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![[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--two men load a wagon with their possessions, among ruins]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYmF0dGVyc2VhLWluY2lkZW50LWVuZ2xhbmQtamFudWFyeS0xOTQ1LXR3by1tZW4tbG9hZC1hLXdhZ29uLXdpdGgtdGhlaXItcG9zc2Vzc2lvbnMtYzc5OWI3LTEwMjQuanBn/320/402/jpg "[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--two men load a wagon with their possessions, among ruins]")
![[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, British flag overhead]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYmF0dGVyc2VhLWluY2lkZW50LWVuZ2xhbmQtamFudWFyeS0xOTQ1LWdpcmwtYW1vbmctdGhlLXJ1aW5zLWJyaXRpc2gtZmxhZy1vdmVyaGVhZC1iNTMzYjUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, British flag overhead]")
![[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--A.W.V.S. canteen serves hot coffee]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvYmF0dGVyc2VhLWluY2lkZW50LWVuZ2xhbmQtamFudWFyeS0xOTQ1LWF3dnMtY2FudGVlbi1zZXJ2ZXMtaG90LWNvZmZlZS1iY2QzYmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--A.W.V.S. canteen serves hot coffee]")
![[Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in background, German soldiers on horseback view the scene]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvYWJhbmRvbmVkLWJyaXRpc2gtdHJlbmNoLXdoaWNoLXdhcy1jYXB0dXJlZC1ieS10aGUtZ2VybWFucy1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLWdlcm1hbi1lNzU0NzgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Abandoned British trench which was captured by the Germans; in background, German soldiers on horseback view the scene]")
![Palestine disturbances 1936. British soldier guarding the wreck [near Kefr-Jenuis]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzYvMDEvMDEvcGFsZXN0aW5lLWRpc3R1cmJhbmNlcy0xOTM2LWJyaXRpc2gtc29sZGllci1ndWFyZGluZy10aGUtd3JlY2stbmVhci1rZWZyLWplbnVpcy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "Palestine disturbances 1936. British soldier guarding the wreck [near Kefr-Jenuis]")
![Salvaged rolling stock from R.R. [i.e., railroad] sabotage, 1938](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvc2FsdmFnZWQtcm9sbGluZy1zdG9jay1mcm9tLXJyLWllLXJhaWxyb2FkLXNhYm90YWdlLTE5MzgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "Salvaged rolling stock from R.R. [i.e., railroad] sabotage, 1938")
![Palestine disturbances 1936. British ship brin[g]ing loads of war material [Haifa]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzYvMDEvMDEvcGFsZXN0aW5lLWRpc3R1cmJhbmNlcy0xOTM2LWJyaXRpc2gtc2hpcC1icmluZ2luZy1sb2Fkcy1vZi13YXItbWF0ZXJpYWwtaGFpZmEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Palestine disturbances 1936. British ship brin[g]ing loads of war material [Haifa]")
