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World War Ii 1939 1945 Collection

World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving many countries and resulting in millions of casualties

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625727 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625721 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Eleanor Powell (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Eleanor Powell (colour photo)
8669125 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Eleanor Powell (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eleanor Powell)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Frances Drake (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Frances Drake (colour photo)
8668503 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Frances Drake (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frances Drake)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Paulette Goddard (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Paulette Goddard (colour photo)
8668483 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Paulette Goddard (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paulette Goddard)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Tania Weller (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Tania Weller (colour photo)
8668506 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Tania Weller (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tania Weller)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Movita Gastenada (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Movita Gastenada (colour photo)
8668499 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Movita Gastenada (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Movita Gastenada)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Lita Chevret (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Lita Chevret (colour photo)
8668498 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Lita Chevret (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lita Chevret)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Audrene Brier (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Audrene Brier (colour photo)
8668497 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Audrene Brier (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Audrene Brier)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Janice Jarratt (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Janice Jarratt (colour photo)
8668496 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Janice Jarratt (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Janice Jarratt)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mlle L'ardy (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mlle L'ardy (colour photo)
8668482 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mlle L'ardy (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mlle L'ardy)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Edith Zeisler (colour photo)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Edith Zeisler (colour photo)
8668480 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Edith Zeisler (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edith Zeisler)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Blitz, 1940-41: Grain from shattered warehouses sliding into the River Hull (b/w photo)

Blitz, 1940-41: Grain from shattered warehouses sliding into the River Hull (b/w photo)
8634816 Blitz, 1940-41: Grain from shattered warehouses sliding into the River Hull (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Blitz, 1940-41: Telephonists continuing to work (b/w photo)

Blitz, 1940-41: Telephonists continuing to work (b/w photo)
8634814 Blitz, 1940-41: Telephonists continuing to work (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Telephonists continuing to work)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots Fusiliers (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots Fusiliers (b/w photo)
8651297 Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots Fusiliers (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Scots Fusiliers)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: Entrance, Crown Square (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: Entrance, Crown Square (b/w photo)
8651295 Scottish National War Memorial: Entrance, Crown Square (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance, Crown Square)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen (b/w photo)

Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen (b/w photo)
8649412 Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cooks and Waitresses at a Coastal Command canteen)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T (b/w photo)

Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T (b/w photo)
8649410 Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wireless Mechanic testing a Spitfire's R/T)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Instrument Repairer tests the bomb-release gear (b/w photo)

Instrument Repairer tests the bomb-release gear (b/w photo)
8649408 Instrument Repairer tests the bomb-release gear (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Instrument Repairer tests the bomb-release gear)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: The Canadian Scottish (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Canadian Scottish (b/w photo)
8648381 Scottish National War Memorial: The Canadian Scottish (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Canadian Scottish)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots Greys (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots Greys (b/w photo)
8648375 Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Scots Greys (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Scots Greys)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Navy (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Navy (b/w photo)
8648373 Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Navy (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Navy)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (b/w photo)
8648363 Scottish National War Memorial: The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Launching a Paravane (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Launching a Paravane (b/w photo)
8660676 Modern armaments, 1938: Launching a Paravane (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Launching a Paravane)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Interior of 15' Gun Turret (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Interior of 15" Gun Turret (b/w photo)
8660649 Modern armaments, 1938: Interior of 15" Gun Turret (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of 15" Gun Turret)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Anti-Aircraft Gun in Action (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Anti-Aircraft Gun in Action (b/w photo)
8660668 Modern armaments, 1938: Anti-Aircraft Gun in Action (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anti-Aircraft Gun in Action)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: One-Man Tank and Trailer (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: One-Man Tank and Trailer (b/w photo)
8660666 Modern armaments, 1938: One-Man Tank and Trailer (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: One-Man Tank and Trailer)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Loading Aerial Bomb (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Loading Aerial Bomb (b/w photo)
8660656 Modern armaments, 1938: Loading Aerial Bomb (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Loading Aerial Bomb)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Caterpillar Tractor Hauling Gun (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Caterpillar Tractor Hauling Gun (b/w photo)
8660646 Modern armaments, 1938: Caterpillar Tractor Hauling Gun (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caterpillar Tractor Hauling Gun)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Gunnery Practice in Gas Masks (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Gunnery Practice in Gas Masks (b/w photo)
8660644 Modern armaments, 1938: Gunnery Practice in Gas Masks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gunnery Practice in Gas Masks)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Modern armaments, 1938: Modern Aircraft Sound Locator (b/w photo)

Modern armaments, 1938: Modern Aircraft Sound Locator (b/w photo)
8660641 Modern armaments, 1938: Modern Aircraft Sound Locator (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern Aircraft Sound Locator)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: To All Scotswomen (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: To All Scotswomen (b/w photo)
8648380 Scottish National War Memorial: To All Scotswomen (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: To All Scotswomen)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Marines and Entrance Doorway (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Marines and Entrance Doorway (b/w photo)
8648377 Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Marines and Entrance Doorway (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: Entrance to the Shrine with Figure of St Michael (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: Entrance to the Shrine with Figure of St Michael (b/w photo)
8648361 Scottish National War Memorial: Entrance to the Shrine with Figure of St Michael (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Scottish National War Memorial: Apse from North (b/w photo)

Scottish National War Memorial: Apse from North (b/w photo)
8648353 Scottish National War Memorial: Apse from North (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Apse from North)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: WW2: Attack by Blenheims of Bomber Command on Herdla aerodrome, Norway

WW2: Attack by Blenheims of Bomber Command on Herdla aerodrome, Norway, during the combined raid on Vaagso
8639404 WW2: Attack by Blenheims of Bomber Command on Herdla aerodrome, Norway, during the combined raid on Vaagso, 27 December 1941 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Blitz, 1940-41: A store on the High Street, Sheffield on 11 December 1940 (b/w photo)

Blitz, 1940-41: A store on the High Street, Sheffield on 11 December 1940 (b/w photo)
8634817 Blitz, 1940-41: A store on the High Street, Sheffield on 11 December 1940 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A store on the High Street)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Splice the Main-Brace! (b/w photo)

Splice the Main-Brace! (b/w photo)
8664052 Splice the Main-Brace! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Splice the Main-Brace)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: WW2: The Chief of the Air Staff (b/w photo)

WW2: The Chief of the Air Staff (b/w photo)
8639413 WW2: The Chief of the Air Staff (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chief of the Air Staff)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: WW2: The instrument panel of a Hampden bomber (b/w photo)

WW2: The instrument panel of a Hampden bomber (b/w photo)
8639406 WW2: The instrument panel of a Hampden bomber (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The instrument panel of a Hampden bomber)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: WW2: A formation of Hurricanes (b/w photo)

WW2: A formation of Hurricanes (b/w photo)
8639403 WW2: A formation of Hurricanes (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A formation of Hurricanes. Illustration for R.A.F)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)

Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo)
8625730 Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Rationing in Britain, World War II (b/w photo)

Rationing in Britain, World War II (b/w photo)
8672639 Rationing in Britain, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The development of rationing in Britain in World War II, 1940-1942)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Convoy off the coast, World War II (b/w photo)

Convoy off the coast, World War II (b/w photo)
8672650 Convoy off the coast, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Convoy off the British coast, World War II)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Food distribution in Coventry, World War II (b/w photo)

Food distribution in Coventry, World War II (b/w photo)
8672646 Food distribution in Coventry, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Food distribution to civilians during the Coventry Blitz)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Battle between Emperors Constantine I, (272-337) and Maxence (regne 306 to 312), 1840 (engraving)

Battle between Emperors Constantine I, (272-337) and Maxence (regne 306 to 312), 1840 (engraving)
PCT4268689 Battle between Emperors Constantine I, (272-337) and Maxence (regne 306 to 312), 1840 (engraving); (add.info.: Battle between Emperors Constantine I)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of

France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910
LUX4801976 France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910; (add.info.: France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14)

Background imageWorld War Ii 1939 1945 Collection: Armshield for Georgian Volunteers in the German Army, c. 1939-45 (object)

Armshield for Georgian Volunteers in the German Army, c. 1939-45 (object)
7177606 Armshield for Georgian Volunteers in the German Army, c. 1939-45 (object); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cloth armshield for Georgian Volunteers in the German Army)



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World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving many countries and resulting in millions of casualties. It was a time of great upheaval, with battles fought on land, sea, and air. The war saw the rise of powerful leaders like Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, as well as the devastating impact of atrocities such as the Holocaust. Despite the horrors of war, it also brought about technological advancements and social changes that shaped the world we live in today. As we remember those who sacrificed their lives during this tumultuous period in history, let us never forget the lessons learned from World War II and strive for peace and understanding among nations.