Images Dated 27th March 2014

Pistol, Welrod

Welrod Silenced pistol . 32, mk 2, serial no. 3247, 1944 (c). This pistol was probably used by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War Two. The receiver markings of a square and a star indicate it was made at B. S. A. (Birmingham Small Arms Company) It has a five round magazine. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). The Welrod pistol derives its name from where some were produced; the Special Operations Executive Research Centre in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. The pistol is unique in that in its final stages, the designers realised that it was senseless to make a pistol then manufacture a silencer for it - rather, they designed a silencer first and then made the pistol mechanisms. Date: circa 1944

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Battle of Stalingrad - Aerial view of fuel stores on fire. The Battle of Stalingrad between Germany

Battle of Stalingrad - Aerial view of fuel stores on fire. The Battle of Stalingrad between Germany and the Soviet Union lasted from 17 July 1942 until 2 February 1943. The mosty brutal and bloodiest of engagements of World War II, it claimed almost 2 million casualties. It is considered to be a turning point in the war, with the Soviet union victorious

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ALPACA PARLIAMENT HOUSE

Federal Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce (right) and Federal Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon pose for pictures with Peruvian alpacas in front of the Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz)