On His Majesty's Secret Service ; As the Nation Prepares for the D-Day Commemoration, the Daily Post Publishes Top Secret Photographs Taken for the Government by the Legendary Merseyside Photographer Bob Bird.

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IT WAS a time for boffins, flying cars and cats, wicked dictators,crazy contraptions and the smiling grocer's boy, who won a camera in a crossword competition and went on to photograph World War II for the British Government.

Now,as the nation prepares for the D-Day commemorations and celebrations, special permission has been granted for those monochrome images to be published.

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On His Majesty's Secret Service ; As the Nation Prepares for the D-Day Commemoration, the Daily Post Publishes Top Secret Photographs Taken for the Government by the Legendary Merseyside Photographer Bob Bird.

They tell of how,even in the darkest days, whenEurope trembled under the Nazi jackboots,and our expeditionary force had been driven back to the sea, we planned our return.

But invading a continent defended by some of the most ruthlessly efficient and powerful troops in the world was an awesome prospect.

So,inventors and experts...

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