A British corporal handles several Thompson "Tommy" submachine guns at an ordnance depot in the Midlands, following their arrival from the United States of America through the Lend-Lease Program, on March 23, 1942.


Lapful of Tommy guns

British soldiers in high spirit about to ship out to join their comrades-in-arm in mainland Europe. War must be nearing the end with Berlin in sight.

Bound to the front

Two Polish soldiers of the British Army guard a group of German prisoners in a field in the Netherlands