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A black and white aerial photo of a landscape. Woods fill the left-hand third of the image, there are mostly fields to the right and a road cuts across the top half. Scattered across the fields are over 60 gliders. Smoke blows from right to left.

Operation Market Garden at 80: The Battle

Immortalised in the epic film A Bridge Too Far and recorded in the NCAP Collection, Operation Market Garden might have brought about the end of the Second World War in 1944.

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A black and white oblique aerial photo of a river. A network of steel girders fills the bottom third of the image. Boats are visible beyond the bridge. In the distance are industrial buildings on the left riverbank and a second bridge with 3 spans.

Operation Market Garden at 80: Reconnaissance

On the 80th anniversary of the start of the famous Operation Market Garden, we explore how aerial photographs now in the NCAP Collection played a vital role in its planning...

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New Website Launch

NCAP is thrilled to announce the launch of its revamped website. 

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A black and white aerial photo of about a dozen ships pulled up on a beach. The land beyond the beach has been divided up into a grid, and the scene is slightly obscured by clouds or smoke.

Commemorating D-Day: A Historical Perspective from Above

On the 80th anniversary of one of the most important days of the twentieth century, we look at the images in the NCAP Collection which mark this defining moment.

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