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WW2 - The second World War

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Motorized troops of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" in Haarlem, the Netherlands, May 1940.   The armoured car is a Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (heavy armoured reconnaissance vehicle). #WW2
A Daimler armoured car of 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, 51st Highland Division, passes a burning house in St Michielsgestel, during the drive on Hertogenbosch, 24 October 1944.
A 6-pdr anti-tank gun dug in near Sittard, 27 December 1944.

(The war) In the Netherlands

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Royal Engineers and Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade landing on Sword Beach, 6 June 1944. #WW2
Heavily camouflaged Panzer IV from 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, Normandy
Soldaten of the 16th Luftwaffe Feld Divisionen pushing a Flugabwehrkanone 30 (Flak 30) while en-route to the Caen sector to help relieve the 12th SS Hitlerjugend around 25.6.1944. Of note is the dead British paratrooper in the foreground.

D-day & Operation Overlord

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German soldiers are photographed defending the occupied small Dutch village of Plasmolen during the Allied Operation Market Garden; an unsuccessful attempt by the Allies to force an entry into Germany over the Lower Rhine by circumventing the northern end of the Siegfried Line. Although several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured at the beginning of the operation, ground forces were delayed by the demolition of a bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal, an extremely overstretched suppl
Dead British soldiers killed in the battle for Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944
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Market Garden

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Infantry of the 1st Suffolk Regiment, 3rd Division, during the attack on Overloon, 14 October 1944.
A Sherman Crab and Royal Engineers in Overloon, 14 October 1944.
A Churchill tank of 6th Guards Tank Brigade supporting infantry of 3rd Division attacking Overloon in the Netherlands, 14 October 1944.

Battle of Overloon & Venray

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December, 1944, three members of Division Signal Company, 101st Airborne Division pose with another of the town signs,
Battle of the Bulge
Soldiers of the US Army huddle around a campfire in the bitter Belgian winter during the Battle of the Bulge #WW2 #History

Ardennes offensive: Battle of the Bulge

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American infantry units crossing the Rhine river in Germany, 1945. #WW2
American soldiers of the 89th Infantry Division cross the Rhine river in a DUKW amphibious vehicle, 1945. #WW2
U.S. Army engineers pose on a bridge they built over the Sauer River into Germany, 1945. #WW2

Rhineland offensive

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Motorized troops of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" in Haarlem, the Netherlands, May 1940.   The armoured car is a Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (heavy armoured reconnaissance vehicle). #WW2 Fun World, Armored Vehicles, Regiment, World History, World War Two, Troops, Ww2, Netherlands, Two By Two
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Motorized troops of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" in Haarlem, the Netherlands, May 1940. The armoured car is a Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (heavy armoured reconnaissance vehicle). #WW2
A Daimler armoured car of 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, 51st Highland Division, passes a burning house in St Michielsgestel, during the drive on Hertogenbosch, 24 October 1944. Wilderness Survival, Survival Prepping, Survival Skills, Emergency Preparedness, Survival Gear, Get Off The Grid, Burning House, Live Animals, Travel Outdoors
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A Daimler armoured car of 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, 51st Highland Division, passes a burning house in St Michielsgestel, during the drive on Hertogenbosch, 24 October 1944.
A 6-pdr anti-tank gun dug in near Sittard, 27 December 1944. Servicemen, United States Army, British Army, North West, Fleet, In The Heights, Guns
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A 6-pdr anti-tank gun dug in near Sittard, 27 December 1944.
Troops of the 1st Rifle Brigade take cover as a mortar bomb explodes in a stream in the village of Nieuwstadt, north of Sittard, 3 January 1945. British Soldier, Diorama, Wwii Photos, History Photos, Man Of War, Military Pictures, Total War, Western Front
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Troops of the 1st Rifle Brigade take cover as a mortar bomb explodes in a stream in the village of Nieuwstadt, north of Sittard, 3 January 1945.
Churchill Crocodile flamethrowers in action against the village of St Joost, north of Schilberg, during an attack by 1st Rifle Brigade, 20 January 1945. Poster Prints, Framed Prints, Crocodiles, 25 Years Old, Second World, Churchill, Infantry, Wonderful Images
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
Churchill Crocodile flamethrowers in action against the village of St Joost, north of Schilberg, during an attack by 1st Rifle Brigade, 20 January 1945.
Churchill tanks laden with infantry of the 9th Durham Light Infantry pass a knocked out German PAK 40 7.5cm anti-tank gun as they enter Schilberg, 20 January 1945. Note that an Allied 75mm AP round has neatly perforated the gun's armoured shield. This may well have been responsible for the dead German soldier lying by his gun. Vilnius, Okinawa, Durham, Cherbourg, Westerns, Ii Gm, Ww2 Pictures
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
Churchill tanks laden with infantry of the 9th Durham Light Infantry pass a knocked out German PAK 40 7.5cm anti-tank gun as they enter Schilberg, 20 January 1945. Note that an Allied 75mm AP round has neatly perforated the gun's armoured shield. This may well have been responsible for the dead German soldier lying by his gun.
A 7th Armoured Division lorry being recovered after crashing into an exposed cellar, near Sittard, 20 December 1944. Ww2 Weapons, Lorry, Military Vehicles
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
A 7th Armoured Division lorry being recovered after crashing into an exposed cellar, near Sittard, 20 December 1944.
Infantry of 51st Highland Division, supported by Daimler armoured cars of 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, pass a burning house in St Michielsgestel, during the drive on Hertogenbosch, 24 October 1944. North Brabant
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
Infantry of 51st Highland Division, supported by Daimler armoured cars of 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, pass a burning house in St Michielsgestel, during the drive on Hertogenbosch, 24 October 1944.
Gunners with 'A' Troop, 45th Battery, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, preparing 5.5-inch shells near Sittard, 14 December 1944. Hussar, 45th
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
Gunners with 'A' Troop, 45th Battery, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, preparing 5.5-inch shells near Sittard, 14 December 1944.
Sexton self-propelled gun of 5th Royal Horse Artillery shelling German positions in Bakenhoven, north of Sittard, 31 December 1944. Canadian Army, Army Vehicles, Commonwealth, Royal Horse Artillery, War Machine
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Sexton self-propelled gun of 5th Royal Horse Artillery shelling German positions in Bakenhoven, north of Sittard, 31 December 1944.
Gunners with 'A' Troop, 45th Battery, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, ram a 5.5-inch shell into the breech during counter-battery fire near Sittard, 14 December 1944.
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
Gunners with 'A' Troop, 45th Battery, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, ram a 5.5-inch shell into the breech during counter-battery fire near Sittard, 14 December 1944.
A Cromwell tank of 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, dug in near Sittard in Holland, 30 December 1944. Military Videos, Normandy Ww2, Cromwell Tank, Tank Warfare, British Tanks, British Armed Forces, Tank Destroyer
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A Cromwell tank of 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, dug in near Sittard in Holland, 30 December 1944.
A litle Dutch boy helps to refuel a Sherman tank near Sittard, 20 December 1944. Ww2 History, Military History, Dieselpunk, Sherman Tank, Ww2 Tanks, Interesting History
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A litle Dutch boy helps to refuel a Sherman tank near Sittard, 20 December 1944.
December, 1944, three members of Division Signal Company, 101st Airborne Division pose with another of the town signs, American Soldiers, American Heroes, American History, 101st Airborne Division, Airborne Forces
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