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| German He 111 bomber in flight northbound over Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom at 1700 hours on 7 Sep 1940, photo 1 of 2 | German He 111 bomber in flight northbound over Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom at 1700 hours on 7 Sep 1940, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Two Do 17Z-2 bombers of German wing Kampfgeschwader 3 over Beckton Gas Works, flying southward toward Woolwich Arsenal, London, England, United Kingdom, 7 Sep 1940 | Smoke rising from the Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Sep 1940, the morning after the opening night of “The Blitz” bombings as seen from London Bridge. Note Tower Bridge silhouetted against the smoke. |
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| Londoners taking shelter in an underground train tunnel during the ‘Blitz,’ London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Oct 1940. | A London bus after falling into a massive bomb crater in the center of Balham High Road, London, England, UK, Oct 15 1940. |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral during the great raid on London, England, United Kingdom, 29 Dec 1940 | Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Churchill's office at 10 Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 1941 |
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| King George VI of the United Kingdom hosting a gathering of royal families in exile during World War II, early 1940s. | Palace of Westminster in London, England, United Kingdom silhouetted by fire, date unknown |
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| Search and rescue dog Rip and handler E. King among rubble in Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1941 | Search and rescue dog Rip atop a pile of rubble after an air raid on Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom, 5 Aug 1941 |
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| US Ambassador to the UK John Winant speaking to USMC Platoon Sergeant John Allen, Jr. at Court of St. James's, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940s | WAAF Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Patricia Graham, US Army Corporal H. Bielski, WAAF Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Maclean, and US Army Lieutenant Peyton Mathias listening to a radio broadcast at the Over-Seas Club of St James's, London, England, United Kingdom, 1942 |
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| Hugh Dowding with an aide and several British fighter pilots outside the Air Ministry headquarters at the Adastral House (now Television House), London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Sep 1942 | Female worker at the B. T. H. factory in Neasden Lane, Willesden in London, England, United Kingdom writing messages on a Covenanter tank of British Guards Armoured Division, 22 Sep 1942 |
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| King George VI, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Queen Elizabeth, in London, England, United Kingdom, 23 Oct 1942 | Acting Superintendent Mrs. Bolton of Women's Voluntary Service's Services Club at Chester House speaking to members of ATS and WAAF, Clarendon Place, Paddington, London, England, 1943 |
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| Completed Bren guns at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, London, England, United Kingdom, date unknown | Hamilcar glider of No. 5 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF at Hanworth Air Park, Feltham, London, England, United Kingdom, circa 1940s |
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