Imperial War Museum

The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day.
The Museum's art collection is one of the largest and most important collections of modern British art in the world.
The Museum's art collection is one of the largest and most important collections of modern British art in the world.
An elephant pulling a Supermarine Walrus aircraft into position at a Fleet Air Arm station in India, June 1944.
Two sailors carrying the Christmas tree and holly for Christmas festivities with the destroyer flotilla at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, December 1941.
Fairey Swordfish Mk I torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm on a training flight from Crail in Scotland, 1940.
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX at Eastleigh in Hampshire, after assembly at Vickers Armstrong Ltd, 9 May 1944.
A Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc of No. 885 Naval Air Squadron on the flight deck of HMS FORMIDABLE in the Mediterranean, December 1942.
Ice forming on a 20-inch signal lamp on the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD while escorting an Arctic convoy to Russia, December 1941.