Dylan Thomas; Caitlin Macnamara Thomas

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Thomas met Caitlin Macnamara in 1936 and they married in 1937. The couple were based in London from 1934 until 1949, when they settled permanently in Laugharne, Wales. Photographed in their home, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London. Published in Lilliput, August 1944, as one of ten photographs documenting the people and street of Chelsea.

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Current affairs

London is hit by the V1 Flying Bomb. This weapon, developed by the German Luftwaffe and colloquially known as the 'Buzz Bomb', or 'Doodlebug', was the first guided missile and was used for attacks on targets in England and Belgium.

Art and science

Laurence Olivier's epic film version of Henry V is released. Olivier directed and starred in the film, which was partly funded by the British government in recognition of its morale-boosting patriotic appeal. The cast included service men as Henry's army.

International

France is liberated from German-occupation following the Battle for Normandy. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied-France led by Field Marshall Montgomery, was the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million soldiers crossing the channel from England to France. Troops landed on the 6th June (D-Day), and Paris was liberated in late August.

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