year 1940

  1. Daily Mirror Front Page 1940

    Daily Mirror Front Page 1940

    Daily Mirror Front Page Wednesday June 5th 1940 This is a copy of a reprint from my own collection
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    • newspaper article year 1940
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    • Category: Documents and maps
  2. Church is burning

    Church is burning

    Winter War, Finland. Church is burning in Sortavala after Russian bombing 3rd Feb 1940.
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    • finnish winter war year 1940
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    • Category: Wartime civil photos
  3. Bismarck

    Bismarck

    Bismarck in Kiel in the late summer of 1940.
    • Polar
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    • kms bismarck kreigsmarine year 1940
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    • Category: World War Two
  4. Polikarpov I-16

    Polikarpov I-16

    Finnish Air Force, Winter War. Polikarpov I-16 fighter at the factory at Tampere in February 1940.
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    • fighter finnish air force finnish winter war i-16 polikarpov year 1940
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    • Category: Fixed Wing Aircraft
  5. MG in position

    MG in position

    Winter War, Finnish Army. MG in position, about 5 km from Lemetti to north; 21 February 1940.
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    • army finnish military photos machine gun position year 1940
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    • Category: Service personnel
  6. Hawker Hart

    Hawker Hart

    Winter War. F19, Swedish volunteer unit. Ensign Frnstrm and Sgt. Sundsten flew the fifth Hawker Hart "M" from Boden, Sweden to Finland on the 16th of February 1940.
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    • hawker hart swedish volunteer unit year 1940
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    • Category: Fixed Wing Aircraft
  7. 114 H 18

    114 H 18

    This 4.5 inch Howitzer Mark II was one of the most effective artillery weapons of WW I. In January 1940 Finland received a donation of 24 howitzers by England. Finland bought from Spain 30 of these guns.
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    • howitzer year 1940
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    • Category: Artillery
  8. HAMPDENS IN FLIGHT JUL 40

    HAMPDENS IN FLIGHT JUL 40

    • Matzos
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    • 195 squadron raf handley page hampden year 1940
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    • Category: Bomber Aircraft
  9. France 1940

    France 1940

    RAF BATTLE AND GROUND CREW FRANCE 1940
    • Matzos
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    • battle royal air force year 1940
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Bomber Aircraft
  10. Cape Spartivento 2

    Cape Spartivento 2

    HMS Manchester being shelled whilst engaging the Italian fleet off Cape Spartivento Nov 27 1940. HMS Newcasle just coming into the picture, and HMS Berwick in the background. HMS Berwick was the only British ship to be damaged in this action Picture taken from HMS Sheffield.
    • Geoff Stephenson
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    • cape spartivento hms berwick hms manchester hms newcastle hms sheffield italian fleet ww2 year 1940
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    • Category: Military Ships
  11. Narvik 1940

    Narvik 1940

    Picture from "The Navy" pictorial supplement - Narvik 1940
    • Geoff Stephenson
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    • hm submarine snapper hms hardy narvik year 1940
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    • Category: Documents and maps
  12. Big Ben London

    Big Ben London

    Big Ben London During the Blitz
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    • battle of britain great britain operation sea lion year 1940
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Wartime civil photos
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