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Shells of a different kind. Men at work on oxygen cylinders at a British shell factory now busy with orders for the Ministry of Supply.

Shells of a different kind. Men at work on oxygen cylinders at a British shell factory now busy with orders for the Ministry of Supply.

Mass production of shells in peacetime factories. A vast supply of shells piled in a storeroom of a munitions factory - one of those converted from quite different peacetime work.

Artillery shells rebels from headquarters in Toledo. Government militia, rifles at the ready, advancing on the ruins of the Alcazar in Toledo after the bombardment.

Nazi prisoners Dodge Shells. German soldiers captured in St. Lo dive for shelter as shells land by them during the fighting on the outskirst of the hinge city of the Nazi defense line in Western Normandy. St. Lo was taken by American forces July 18, 1944.

Japanese oil dump on Saipan fired by U.S. shells. Smoke billows skyward from a Japanese oil dump at Garapan on Saipan Island, set afire by U.S. artillery fire and shells from U.S. destroyers in bay (background). American troops fought their way into Garapan, the capital, over the rolling country in the foreground, and on July 8, 1944, completed the capture of Saipan. The victory puts U.S. forces within ...

Westkepelle, Walcheren Island, Province of Zeeland. Results of bombs and shells. Here, where the Royal Marines landed, is the devastation facing repair squads. Note overturned boat on top of debris.

Us battleship shells Japanese positions on Attu. Its guns smoking, a U.S. Navy battleship standing off the Holtz Bay area hurls shells into Japanese shore installations on Attu in the Aloutian chain as American units carried out landing operations which led to the rout of Japanese forces on the island.