Operation Barbarossa gets underway. German soldiers await the order to advance - 22nd June 1941
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The Thunderbolt version of the Republic P-47B. These first saw action in April 1943, demonstrating first class dive performance and build quality.
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Soldiers of the British 8th Army advance along a street in San Clemente near San Marino - Italy, Sept 1944
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US soldiers and a Sherman tank of the U.S. 3rd Army make their way down a country lane - Metz, north-east France; November 1944
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The crew of a Soviet T-34 tank are captured - Eastern Front, date unknown
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A German Heinkel He111Z Zwilling glider tug aircraft - date and location unknown. The He111Z was an amalgamation of two He111H-6’s joined by a new centre section carrying a fifth engine. It was designed to tow the huge Me321 Gigant transport glider with the crew in the port fuselage.
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A German motorcycle rider sits on what appears to be a captured Belgian Gillet Herstal AB720 motorcycle on a city street presumably in Belgium - date unknown. Note, on the sidecar the 2nd sapper battalion badge appears to have been marked.
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US medics attend to a young French boy injured during the allied advance after D-day - Normandy 1944
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Flight crew from the B-17F “Jerry Jinx” check their parachute harnesses and equipment before setting off on another mission - circa October 1942
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German soldiers examine a captured Soviet T-34, taken during fighting near the Warsaw suburb of Praga - date unknown
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A British Captain searches a German pow, while one of his men stands guard - Normandy 1944
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German Focke Wulf 190's from JG54 squadron patrol the skies - Eastern Front 1943
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British soldiers begin work on coastal / beach defences - Eastbourne, England 1940
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US soldiers engage German positions in the Bocage - Normandy, June 1944
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British airborne troops captured just after D-day await transport to a pow camp - France 1944
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An American soldier undergoes training at Fort Worth, Texas - 1942
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German soldiers captured by US soldiers at Coutances, France 1944
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