Filters
Filters (1 applied)
Clear All-
type (7)
-
Conflict (7)
-
related units (72)
- United States Army (73)
- Royal Australian Air Force (57)
- 2/4th Field Regiment (51)
- Royal Australian Artillery (43)
- Royal Air Force (30)
- 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion (24)
- Paratroop units (23)
- 1 Paratroop Battalion (18)
- US 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (18)
- Indian Army (15)
- 6 Australian Division (14)
- 7 Australian Division (14)
- German Army (8)
- British Army (6)
- Royal Navy (6)
- United States Air Force (6)
- 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion (5)
- German Air Force (4)
- Commando units (3)
- Headquarters Units (3)
- No. 117 Squadron (RAF) (3)
- Special air service units (3)
- 2 Corps (2)
- 36 Squadron RAAF (2)
- Citizen Military Forces (2)
- Greek Forces (2)
- Imperial Japanese Army (2)
- No. 453 Squadron (2)
- RAAF Williamtown (2)
- RAAF design and survey units (2)
- Regimental aid posts (2)
- Royal Engineers (2)
- United States Marine Corps (2)
- 1 Division (1)
- 1 Machine Gun Battalion (1)
- 2 Base Ordnance Depot (1)
- 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (1)
- 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion (1)
- 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion (1)
- 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion (1)
- 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1)
- 9 Australian Division (1)
- Army of Republic of Vietnam (1)
- Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (1)
- Bomb disposal units (Engineers) (1)
- Diplomatic Corps (1)
- French Army (1)
- German Navy (1)
- HMAS Perth (1939-1942) (1)
- NSW Lines of Communication Area (1)
- New Zealand Army (1)
- No. 295 Squadron (RAF) (1)
- No. 298 Squadron (RAF) (1)
- No. 35 Squadron RAAF (1)
- No. 570 Squadron (RAF) (1)
- No. 62 Squadron (RAF) (1)
- North Vietnamese Forces (1)
- Parachute Training School (1)
- RAAF Point Cook (1)
- RAAF Richmond (1)
- RAAF vessels (1)
- Royal Canadian Air Force (1)
- Russian Forces (1)
- Salvation Army (1)
- South African Forces (1)
- Special Air Service Regiment (1)
- Special Operations Executive (1)
- Survey units (1)
- Transport ships (1)
- Wireless Air Gunners Schools (1)
- Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (1)
- Z Special Unit (1)
-
related places (53)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island (50)
- Europe: Netherlands (24)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Mount Garnet (21)
- Europe: Greece, Crete, Retimo (20)
- Europe: Greece, Crete (18)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Richmond (14)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England (13)
- Europe: Germany (11)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Nadzab (8)
- Europe: France (7)
- Europe: Italy (6)
- North & Central America: United States of America (5)
- Asia: Malaysia, Labuan (4)
- Asia: Singapore (4)
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Lae Markham River Area, Upper Markham River Area (4)
- Europe: Greece, Crete, Suda Bay (3)
- Asia: Burma (2)
- Asia: India (2)
- Asia: Timor (2)
- Europe: Flanders, Antwerpen Province, Antwerp (2)
- Europe: Greece, Crete, Heraklion (2)
- Europe: Italy, Sicily (2)
- Oceania: Australia (2)
- Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne (2)
- Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk (1)
- Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein (1)
- Asia: China, Hong Kong (1)
- Asia: Japan, Okinawa (1)
- Asia: Japan, Tokyo (1)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies (1)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island (1)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java (1)
- Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Sumatra (1)
- Europe: English Channel (1)
- Europe: France, Normandy (1)
- Europe: France, Paris (1)
- Europe: Greece (1)
- Europe: Greece, Crete, Galatas (1)
- Europe: Norway (1)
- Europe: Sweden (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Berkshire (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Essex (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom, England, Sussex (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland (1)
- Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland (1)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales (1)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Parkes (1)
- Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton (1)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Shoalwater Bay (1)
- Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Port Pirie (1)
- Oceania: New Zealand (1)
-
maker (44)
- Harrison, John Thomas (54)
- Halmarick, Colin Thomas (43)
- Krauth, Victor John (28)
- Unknown (28)
- Stuckey, Norman Bradford (19)
- Sutton, (given names unknown) (15)
- Dargie, William (4)
- Winters, Michael (4)
- Driver, Roy (2)
- Herald Newspaper (2)
- Isaac, Cyril Hampden (2)
- Nicholson, George Harvey (2)
- Anderson, Alan Frederick (1)
- Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd (1)
- Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) (1)
- Bastick, P (1)
- Buckley, Barry Robert (1)
- Cinesound (1)
- Coleridge, Michael (1)
- Coombes, C J A (1)
- Davis, Neil Brian (1)
- Defence Public Relations (DPR) (1)
- Die Deutsche Wochenschau (1)
- Dunne, Bryan Rupert (1)
- Errington, Philip John (1)
- Excelsior (1)
- G B Instructional Ltd (1)
- Gee, Penelope (1)
- International Shoe Company (1)
- Kinna, Darrell (1)
- Lewis, Colman Michael (1)
- Malayan Film Unit (1)
- March of Time Television (1)
- Monro, Ronald Keith (1)
- Overall, John (1)
- RAAF Historical Records Section Cine Unit SEAC (1)
- RAF Film Production Unit (1)
- Stewart, Alexander (1)
- Stirling, James Belton (1)
- Turner, Roy Frederick (1)
- Universum Film AG (1)
- Unknown British Official Photographer (1)
- War Department (1)
- Williams, John Munslow (1)
Show More
Show More
Show More
Collection
347 Results
-
A crater caused by the first German jet propelled aircraft crash which occurred at Nijmegen on 5 ...
Photograph
A crater caused by the first German jet propelled aircraft crash which occurred at Nijmegen on 5 October 1944. The aircraft, an ME 262 (Werk Nummer 170093) flown by Hauptmann (Captain) Hans-Christoff ...SUK13182
-
A Cretan couple witnesses the invasion
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
A scared elderly Cretan couple stands in their home as the German paratroopers float to the earth. The civilians of Crete, along with the British and allied soldiers, were amazed by the sight of thous...ART92805
-
Airborne in Rangoon area, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops awaiting the signal to line up ...
Photograph
Airborne in Rangoon area, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops awaiting the signal to line up and prepare to jump from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft in the airborne landing south of Rang...SEA0233
-
Airborne in Rangoon area, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops jumping from Douglas C47 ...
Photograph
Airborne in Rangoon area, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops jumping from Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft as they run up to the dropping zone south of Rangoon.SEA0234
-
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Bags of supplies swishing through the slip-stream of a ...
Photograph
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Bags of supplies swishing through the slip-stream of a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF operating in Burma. This is called a 'fre...SEA0167
-
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Burmese temples are scattered all over the country ...
Photograph
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Burmese temples are scattered all over the country flown over by RAAF members serving with RAF transport squadrons in India and Burma.SEA0172
-
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Supplies in cane baskets are being dropped from a ...
Photograph
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Supplies in cane baskets are being dropped from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF operating in Burma.SEA0166
-
Airborne over Germany. 1945-03-24. En route for the airborne landings over the Rhine show the ...
Photograph
Airborne over Germany. 1945-03-24. En route for the airborne landings over the Rhine show the glider at the extreme left in which flew Lieutenant General Boles, Commander of the 6th Airborne Division.SUK14119
-
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. British Gliders towed by Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft ...
Photograph
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. British Gliders towed by Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft over Southern France for the Allied airborne invasion.SUK12892
-
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. British Gliders towed by Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft ...
Photograph
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. British Gliders towed by Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft shortly after crossing into French territory from Italy for the Allied airborne invasion of Southern Fra...SUK12893
-
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. Towing Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft and British Gliders ...
Photograph
Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. Towing Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft and British Gliders crossing the coast of Southern France from Italy for the Allied airborne invasion in that area.SUK12894
-
Airborne over the English Channel. 1944-09-17. The air armada crossing the English Channel en ...
Photograph
Airborne over the English Channel. 1944-09-17. The air armada crossing the English Channel en route to the Allied air invasion of Holland.SUK13063
-
Akrotiri, Crete. German paratroopers take up their position ready for action with their weapons, ...
Photograph
Akrotiri, Crete. German paratroopers take up their position ready for action with their weapons, on a peninsula near Suda Bay.106493
-
Akyab, Burma. 5 January 1945. Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft waiting for the signal to ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. 5 January 1945. Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft waiting for the signal to take off and drop supplies to British and Indian paratroopers who landed south of Rangoon to capture heavy...SEA0236
-
Akyab, Burma. 5 January 1945. Line up of Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft waiting for the ...
Photograph
Akyab, Burma. 5 January 1945. Line up of Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft waiting for the signal to take off and drop supplies to British and Indian paratroopers who landed south of Rangoon to ca...SEA0237
-
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. An Indian paratroop demonstrates with kukhri (curved knife) the ...
Photograph
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. An Indian paratroop demonstrates with kukhri (curved knife) the fate in store for any Japanese who gets in his way. With him are RAAF members, Signalman R. Martin of Pert...SEA0229
-
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. 429075 Flight Sergeant V. J. C. (Jack) Mayo, wireless air gunner of ...
Photograph
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. 429075 Flight Sergeant V. J. C. (Jack) Mayo, wireless air gunner of Newcastle, NSW (centre back in light shirt), one of a number of RAAF members diverted from normal duti...SEA0232
-
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops, making their first operational jump, captured a ...
Photograph
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops, making their first operational jump, captured a number of heavy gun emplacements guarding the river approach to Rangoon. RAAF members were among aircre...SEA0228
-
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Three RAAF jumpmasters (front row) with other aircrew who trained ...
Photograph
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Three RAAF jumpmasters (front row) with other aircrew who trained British and Indian paratroops for their first operational jump a few miles south of Rangoon. Left to rig...SEA0231
-
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Three RAAF jumpmasters, who were among aircrew diverted from normal ...
Photograph
Akyal, Burma. 5 January 1945. Three RAAF jumpmasters, who were among aircrew diverted from normal duties to training Indian and British paratroops who participated in the capture of Rangoon, chatting ...SEA0230
-
America goes to war in the Pacific (Crusade in the Pacific part 4)
Film
Maker: March of Time Television
A United States television documentary using historic combat and newsreel footage. Covers the Japanese conquests in the Malaya, Hong Kong and the Netherland East Indies in early 1942. Shows Japanese f...F04958
-
ANTWERP, BELGIUM. 1944-10-03. MEMBER OF THE RE-FUELLING PARTY FILLING THE LONG RANGE TANK ON A ...
Photograph
ANTWERP, BELGIUM. 1944-10-03. MEMBER OF THE RE-FUELLING PARTY FILLING THE LONG RANGE TANK ON A SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT OF NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF ABOUT TO TAKE OFF FROM LANDING GROUND B.70 NEAR ANTWERP TO GIV...UK1945
-
ANTWERP, BELGIUM. 1944-10-03. PORTRAIT OF 403917 FLYING OFFICER J. H. FERGUSON, NEWCASTLE, NSW, ...
Photograph
ANTWERP, BELGIUM. 1944-10-03. PORTRAIT OF 403917 FLYING OFFICER J. H. FERGUSON, NEWCASTLE, NSW, MEMBER OF SPITFIRE OF NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF, OPERATING FROM LANDING GROUND B.70, AN AIRFIELD NEAR ANTWER...UK1946
-
A REPRODUCTION FROM THE GERMAN PUBLICATION KRETA. TITLED: BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. HERE PILOTS ...
Photograph
A REPRODUCTION FROM THE GERMAN PUBLICATION KRETA. TITLED: BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. HERE PILOTS AND JUMP CONTROLLERS HAVE CO-ORDINATED THEIR WORK PERFECTLY.106486
-
Army personnel volunteers on a course at RAAF Paratroop Training Unit, Richmond (NSW) go aboard a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Army personnel volunteers on a course at RAAF Paratroop Training Unit, Richmond (NSW) go aboard a Douglas C-47b Dakota aircraft of 37 Squadron to complete their third descent. Identified left to righ...EA0054
-
Army personnel who have volunteered to do the course at the RAAF Paratroop Training Unit don ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Army personnel who have volunteered to do the course at the RAAF Paratroop Training Unit don their parachutes and harnesses before a jump. The parachute used by paratroops (statichute) has a harness ...EA0060
-
Army personnel who volunteered for the course at the RAAF Paratroop Training Unit, RAAF Station, ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Army personnel who volunteered for the course at the RAAF Paratroop Training Unit, RAAF Station, Richmond, NSW, march to the Douglas C-47b Dakota aircraft from which they will perform their third desc...EA0058
-
At Sea. C. 1945-04. An airborne lifeboat, suspended from five parachutes, being dropped from a ...
Photograph
At Sea. C. 1945-04. An airborne lifeboat, suspended from five parachutes, being dropped from a RAF Warwick air/sea rescue aircraft dead on to the sea marker, which is giving off a pillar of smoke, to ...SUK14138
-
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The airborne lifeboat righting itself just after hitting the water after ...
Photograph
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The airborne lifeboat righting itself just after hitting the water after being dropped from a RAF Warwick air-sea rescue aircraft to rescue an American Catalina flying boat crew.SUK14139
-
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The crew of an American Catalina flying boat after they had been transferred ...
Photograph
At Sea. C. 1945-04. The crew of an American Catalina flying boat after they had been transferred from their dinghy to the airborne lifeboat dropped from a RAF Warwick air-sea rescue aircraft.SUK14140
-
Australian paratroops at Labuan and Singapore
Film
Maker: Nicholson, George Harvey
The advance detachment of 1 Australian Paratroop Battalion, AIF, approximately one hundred and twenty men, were flown to Labuan from Cairns, QLD, in preparation for being called to Singapore. It was t...F07324
-
-
Barra Winga paratroopers DPR/TV/505
Film
Maker: Coleridge, Michael
After two days of determined defence in hilly scrub covered country around the enemy base of Manifold during exercise "Barra Winga", Queensland Cong forces were forced out of their base camp, which th...F03815
-
Batavia, Java. February 1942. Headquarters, 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, at Batavia ...
Photograph
Maker: Williams, John Munslow
Batavia, Java. February 1942. Headquarters, 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, at Batavia Aerodrome, Tjililitan, Java. The initial role of the battalion in Java was the defence of the aerodrome again...030390/02
-
[2 Battalion Parachute Regiment, British Army training jump pre-Arnhem operation]
Film
Maker: Lewis, Colman Michael
[2 Battalion Parachute Regiment, British Army training jump pre-Arnhem operation]F03357
-
BRITISH PARATROOPS ON A TRAINING OPERATION. THE USE OF PARATROOPS IN THE SICILIAN CAMPAIGN ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
BRITISH PARATROOPS ON A TRAINING OPERATION. THE USE OF PARATROOPS IN THE SICILIAN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTED CONSIDERABLY TO THE ALLIED VICTORY. PARATROOPERS IN MID AIR AFTER DROPPING FROM A DOUGLAS C47 DAK...015588
-
Burma. c. 1 May 1945. Group Captain H. P. Pleasance DFC and Bar, the Allied Air Forces Assault ...
Photograph
Burma. c. 1 May 1945. Group Captain H. P. Pleasance DFC and Bar, the Allied Air Forces Assault Force Commander (centre without hat), briefs RAF officers for D-Day on Rangoon. Preparations for the taki...P02491.059
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. A final word to the Indian paratroops of South East Asia Command before they ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. A final word to the Indian paratroops of South East Asia Command before they emplaned for their drop on Rangoon was given by the chief RAF paratroop instructor, Flight Lieutenant R....P02491.057
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. Hundreds of parachutes were left on the ground by the paratroops who landed by ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. Hundreds of parachutes were left on the ground by the paratroops who landed by them during the invasion. Paratroops of South East Asia Command landed from the air on strategic point...P02491.062
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. Indian paratroops awaiting the signal to leave the aircraft to drop on ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. Indian paratroops awaiting the signal to leave the aircraft to drop on Rangoon. Paratroops of South East Asia Command were dropped by air on strategic points around the town and por...P02491.058
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. Landing barges unloading their troops onto a beach of the Rangoon River, seen ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. Landing barges unloading their troops onto a beach of the Rangoon River, seen from an aircraft. Paratroops of South East Asia Command dropped from the air on strategic points round ...P02491.060
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. Parachutes slowly falling in the sky, suspending paratroops who landed at ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. Parachutes slowly falling in the sky, suspending paratroops who landed at strategic points around the town and port of Rangoon, the capital of Burma. The paratroops of South East As...P02491.061
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. Paratroops emplaning for an operation. In the doorway is Sergeant Varley of ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. Paratroops emplaning for an operation. In the doorway is Sergeant Varley of Barnsley, Yorkshire. Assisting the paratroops into the aircraft at the bottom of the steps is Flight Serg...P02491.055
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. Some of the Indian paratroops of South East Asia Command standing in a line, ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. Some of the Indian paratroops of South East Asia Command standing in a line, being given a final inspection before they emplaned for their drop on Rangoon. Two RAF paratroop instruc...P02491.056
-
Burma. 1 May 1945. The seaborne invasion steaming towards the river and port. Landing barges of ...
Photograph
Burma. 1 May 1945. The seaborne invasion steaming towards the river and port. Landing barges of the Royal Navy landed on both banks of the Rangoon river, south of the town. Fires in the background wer...P02491.063
-
CATARACT DAM, NSW. C.1943-05. WING COMMANDER W. WETTON DFC (RAAF) FROM THE PARACHUTE BATTALION, ...
Photograph
Maker: Sutton, (given names unknown)
CATARACT DAM, NSW. C.1943-05. WING COMMANDER W. WETTON DFC (RAAF) FROM THE PARACHUTE BATTALION, MAKING AN EXIT FROM AN AIRCRAFT FOR A WATER-JUMP.133750
-
Chaklala, India. July 1943. Group portrait of members of "A" Flight 62 Squadron RAF. Back row, ...
Photograph
Chaklala, India. July 1943. Group portrait of members of "A" Flight 62 Squadron RAF. Back row, left to right: Myer (RCAF), Bryers (RCAF), Pilot Officer McLaren (RAAF), Hunt (RAF), Flight Lieutenant Fr...P02586.005
-
Church on Hill 'C' above the village of Perivolia, Crete
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The scene of heavy fighting between the German paratroops and 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion supported by Greek troops during the invasion of Crete by the Axis forces in May 1941.ART24054
-
Clay-pits near the air strip, Iraklion
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
The town of Iraklion is described in the Official War History as Heraklion. This was a site of heavy fighting against German paratroops in May 1941.ART24051
-
Commandos exercise in Western Australia DPR/TV/1569
Film
Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)
Nine hundred crack commando and infantry troops are taking part in a realistic commando type exercise in the rugged Kimberley region in the north west of Western Australia. The exercise - Appian Way -...F04590
-
Commemorative Medal for the Czech Army Abroad : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade (1944)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze commemorative medal for the Czech Army Abroad. Obverse has an openwork lindel wreath framing a sword pointing downward. The suspender ring is looped through the top hilt of the sword. A silver ...REL44197.002
-
Coombes, C.J.A., MC, ED (Lieutenant-Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Coombes, C J A
Address to United Service Institution (USI) of Victoria entitled "The Campaign in Crete", concerning the Allies' movements during the German airbourne attack of May 1941.3DRL/1024
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. A BRITISH HEAVY TANK DITCHED ON THE ROADSIDE NEAR JUNCTION A DURING FIGHTING ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. A BRITISH HEAVY TANK DITCHED ON THE ROADSIDE NEAR JUNCTION A DURING FIGHTING AGAINST GERMAN PARATROOPS 1941-05, EAST OF PERIVOLIA, IN THE RETIMO (RETHYMNON) AREA.131092
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. A DEPRESSION (WADI) IN THE PERIVOLIA COASTAL STRIP NEAR RETIMO (RETHYMNON), ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. A DEPRESSION (WADI) IN THE PERIVOLIA COASTAL STRIP NEAR RETIMO (RETHYMNON), WHERE HEAVY FIGHTING TOOK PLACE BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND 2/1ST AND 2/11TH BATTALIONS 1941-05.131083
-
CRETE. 1945-06-08. A MONUMENT TO PARATROOPERS AT A GERMAN CEMETERY IN OLIVE GROVES SOUTH OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-08. A MONUMENT TO PARATROOPERS AT A GERMAN CEMETERY IN OLIVE GROVES SOUTH OF DARUTZO, NEAR GALATAS.130976
-
Crete. c.1941-05. Paratroopers jump from their aircraft.
Photograph
Crete. c.1941-05. Paratroopers jump from their aircraft.106485
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. DISTANT VIEW OF RETIMO (RETHYMNON) FROM ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. DISTANT VIEW OF RETIMO (RETHYMNON) FROM ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE THE VILLAGE OF PERIVOLIA. THIS AREA SAW HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND 2/11TH BATTALION IN ...131074
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. PERIVOLIA AND RETIMO (RETHYMNON) SEEN FROM FORMER 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. PERIVOLIA AND RETIMO (RETHYMNON) SEEN FROM FORMER 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES TO THE SOUTH, LOOKING ACROSS A DEPRESSION (WADI) IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. THIS AREA S...131087
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. POINT Z ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. POINT Z ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF 2/11TH BATTALION POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETHYMNON. WHERE A GERMAN MEDIUM TANK APPEARED AT THE END OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN GERMAN PARAT...131098
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE THE TOWN OF PERIVOLIA. OCCUPIED FIRST BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE THE TOWN OF PERIVOLIA. OCCUPIED FIRST BY GERMAN PARATROOPS IN 1941-05 IT WAS TAKEN 1941-05-23 BY THE 2/11TH BATTALION. NOTE SIGNS OF DAMAGE IN TH...131071
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE THE TOWN OF PERIVOLIA. OCCUPIED FIRST BY ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. ST GEORGE'S CHURCH ON HILL C, ABOVE THE TOWN OF PERIVOLIA. OCCUPIED FIRST BY GERMAN PARATROOPS IN 1941-05 IT WAS TAKEN 1941-05-23 BY THE 2/11TH BATTALION. NOTE SIGNS OF DAMAGE ON TH...131072
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE COUNTRYSIDE LOOKING SOUTH FROM FORMER AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. THE COUNTRYSIDE LOOKING SOUTH FROM FORMER AUSTRALIAN POSITIONS ON HILL B, FOUR MILES EAST OF RETHYMNON. THIS AREA SAW HEAVY FIGHTING IN 1941-05 BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND THE 2/1...131085
-
CRETE. 1945-06-17. VIEW OF COUNTRYSIDE FROM HILL C, ABOVE THE VILLAGE OF PERIVOLIA. THIS AREA SAW ...
Photograph
Maker: Krauth, Victor John
CRETE. 1945-06-17. VIEW OF COUNTRYSIDE FROM HILL C, ABOVE THE VILLAGE OF PERIVOLIA. THIS AREA SAW HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN GERMAN PARATROOPS AND 2/11TH BATTALION IN 1941-05.131076
-
Czech Medal for Gallantry : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakian Medal for Gallantry. Obverse shows lion's head behind upturned sword. A Patriarchal cross is to the left of the lion's face. Across the tip of the sword, over the head of the lion is ...REL44197.004
-
Czech Military Medal for Merit 1st Grade : Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovakian Military Medal for Merit, 1st grade. The obverse has three soldiers' heads in helmets underneath raised lettering 'ZA ZASLUHY' [For merit]. 'CSR' in raised lettering at bottom. Reverse...REL44197.006
-
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 : Sergeant Frantisek (Frank) Kocyan, 2nd Czechoslovak Paradesant Brigade (1944)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 in bronze finish and dye-struck. Obverse has a crested shield in the centre showing the Czech double-tailed rampant lion. Crossed swords point up through angles. Rev...REL44197.001
-
Czech 60th anniversary medal of the end of the Second World War : Frantisec (Frank) Kocyan
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Czechoslovak 60th anniversary of the end of WW2 medal. Obverse has Czechoslovakian map with a five pointed star in relief. Raisewd lettering around circumference reads '60. VYROCI UKONCENI 2. SVETOVE ...REL44197.003
-
-
England. 1944-09-17. A scene on a RAF station in Britain as Stirling aircraft and Glider aircraft ...
Photograph
England. 1944-09-17. A scene on a RAF station in Britain as Stirling aircraft and Glider aircraft lined up for the take-off of the first Allied airborne army to operate against the enemy in Holland.SUK13036
-
England. 1944-09-17. A send-off for RAF Stirling aircraft and Glider aircraft from a RAF station ...
Photograph
England. 1944-09-17. A send-off for RAF Stirling aircraft and Glider aircraft from a RAF station in Britain as they depart with troops for the airborne invasion of Holland on 1944-09-17.SUK13035
-
ENGLAND. 1944-06. BRITISH ARMY PARATROOPERS, WATCHED BY THE RAF CREW, BOARD THE AIRCRAFT TO TAKE ...
Photograph
ENGLAND. 1944-06. BRITISH ARMY PARATROOPERS, WATCHED BY THE RAF CREW, BOARD THE AIRCRAFT TO TAKE THEM TO FRANCE, TO BEGIN THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE, WHICH STARTED WITH LANDINGS BY AIRBORNE FORCES. (BRI...128654
-
ENGLAND. 1944-09. BRITISH TROOPS OF THE 1ST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY AT AN AIRFIELD, PREPARING THEIR ...
Photograph
ENGLAND. 1944-09. BRITISH TROOPS OF THE 1ST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY AT AN AIRFIELD, PREPARING THEIR EQUIPMENT BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE GLIDERS FOR THEIR OPERATION IN HOLLAND. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH,...128676
-
England. C. 1944-10. An airborne lifeboat fitted to a Warwick aircraft of the RAF Air Sea Rescue ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-10. An airborne lifeboat fitted to a Warwick aircraft of the RAF Air Sea Rescue service.SUK13115
-
England. C. 1944-10. An assembled airborne lifeboat as fitted to aircraft of the RAF Air Sea ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-10. An assembled airborne lifeboat as fitted to aircraft of the RAF Air Sea Rescue service.SUK13114
-
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air-Sea ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air-Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s...SUK13118
-
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s...SUK13119
-
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s...SUK13117
-
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-10. The airborne lifeboat, dropped by parachute, is a new device of Air Sea Rescue. The lifeboat, made of wood with two buoyancy chambers, twenty seven feet in length, complete with s...SUK13116
-
England. C. 1944-05. View through a parachute air vent after the parachutist has just landed ...
Photograph
England. C. 1944-05. View through a parachute air vent after the parachutist has just landed during instruction in parachute jumping at an RAF Station in Britain.SUK12296
-
England. 1944-09-17. Group Captain A. H. Wheeler of Thurso, Station Commander, hears the report ...
Photograph
England. 1944-09-17. Group Captain A. H. Wheeler of Thurso, Station Commander, hears the report from the Officer Commanding one of his squadrons, Wing Commander G. E. Harrison DFC of Littlehampton, Su...SUK13021
-
ENGLAND. 1944-06-04. INFORMAL GROUP OF RAAF AIRCREW WHO FLY GLIDER TOWING AIRCRAFT OF NO. 298 ...
Photograph
ENGLAND. 1944-06-04. INFORMAL GROUP OF RAAF AIRCREW WHO FLY GLIDER TOWING AIRCRAFT OF NO. 298 SQUADRON RAF, AND WHO TOOK PART IN THE AIRBORNE INVASION ON D DAY, BESIDE ONE OF THE HEAVY BOMBERS WHICH A...UK1706
-
England. 1944-09-17. One of the RAF Stirling aircrews being interrogated on their return from the ...
Photograph
England. 1944-09-17. One of the RAF Stirling aircrews being interrogated on their return from the operation over Holland, in which they dropped the Allied airborne forces.SUK13065
-
1. Ex Duce Mussolini sees Hitler for consolation 2. US Marines storm Tarawa 3. Brisbane rodeo. (News From Home No. 72)
Film
1. (1 min 11 sec) A captured German film shows Mussolini meeting Hitler after being rescued from imprisonment on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi by a German parachute unit led by Otto Skorzeny. Also shows M...F00763
-
[Extracts from German newsreels: French and Norwegian campaigns, 1940]
Film
Maker: Universum Film AG
Extracts from various German UFA newsreels with commentary in Spanish or English. Stories covered are: Dunkirk (Spanish commentary). French campaign, destruction of Beligium forts at Lille, fall of Va...F01943
-
[Extracts from German newsreels: Home front and Arnhem] (Die Deutsche Wochenschau 41/42 1944 Wpr) = (The German newsreel 41/42 1944 Wpr)
Film
Maker: Die Deutsche Wochenschau
German newsreel c September 1944. German language commentary. Items covered: 1. Hitler Youth members of the Landienst (land army) learn agriculture and animal husbandry as part of a 10 year project fo...F01964
-
German paratroopers flight to Crete
Art
Maker: Winters, Michael
Within a plane flying over Crete German paratroopers sit and await their fate, around them swirls a dark spectre of death.ART92804
-
GERMAN PARATROOPS JUMPING FROM A JUNKERS JU52/3 MG6E DURING THE AIR EXERCISES OF 1938. THE ...
Photograph
GERMAN PARATROOPS JUMPING FROM A JUNKERS JU52/3 MG6E DURING THE AIR EXERCISES OF 1938. THE AIRCRAFT BEARS THE RED DISK SYMBOL OF THE ATTACKING FORCE. THE ACTION IS RECORDED BY AN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH...P01339.005
-
GERMANY. 1945-03-25. BRITISH AIRBORNE TROOPS OF THE 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, TAKE COVER AFTER THEIR ...
Photograph
GERMANY. 1945-03-25. BRITISH AIRBORNE TROOPS OF THE 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, TAKE COVER AFTER THEIR GLIDER HAD CRASH LANDED, EAST OF THE RHINE. (BRITISH WAR OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH, BU2277).128680
-
GERMANY. 1945-03-24. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT OF THE BRITISH AIRBORNE FLEET FLYING IN ...
Photograph
GERMANY. 1945-03-24. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT OF THE BRITISH AIRBORNE FLEET FLYING IN FORMATION AFTER MEETING THE AMERICAN AIR FLEET. ABOVE THEM STIRLING AIRCRAFT TOWING GLIDERS ARE FORMING AN AERI...128709
-
GERMANY. 1945-03-24. PART OF THE AIRBORNE FORCE FLYING ABOVE THE RHINE IN THE GREAT ALLIED ...
Photograph
GERMANY. 1945-03-24. PART OF THE AIRBORNE FORCE FLYING ABOVE THE RHINE IN THE GREAT ALLIED AIRBORNE AMARDA. THE GLIDERS LANDED THROUGH HEAVY FLAK. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, CL2227).128708
-
GERMANY. 1944-09-17. RAF HALIFAX AIRCRAFT TOWING HORSA GLIDERS OVER THE RHINE AS THE FIRST ALLIED ...
Photograph
GERMANY. 1944-09-17. RAF HALIFAX AIRCRAFT TOWING HORSA GLIDERS OVER THE RHINE AS THE FIRST ALLIED AIRBRONE ARMY FLEW FORWARD INTO HOLLAND. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, CL1146).128706
-
Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the airborne troops landed for the cross-Rhine offensive on 1945-03-24.UK2807
-
Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the ...
Photograph
Maker: Isaac, Cyril Hampden
Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the airborne troops landed for the cross-Rhine offensive on 1945-03-24.UK2806
-
Gliders
Film
The airborne invasion of Normandy, France. The purpose was to seize vital bridges stradling the river Orne and the ships canal between Caen and the Normandy coast. Parachute and glider-borne formation...F02270
-
Government Marines advance into Quang Tri Province move comes as President Thieu pledges recapture of all lost territory (Visnews production number 7676-72). South Vietnamese airborne troops penetrate into Quang Tri City amid heavy North Vietnamese resistance (Visnews production number 8756-72)
Film
Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Visnews 7676/72: South Vietnamese Marines have regained a foothold in Quang Tri Province seized by Communist units during the early days of the latest North Vietnamese offensive. No details have been ...F10515
-
G.Q. Weapons sleeve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Olive green canvas equipment bag designed for parachute operations. The mouth of the bag is hemmed and stitched with white cotton. It has no drawstring or any other method of sealing the bag. At the t...REL38817
-
GREECE, C.1941-06. GERMAN PARATROOPERS ABOUT TO BOARD THE JUNKERS JU52 AIRCRAFT BEHIND THEM, TO ...
Photograph
GREECE, C.1941-06. GERMAN PARATROOPERS ABOUT TO BOARD THE JUNKERS JU52 AIRCRAFT BEHIND THEM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVASION OF CRETE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM A GERMAN CAMERA ON CRETE.P00057.032
-
Greece - Crete (Anzac TV series)
Film
Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Greece - Crete (Anzac TV series)F10034-05
-
Group portrait of trainee paratroopers at the RAAF Paratroop Training Unit. They are hand-picked ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of trainee paratroopers at the RAAF Paratroop Training Unit. They are hand-picked volunteers from the Army. Identified from left to right: Back - SX22992 Private R M Pellisier of Port...EA0046
-
Hamminkeln Area, Germany. C. 1945-03-24. German prisoners taken by men of the 6th Airborne ...
Photograph
Hamminkeln Area, Germany. C. 1945-03-24. German prisoners taken by men of the 6th Airborne Division shortly after the airborne landings over the Rhine.SUK14121