1945 Collection (page 10)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Ladies in Waiting
The Caption is Ladies in Waiting. This colourful queue is very cheerful. They obviously know that the early bird catches the worm and they are at the top. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For Auld Lang Syne
Two little girls and two boys Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Early Birds
The Caption is Early Birds. There is a little bird on the window sill - most likely a robin. The small flower bed has flowers - not the vegetables that everyone was encouraged to cultivate.Mr

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll make short work of this
The caption is I ll made short work of this. The enthusiastic look on the girls face suggests that she will do exactly that

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Free Press
The Caption is Free Press. The Prime Ministers message is This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ve Come to the Conclusion
The caption says I ve come to the conclusion. The conspiratorial togetherness of the two figures suggests that some very personal matter is being discussed

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight
Even though the war is over, coal rationing continued so the fire is unlikely to be lit. The caption Monday night at Eight refers to a regular entertainment show broadcast by the BBC Home Service

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll knot forget
Churchills message on the back is There is still a lot to do. The senders message is I don t have to tie a knot in my hankie to remember you. The puppy is called Rufus

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Making a Stir
The war is just over and on the back of the card Mr Churchill says Advance Britannia! Long live the cause of Freedom! God save the King

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Watch your step
The postcard caption reads Watch your step. The little girl is wearing white. Warime privations meant that fine materials for wedding dresses were hard to come by

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Little bit of Overtime
The concept of overtime, that is working beyond ones contracted hours, became formalised just before WW2. This little bricklayer has another interpretation of the phrase

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Washing up
The caption on the postcard is Washing up - probably a play on sorting things out now that the war is over. The reverse carries a message from Winston Churchill We must now devote all our strength

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Chin-Chin
The caption on the card is Chin-Chin! The expression has shades of meaning. Probably here it means Well done, perhaps on a successful first shave. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Swell
Clothes wee rationed from June 1941 wth a ration book supposedly sufficient for one new outfit a year. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Clover
The caption on the postcard is In Clover. Being In Clover meant that one is in a very happy state of mind. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

WW2 - Victory Celebrations in Paris, France - the first night of peace for Paris - L Opera illuminated. Date: 1945

WW2 - An enthusiastic crowd of celebrating Parisians fill the Champs Elysees until dawn. Date: 1945

WW2 - From the Madeleine to Place de la Concorde, Parisians cheer the French and Allied Soldiers. Date: 1945

WW2 - In front of L Opera, decorated with the flags of the Allies, the crowd roars its enthusiasm. Date: 1945

WW2 - The population of Paris invade the Boulevards in frenzy of joyous excitement. Date: 1945

WW2 - After announcing the Victory, General de Gaulle is acclaimed by the crowd and salutes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Date: 1945

WW2 - At 3pm on the 8th May, 1945 - a bugler sounds the ceasefire at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, surrounded by celebrating Parisians. Date: 1945

WW2 - During the evening of May 7th, all over Paris, Special editions are printed announcing the German surrender. Date: 1945

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Berlin Germany, ruins in Potsdamer Platz 1945
Vintaage photograph World War II - Berlin Germany, ruins in Potsdamer Platz following capture by Allied forces 1945

WW II crowds outside The Mansion House, London
Vintage World War II photograph - crowds outside The Mansion House, London, greet President Eisenhower, 12th June 1945

World War II Deshimag shipyard Germany 1945
World War II vintage photograph - Deshimag shipyard and submarine after capture, Germany 1945

World War II US marines swim and wash, Japan 1945
World War II vintage photograph - US marines swim and wash in a bomb hole Okinawa, war against Japan, 1945

World War II Berlin action against black market 1945
Vintage World War II photograph - German police question a woman in the Reichstag Gardens Berlin in an action against black marketeers. August 1945

World War II 1945 VE Day revellers Fleet Street, London
Vintage World War II photograph - 1945 VE Day revellers in Fleet Street, London

WW II - first British army headquarters in Berlin Germany
Vintage photograph World War II - first British army headquarters in Berlin Germany following occupation in 1945

Vintage photograph WW II - British army enter Berlin 1945
Vintage photograph World War II - British army entry into Berlin 1945 7th Armoured Division, led by 11th Hussars, Desert Rats

Vintage photograph WW II - Irrawaddy River railhead 1945
Vintage photograph World War II - Irrawaddy River railhead town of Prome, now Pyay after liberation 1945

Vintage photograph WW II - Red Army photographer
Vintage photograph World War II - Red Army photographer taking pictures of the band of the Devonshire regiment presentation of the Order of the Bath to Zhukov and Rokossovsky 1945

Crowds celebrate VE Day London, 1945, end of WW II
Crowds celebrate VE Day in the centre of London, 1945, end of World War two in Europe

Nagasaki Japan in 1945, atomic bomb
View of the city of Nagasaki Japan in 1945, before the explosion of the atomic bomb, 1945, World War II

City ruins following atomic bomb Japan, WW II 1945
City ruins following nuclear explosion - atom bomb Japan, World War II 1945

View of the city of Nagasaki Japan 1945, atomic bomb
View of the city of Nagasaki Japan in 1945, following the explosion of the atomic bomb, 1945, World War II

Enola Gay, aircraft, atom bomb Japan in 1945, WW II
Enola Gay, aircraft used to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, World War II

Aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, atom bomb 1945
Aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, with the aiming point of the atomic bomb 1945, World War II

Aerial view of Hiroshima city 1945 Japan
Aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, with the aiming point of the atomic bomb 1945, World War II

Pre strike view of Hiroshima, Japan, atom bomb
Pre strike aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, before the dropping of the atomic bomb 1945, World War II

Enola Gay aircraft, atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan 1945
Enola Gay, aircraft used to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, World War II

WW II 1945 St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night
World War II 1945. St Pauls Cathedral, London, lit up on VE night - May 8th - the first time it had been illuminated in nearly 6 years

WW II 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
End of World War II 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits the Siegried Line Dragons Teeth - also Field Marshall Mongomery and General Simpson

This is where we won the war - Ops room, Biggin Hill
Sketch by Captain Bryan de Grineau of the deserted operations room at Biggin Hill in September 1945. Date: 1945

Ruth Woods wears a simple wool jersey swim suit designed by Claire McCardell at a fashion show arranged by the New York Times. Date: 1945

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