Winston Churchill with his scientific advisor Lord Cherwell (extreme left), Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, watching a display of anti-aircraft gunnery, June 1941. Animals in War HMAS AUSTRALIA flies off a

HMAS AUSTRALIA flies off a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter from her 'Q' turret

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vbs of No 417 Squadron

Irish Guards wearing gasmasks advance through smoke with 'tommy guns' at the ready

7th Rajput Regiment about to go on patrol on the Arakan front

Royal Air Force rolling out at Gabes soon after noon on 6 April 1943 for a tank-busting raid

Winston Churchill with his scientific advisor Lord Cherwell (extreme left), Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, watching a display of anti-aircraft gunnery, June 1941. Animals in War HMAS AUSTRALIA flies off aEvents and Personalities: Protagonists in the debate on the value of the strategic bombing offensive against Germany: left to right, Lord Cherwell, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound and Prime Minister Winston Chur