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'Mary the voice of Arnhem'. Nazi radio broadcaster, who was heard by millions of Allied troops during the last phase of the German war, became famous for her 'soothing' broadcasts to the fighting troops who took her lightly.... but wondered what she looked like. Well, here is her photograph, taken by a Canadian Army cameraman near Hilversum in Holland. She learned her English in a school near Lond ...

Truck-loads of cheer bound for the front. The party spirit well evidenced by lorry loads of British troops about to move off from the French village where they stopped for lunch during the journey to the front.

Visiting a heavy gun-crew on the Western Front. A giant, well comouflaged German gun in firing position on the western front.

Street battle for Paris. Members of the French Forces of the Interior and civillian women take shelter by a well as a sniper opens fire during the battle for the liberation of Paris. The French capital was freed August 25, 1944, after more than four years of Nazi domination.

Girls in line for war service. Girls of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force marching in well-formed ranks at a reception depot near London.

Ships. Speeding through a calm sea, the U.S. destroyer Nicholas is well camouflraged, lying low in the water, and bristling with guns and torpedo tubes. She is one of the Fletcher type of 1940, of which many are in commision. Destroyers like the Nicholas have been vastly effective in the anti-submarine war in the North Atlantic.

Item is a photo of Sorensen’s mother’s cousin, Rosette Pleysier née van Dam. Arie Pleysier, her husband, was the individual who smuggled Sorensen and her family out of Amsterdam in 1943. Furthermore, Arie helped them find a hiding address, as well as forged papers and concealed Sorensen’s father’s assets used for paying people hiding them. He was not Jewish; his wife was half Jewish (father). They ...

Allied war supplies pour into Antwerp. Shoes, blankets, coates and heavy Winter clothing for Allied soldiers are unloaded from cargo vessels which saled to Antwerp from the United Kingdom. The great Belgian port can handle a large part of the military tennage required for Allied armies in Northwestern Europe as well as dealing with shiploads of supplies for civilian use.