Father Condron, a Roman Catholic priest, gives a cup of tea to a wounded soldier at No 35 Casualty Clearing Station, 6 October 1944.

A priest stands in the roofless shell of St. George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, on the corner of St. George’s Road and Lambeth Road in Southwark, South East London. The Cathedral was severely damaged by an incendiary bomb attack in 1942.

Partisan commanding officer, 1943.

Soviet partisans, 1943.

Princess Elizabeth changing a car tire at the Mechanical Transport Training Section, Camberley, Surrey during her WWII service. March 1945.

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A female air-warden carries a little girl after she had been rescued from her bombed home. England, The Second World War.
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In 1975 the Chicago Tribune newspaper conducted a survey among World War II veterans as to what they remembered most about the war-time period. The responses received most often were Glen Miller’s band, and the Varga Girl. As a result, Alberto was commissioned to paint his own tribute to the war; his painting was featured in the bicentennial commemorative edition of the paper published on December 7th, 1975.

Russian WWII veteran toasts with vodka during the annual Victory Day celebration in May, 2009.