"The San Francisco News" newspaper reporting a Japanese attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii: December 7, 1941. 

Newspaper vendor with "EXTRA" edition

   Princess Elizabeth (future Queen of Great Britain, Elizabeth II) is about to change the wheel or tire of an Austin Tilly car. 
   In February 1945, Elizabeth joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (WATS) and was trained as an ambulance driver.



Doing her share

British women working during wartime, so men can be away and do the fighting; November 27, 1942. 