Rare photos from the Second World War spotlight the history of women in service

World War II was a defining moment in the history of modern women: While men went off to battlefields, women took up responsibility in factories and offices. But that is not all: In the UK, women also joined the war as service members—including the Queen of England herself, who was war mechanic when she was still a princess.

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