ARE: ARNIE WALLACE, BILL SANDERS, HARRY HODGE, KEVIN SURTEES, GEORGE CUDMORE, GEORGE PUXLEY, KEVIN WHELAN, LEN MURRELL, DICK SECKER, NEIL GRAHAM, CLIVE GALE AND JACK BOLAND. THEIR BEDRAGGLED DRESS REFLECTS THE HARD FIGHTING OF PAST WEEKS. Sept 1942
Known as "choco's" (chocolate soldiers that melt in the sun) sent to New Guinea with only a few weeks training. They fought their hearts out and earnt the respect of the veterans of the western desert that replaced them
Known as "choco's" (chocolate soldiers that melt in the sun) sent to New Guinea with only a few weeks training. They fought their hearts out and earnt the respect of the veterans of the western desert that replaced them
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British mine flailing tanks landing from a barge on an one of the island’s guarding the Sheldt Estuary along the waterway leading to port of Antwerp. The British and Canadians cleared the Sheldt from 2-Oct from 8-Nov-1944, and the port of Antwerp was finally opened to Allied Shipping on 28-Nov-28.
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Aerial view from the north-west of the damage resulting from a V2 rocket missile which exploded in Mackenzie Road, Islington, London N7, England on the evening of 26 December 1944. Clearance work is still in progress on the site at which sixty-eight people were killed, eighty-six severely injured and one hundred and eighty-two slightly injured. 20 buildings were completely wrecked, including the 'Prince of Wales' public house where many of the casualties occurred.
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