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 Irish Guards wearing gasmasks advance

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

Two women operate a shell case forming machine at the New Gun Factory of the Royal Arsenal

Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W Tedder

207 Squadron being moved using a Clayton tractor at Ligescourt

8 July 1940

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 Irish Guards wearing gasmasks advanceEvents 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