Winston Churchill with his scientific advisor Lord Cherwell (extreme left), Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, watching a display of anti-aircraft gunnery, June 1941. Animals in War Two women operate a shell

Two women operate a shell case forming machine at the New Gun Factory of the Royal Arsenal

Irish Guards wearing gasmasks advance through smoke with 'tommy guns' at the ready

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7th Rajput Regiment about to go on patrol on the Arakan front

Royal Air Force rolling out at Gabes soon after noon on 6 April 1943 for a tank-busting raid

Winston Churchill with his scientific advisor Lord Cherwell (extreme left), Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, watching a display of anti-aircraft gunnery, June 1941. Animals in War Two women operate a shellEvents and Personalities: Protagonists in the debate on the value of the strategic bombing offensive against Germany: left to right, Lord Cherwell, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound and Prime Minister Winston Chur