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Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland (PC) Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne division The Screaming Eagles help mop up the pockets of German resistance in their general advance towards Carentan. |
Night Soldiers by David Pentland. (PC) Afghanistan. U.S Rangers rappelling from a 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) 'Nightstalkers' MH-47G Chinook into a Afghan village street. |
Fire for Effect by David Pentland. (PC) Bastogne, Ardennes, Belgium, 20th December 1944. Newly arrived 81mm Mortars of 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, fire in support of U.S. Paratroopers defending against German probes to the north of Bastogne. |
Death of Brian Boru - Clontarf by David Pentland. (PC) At the moment of the crowning triumph of his career, Brian Boru, the high king of Ireland is struck down after a final desperate attack by one of his enemies. |
Midwinter Morn by David Pentland (PC) M20 Utility Cars on reconnaissance, Ardennes, 24th December 1944. The lightly armed US reconnaissance units were in constant use during the Battle of the Bulge, even on Christmas day they were employed trying to establish current German locations. |
Valour of the Guards by David Pentland (PC) Soviet guards launch a Human Wave attack on beleaguered German defenders at Stalingrad, Autumn 1942. |
Yomping by David Pentland. (PC) Falkland Islands, 27th May 1982. Heavily laden Royal Marines during their epic march from San Carlos Bay to the battles for the hills around Port Stanley. |
Operation Winter Tempest by David Pentland (PC) Panzer IVF2 tanks of 6th Panzer Division, Panzer Armee Hoth, attempt to fight their way through to the beleaguered Sixth Army at Stalingrad, 12th December 1942. On the 21st the operation was abandoned when the expected breakout from Stalingrad failed to materialise, the relief column was only 25 miles from the city. |
The Steelhorse by David Pentland (PC) Polish Armoured train No.11, "Danuta", Poznan Army, September 1939. The Polish armoured trains such as "Danuta" were powerful weapons. They where considered state of the art having been upgraded in the 1930’s and made up of 2 twin artillery wagons an assault wagon and 5 TKS tankettes used foe scouting. |
Greyhounds in Winter by David Pentland (PC) Reconnaissance team of 116th Panzer Division, river Our, Ardennes, 18th December 1944. Sdkfz 250 Reconnaissance halftracks from the 116th "Windhund" (Greyhound) Panzer Division, searching for a suitable crossing point across the Our river during the opening stages of the Battle of the Bulge. |
Lying in Wait by David Pentland. (PC) Rauray, Normandy, 1st July 1944. A 6pdr anti tank gun team of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, The Polar Bears, in action against the attacking tanks and infantry of 9th SS and 2nd SS Panzer Divisions. The 49th Division comprised of 1st Tyneside Scottish, 10th & 11th Durham Light Infantry, 4th Lincolnshire, 1/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the Hallamshire Battalion, 6th & 7th Duke of Wellingtons, and 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers. |
Counter Attack at Konigsberg by David Pentland (PC) German forces encircled in the fortress town of Konigsberg by 3rd Ukranian front prepare to break through the besieging Soviet lines to re-establish a supply line to the Baltic. Here some Stug III assault guns move up to their assembly area next to the towns World War One memorial. From here the attack was launched on February 18th 1945 and successfully opened a supply corridor which remained in place until 8th April. |
Hussars to the Rescue by David Pentland. (PC) Normandy, France, June 1944. M4 Sherman III and Firefly Vc's of the 13/18th Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, link up with British paratoops at Breville. |
Last Stand at Calais by David Pentland. (PC) British Cruiser Mark IA CS (A9) tanks and Bren Carriers of A Squadron, 3RTR, 1st Armoured Division, line the road south of Calais, prior to being sent south to secure the bridges on the St. Omer canal. The British column of tanks failed to reach its objective, encountering the advance guard of 1st Panzer Division near the little village of Hames-Boucre, and after an inconclusive afternoon battle fell back towards Calais in the early evening. |
Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland (PC) Below the vast bulk of the Zoo Bunker one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air attack, some remnants of the citys defenders gather in an attempt to break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmjager and Munchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims Company, 1/29th Panzer Regiment. |
Search on the Quoile, 1985 by David Pentland. (PC) A joint arms search by members of 3rd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. |
Assault on Voronezh, Russia, 2nd - 7th July 1942 by David Pentland (PC) Sturmgeschutz IIIF of Stug Battalion Grossdeutschland, and supporting infantry from GD Regiment 1 battle against Soviet forces defending the strategically important city of Voronezh on the Don. Combined arms operations such as this proved the value of the assault gun, which took a terrible toll on enemy armour and men alike. |
Alfred Rubbel at Kursk by David Pentland. (PC) Central Russia, 4th-12th July 1943. For Operation Citadel the Heavy tank battalion 503 was split into separate companies and attached to various panzer divisions. Rubbels 1st company went to 6th Panzer Division, and as such take part in the epic breakthrough on the 10th and 11th which came close to the collapse of the soviet southern front! |
Green Zone Patrol by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 2009. Troops of the 2nd Mercian Regiment 19th Light Brigade engaged on compound searches during Operation Panchai Palang. |
Baptism of Fire - St Mihiel Salient, 12th - 15th September 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) Renault FT 17 baby tanks of the recently formed US 304th tank brigade commanded by the young Lt. Col George S. Patton Jnr. are employed for the first time during the allied assault on the St Mihiel Salient. Leading the 344th battalion in person Patton and his tanks help the infantry divisions push the enemy back to the Hindenberg line in only 4 days. |
Operation Bluecoat, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland (PC) Churchill MkIV tank of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (comprised of 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards and 3rd Battalion Scots Guards), pass infantry of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Battle for Caumont. |
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