Members of a British Royal Air Force bombing squadron hold thumbs up on April 22, 1940, as they return to home base from an attack on German warships off Bergen, Norway. (AP Photo) #  

Battle for Norway 1940

British Bren-carriers rolling off LST-314 and coming ashore in 1943 near Salerno, Italy

Salerno landings

Members of the Black Watch, one of the famed Scottish regiments, undergo rough training in South Coast sector of England, in 1940. The men were training to be combat parachutists. (AP Photo) #  