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Nikolay Urvantsev, Soviet geologist

Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (1893-1985), Soviet geologist, speaking in public at his 80th birthday celebration. Urvantsev is best known for his exploration of northern Siberia and the Arctic, including: the Norilsk coal basin (1919 to 1922); the islands of Severnaya Zemlya (1931 to 1933); and the steamship Pravda oil exploration expedition (1933 to 1934). After imprisonment by Stalin, Urvantsev was rehabilitated in 1954 and became Chair of Arctic Geology at the national ocean geology institute. Photographed in Leningrad (St Petersburg), Russia, in 1973.

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First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943

Lantern slide showing infantry moving up for the First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943; Churchill tanks which took part in the operation can be seen in the background. From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division that were given to the 78th Division Battleaxe Club, who then developed slides of them. Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943). Churchill tanks can be seen in the background as the infantry advance. Longstop Hill, located a few miles northeast of Medjez el Bab, was one of the last major obstacles blocking the Allied advance on Tunis. It had been the scene of fierce fighting the previous December and was finally captured in April 1943. Date: 1943

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Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery with Marshal Rokossovsky

Photograph of FM Bernard Montgomery with Marshal Rokossovsky, 10 May 1945.From a collection of 23 official photographs relating to the campaign in Northwest Europe, World War Two, 1942-1945.Montgomery commanded 21st Army Group (comprising the British 2nd Army, 1st Canadian Army and attached US Army units) during its advance across Holland and north Germany. On 4 May 1945, after weeks of fierce fighting, Montgomery received the surrender of the German forces opposed to him at Luneberg Heath near Hamburg. Marshal Rokossovsky was one of the Red Army?s finest commanders during the war and led the 2nd Belorussian Front across East Prussia, northern Poland and into Germany. At the end of April 1945 his soldiers linked up with Montgomery's forces in northern Germany. Date: 1944

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