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The Americans' second year of the war saw the Eighth Air Force finally bombing Berlin, or 'Big-B' as it was known.

Essex is populated with defensive structures that have gone some way to combating the threat of invasion.

Colwyn Bay lies in a wonderful spot on the sunny coast of North Wales.

'Kids supposed to evacuate this afternoon.

D-Day and operation OVERLORD are often regarded as one of the most important operation of all time.

During the Second World War, Norfolk was truly on the 'front line'.

At the onset of the Second World War, Frank Pleszak's father MikoAaj, aged nineteen, was forcibly removed from his family in Poland by the Russian secret police and exiled to the harshest of the Siberian labour camps, the dreaded Soviet gulags of Kolyma.

On 1st September 1939 evacuee children arrived at Cirencester, the first of 'a sorry procession' to leave the cities for the comparative safety of the Cotswolds.

The wartime airfi eld at Rivenhall is typical of the many airbases that were hastily built in Britain following the entry of the US into the Second World War.

Prisoners of War in Bedfordshire is a blend of local military and social history, placed in a national context.

Huddersfield at War takes us through the years between the announcement on 3 September 1939 that England was at War with Germany, to the VE celebrations on 8 May 1945.

This book tells the story of one of the most amazing PoW Camps of the second World War.

Around Lingfield at War is an extraordinary account of the life of a rural community during the Second World War.

A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the propaganda booklet issued following victory in the Battle of Britain.

Spitfire Voices represents an important oral history of the Spitfire from the fighter pilot's perspective.

Somerset's contribution to the Second World War was extremely varied.

A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia, a facsimile edition of the manual used by the Land Girls during the Second World War.

During the Second World War Devon was reputedly the most militarized county in the country.

Once described as the 'worst tank that ever won the war', the Sherman tank was never going to be the equal of the German heavies in a direct tank-on-tank confrontation.

The personal story of a British tank sergeant's war, from the fall of France in 1940, through the bloody campaigns against Rommel's forces in North Africa, the hard-fought drive up Italy, D-Day and the battles for France and the low countries, and the invasion of the German heartland itself.

Espionage is one of the world's oldest professions, and it played an integral role in Allied successes and failures during the Second World War.

The final year of the Second World War was very quiet in terms of naval operations, as European leaders turned their minds towards peace with the promise of unconditional German surrender.

The sixth year of the Second World War began positively for the Allies, with the successful landings at Anzio, codenamed Operation Shingle.

At the beginning of the year, the Battle of Guadalcanal was still raging on, but the Americans had secured their first complete victory in the Pacific by the end of February, although the war in this theatre was far from over, with several further engagements taking place throughout the year.

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

As 1942, the fourth year of the war, began, victory for the Allies was still a long way off.

1943 saw the tide of war change fully in the Allies' favour.

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy.

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

January 1940 saw the escalation of the sea war between Britain and Germany.

In the first of a series of books, naval expert Phil Carradice takes us through the war at sea in 1939, using previously unpublished and rare images of the battles, the ships and the people involved.

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

1945 was the meeting point of two eras.

1944 saw the largest seaborne invasion ever staged in Operation Overlord.

1943 saw the Allies on the offensive, with victories in North Africa followed by the invasion of Sicily and landings in Italy establishing a foothold on mainland Europe, while on the Eastern Front the Red Army was making gains, and in the Pacific the Japanese-held islands were falling.

1942 was the turning point of the war.

1941 At the beginning of the year, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy.

1940 As the period of the 'Phoney War' came to an end, the Nazis unleashed their Blitzkrieg tactics, which saw the rapid mobility of the ground forces closely supported by superior air power.

Alexander Korda's 1936 film The Shape of Things to Come predicted the nightmare of aerial bombing against London.

Seventy-five years ago, on 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

Though less iconic than the nimble Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane was a vital stalwart in the British war effort.

He had one of the more unglamorous jobs in the Second World War, but self-taught violinist George Warner's letters home from the North African and Italian campaigns - in which he served as a dispatch rider for the Royal Army Service Corps - provide an enthralling, humane account of Europe's darkest years.

From day one of the Second World War to the last, fighter pilots from Derbyshire were active.

During the first four years of the Second World War, Churchill and his military advisers were constantly concerned with the defence and sustenance of Malta.

Barnes Wallis was the most famous inventor and designer of the Second World War.

Guy Gibson's 617 Squadron was founded for one reason only - Operation Chastise - the raid on the Ruhr dams.

In 1939, at the age of nine Geoffrey Lee Williams and his twin brother Alan felt ready for the war but were not ready for its consequences.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Guy Burgess, an officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, convinced his superiors that a special school be opened to teach sabotage.

Molly's touching account of life in Guernsey during the German Occupation brings events of the Second World War to life through the eyes of a young child.