Men of the 8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (TA), in 1939. They started to feel the winds of war already and made preparation in the British Isles with training to meet it...


Preparing for the storm

Wounded German soldiers recuperating in a hospital, pose with some of the nurses taking care of them. - No date or location known.

Wounded soldiers and nurses

 DATING AND MARRIAGE DURING WW2 IN NORTHERN AMERICA.
 Once the United States joined World War II, the urge to get married among many young couples proved too compelling to resist. In 1942 alone, 1.8 million weddings took place, up 83 percent from 10 years before! And two-thirds of those brides were marrying men newly enlisted in the military. Some married to avoid draft, since men with dependents were deferred until 1942.
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