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King with British Air Force in France. His Majesty the King and the Duke of Gloucester (behind) accompanied by Royal Air Force Officers and War correspondents enjoying a joke during visit to the Royal Air Force in France. Koning George VI.

British forces cross the Albert Canal. British tanks and transport crossing the bridge at Beeringen. Dutch soldiers of Princess Irene regiment captured and held the bridge.

Scenes with the British forces in the Egyptian sphere of operations. Machine gun detachment in action on the Suez Canal banks.

British and French naval forces combine to wipe out u-boats. British and French crews of anti-submarine craft fix dept charges before sailing in search of the common enemy.

British Aire Force khaki uniformes make appearance in Paris. Officers, N.C.O.S. and men of the British Air Force in front of a Paris building.

Allied Fifth Army forces join near Anzio, Italy. British and U.S. soldiers happily greet each other as the main Allied Fifth Army joined the Anzio beachhead forces on May 25, 1944, in the Pontine Marshes, near the west coast of central Italy. After the juncture, the Fifth Army swept on to liberate Rome, the Italian capital, on June 4, 1944, climaxing a 24-day offensive which smashed through the German ...

New tenders handed over to Royal Air Force. Built by British power boat company. The new tenders at speed during the handing-over trials in Southampton Water. They are 37½-feet long, powered by two 100 horsepower engines and have a guaranteed speed of 24 knots with full load, and a range of 130 nautical miles at full speed.

U.S. and British carriers combining forces to smash Jap East Indies Base. A combined task force of U.S. and Britsh aircraft carries, along with other Allied warships, struck a heavy blow at the Japanese base of Sabang in nothern Sumatra on April 19, 1944. First major blow struck by the Britsh Eastern Naval forces in the Indian Ocean since the fall of Singapore, the raid left the enemy stronghold in ...

First pictures of British forces guarding Libyan frontier. An Egyptian outpost of the Mersa Matruh defences. A sandstorm is rising.