World War Two

Arnhem 1944

Late September 1944 the Allies advance against a dogged Nazi defence was slowing down. Operation Market Garden was the audacious plan for airborne troops to accelerate the advance via the captur…

Arnhem 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

The British Parachute Regiment was joined at Arnhem by the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, made up of escapees from Nazioccupied Europe. Trained in Scotland as paratroopers, Arnhem was …

Dutch Resistance

At Arnhem the Dutch Resistance gathered intelligence, sabotaged German defences and provided refuge for escaping paratroopers as the battle was lost. Our design celebrates the formation of the…

Battle Of Britain Roundel

"So much owed by so many to so few. " Battle of Britain 1940.

The names of all 544 of the 'few'.  Sleeve print : 'So much owed by so many to so few.' Battle of Britain 1940. Through the summer and autumn of 1940 the Battle of Britain raged in the airspace…

We're Doomed

Walmington-on-Sea's finest are on the march. Private Frazer, a proud Scotsman he is never entirely convinced by Mainwaring's leadership qualities and has a jealous eye too on Jones' Lance-Corporal's s…

Don't Tell Him, Pike!

Raise a smile against the February winter blues with our T-shirted tribute to Ian Lavender, Private Pike, the last surviving member of the Dads Army cast who passed away this week. U-Boat c…

Don't Panic

"Don't Panic!"

Dad's Army was first broadcast in 1968, a warm-hearted tribute to the home guard against Nazi Germany. And it still has plenty chuckling more than five decades on, with catch phrases that are now le…

Italian Resistance

Volunteers of Liberty Corps Badge  In 1943 on land, sea and air the tide turned against Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and  Imperial Japan. Our Italian Resistance T-shirt uses a badge from the Itali…

ELAS Greek Resistance Army

In few countries was the resistance to the Nazi occupation as successful as in Greece. Our design is based on a the titling from a contemporary administrative building of the Greek People's Lib…

Dambusters

Lancaster Fuselage markings, Dambusters Raid, May 1943  It was in 1943 on land, sea and air that the tide turned against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan. On 17th May of that year…

RAF North Africa

Sleeveprint: People's War Against Fascism 1939-45. The roundel on this shirt is from the North African front and features the colours and markings of a RAF Hawker Hurricane Mark One Mk 1, V7524, …

Desert Rats

The second battle of El Alamein that began on 23 October 1942 was one of the turning points of the Second World War. Reversing the tide of victories won by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy across North …

Stalingrad Airforce

"From the Politodelets Collective Farm to the Defenders of Stalingrad."

It was in 1943 on land, sea and air that the tide turned against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan. In 1942 the Nazi onslaught on the Russian city of Stalingrad was to be Hitler's stra…

1941 Arctic Convoy

Silhouette of Halcyon Class Minesweeper. Complete list of vessels on the first 'Dervish' Arctic Convoy August 1941. When Hitler invaded the USSR on 22 June 1941 the response of Britain and its alli…

Battle of Midway

Tora! Tora! Tora! Imperial Japan's surprise and deadly assault on the US navy base of Pearl Harbor was designed to destroy the American Pacific fleet and secure the entire region for the Axis powers -…

Monte Cassino

16 May '44 the Polish 2nd Corps launch one of the final assaults on the Nazis' defence of Monte Cassino. Two days later this most bloody battle is won, the Polish flag, followed by the Union Jack is …

D-Day Overlord

80th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION  Sleeveprint: D-Day against Fascism 6 June 1944 'Overlord' was the codename for the Battle of Normandy launched with the Allies' successful amphibious landings…

D-Day Normandy Beaches

80th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION  Sleeveprint: D-Day against Fascism 6 June 1944 6th June 1944, D-Day and the beginning of the end for Nazi-occupied western and northern Europe. The five Norma…

D-Day Invasion Stripes

80th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION  Sleeveprint: D-Day against Fascism 6 June 1944 Our unique 'Invasion Stripes' design features the special, temporary markings carried by allied aircraft takin…

French Resistance

80th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION  Sleeveprint: D-Day against Fascism 6 June 1944 The Forces Française de l'intérieur (FFI) in 1944 unified all the French Resistance groups including th…

D-Day Hawker Typhoon

Sleeveprint: D-Day against Fascism 6 June 1944 6th June 1944, D-Day and the beginning of the end for Nazi-occupied western and northern Europe. Our design features the colours and markings of an RA…

21st Army Group

"21st Army Group : Northern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany. June 1944-May1945."

Sleeveprint: VE Day, 8 May 1945, Fascism Defeated. Our design features the shoulder flash worn by the 21st Army Group. Commanded by Field Marshal 'Monty' Montgomery it consisted of British and Cana…

USSR Patriotic War medal T-shirt

Design based on the medal 'The Order of the Great Patriotic War'. This was awarded to all who fought in the Soviet forces to defeat Nazism on the Eastern Front. The numbers awarded gives an idea of th…

Fourteenth Army

Comprising units of the British and Indian Army as well as West and East African divisions the Fourteenth Army commanded by Lieutenant-General 'Bill' Slim was known as ’the forgotten army’ while i…

South East Asia Command

It was in 1943 on land, sea and air that the tide turned against Imperial, Japan,  Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The South East Asia Command operated 1943-45 against the Japanese Imperial Army w…

Asiatic and Pacific medal ribbon

Our design is uniquely based on the medal ribbon of the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, awarded to all members of the United States Armed Forces who fought in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre 1941-45 f…

Burma Star

In September 1940 Imperial Japan invaded French Indochina and the South-East Asia campaign of World War Two commenced, ending on VJ Day 15 August 1945. Battles raged across Hong Kong and mainland Chin…

06.08.45 Hiroshima

"06.08.1945 Protest and Survive"

For a decade or so Philosophy Football has been proud to mark a wide variety of WW2 anniversaries in the cause of the defeat of nazism and fascism. We don't 'celebrate war' we commemorate the sacrific…