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Arromanches by David Pentland. (PC) Normandy, Mid-June 1944. A REME Leyland Retriever mobile workshop truck and M7 Priest SP gun of 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division, disembark from an LST at one of the Whale floating roadways that made up the British Mulberry B harbour at Arromanches. |
Battle of the Copeland Islands by David Pentland (PC) USCS Ranger captained by John Paul Jones attacks and defeats HMS Drake off the Copeland Islands at the mouth of Belfast Lough. This was the first battle of the newly formed American Continental Navy. |
Behind the Lines, France 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) Fokker DVII of Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 35b, flown by Leutnant Rudolf Stark, the new Jasta Commander. |
Crossing the Helmand by David Pentland. (PC) Musa Qala, Afghanistan, 25th May 2008. While returning to Sangin following an operation in support of 2 PARA battlegroup, the Vikings of 3rd Troop, Armoured Support Company, Royal Marines were the target of an enemy ambush. As the convoy began to cross the Helmand river the waiting Taliban engaged the convoy with RPGs, heavy machine gun and sniper fire. Amazingly despite this hail of fire no one was hit until tragically Marine Dale Gostick was killed and two others injured when his vehicle was blown up by a massive IED. |
Defence of the Reichstag, Berlin, 1st May 1945 by David Pentland (PC) On the 30th April, Untersharfuhrer Georg Diers and his crew of tank 314, were ordered to take up a defensive position at the Reichstag buildings. This was one of only two remaining King Tigers belonging to Heavy SS Tank Battalion 503 in Berlin. By that evening they had knocked out about 30 T34s, and the following day led a successful counterattack against the Kroll Opera House directly opposite the Reichstag. Their efforts though, merely postponed the inevitable and by the end of the day the order was given to abandon the position and prepare to break out of Berlin. |
GONER 58A - Mohne Dam, Germany, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. (PC) Avro Lancaster AJ-P of Flt. Lt. Martin 617 Squadron releases the bomb that successfully breaches the Mohne dam. In the foreground the electrical substation is burning from a previous attack by Flt.Lt. Hopgood. |
David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland. (PC) Leading 30th Corps assault across the Seine at Vernon, 43rd Wessex Division gained an initial foothold on the east bank. Heroic efforts however by the Royal Engineers of 71st, 72nd and 73rd Field Companies, succeeded in constructing a Class 9 Bailey bridge (David, shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath, shown right) Despite constant enemy fire this amazing feat was achieved in only 2 days, and allowed 15/19th Hussars Cromwells and 4.7th Dragoons Guards Shermans to cross just in time to repulse a serious German counter attack by Tiger IIs of SS Panzer Abteilung 101. |
The Lonely Battle by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 2010. The Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force was originally composed of Royal Logistical Corps EOD, Pioneer, and Royal Engineer teams. Currently the C-IED task force is a tri service formation including units from the Royal Navy and RAF. The most dangerous part of their work involves locating and isolating IED's before they explode, in this case making roads safe to use. |
Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. (PC) As the four P51D Mustangs of Major William T Haltons Yellow Flight, 487th Fighter Squadron took off from Asch, they found themselves in the middle of a massive German attack. That New Years Day the Luftwaffe had launched hundreds of aircraft in low level raids against the allied airfields across Northern France and Belgium. The unexpected take-off by the 487th however, ended Jagdgeswader 11s chances of success, with Yellow Flight alone claiming 9 enemy aircraft destroyed. |
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. |
To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland. (PC) At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, Brigadier General Elles in a MkIV called Hilda led his 476 tanks against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai. Supported by 6 infantry divisions and 4 Royal Flying Corps squadrons flying ground attack missions, the attack had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield. |
The Barricade by David Pentland (PC) Nationalist anti tank gun position, Shanghai, 16th August 1937. A 37mm anti-tank gun of the elite German trained 88th Division, guarding a road junction in downtown Shanghai, against Japanese counterattacks to take the city. |
Diggers in Nam, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, 5th - 7th June 1971 by David Pentland. (PC) Centurion Mk 5/1 of C squadron 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, scrub bashing during Operation Overlord. This proved to be one of the most successful of tank/ infantry co-operations when the tanks of C Squadron gave decisive fire support to infantry of 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and APCs of 3rd Cavalry Regiment against a strongly entrenched NVA battalion north of the province. |
Return to Base by David Pentland (PC) Nakajima Ki-49 II Donyru (Helen) Heavy Bombers, Java, August 1945. An Air General Army HQ Section of Ki-49, returning to Kalidjadi airfield after their final sortie. |
A Suitable Site by David Pentland. (PC) Normandy, France, 1944. Lloyd carriers and 6 pounder anti-tank guns of the British 43rd (Wessex) Division prepare to deploy in a French field against possible German counter attacks. |
Panzercorps Guderian by David Pentland. (PC) Sedan, Northern France, 16th May 1940. At the start of the invasion of France, seven Panzer divisions in three Corps were sent through the Ardennes forest, to cross the Meuse. Leading the southernmost column was General Heinz Guderian's XIX Panzercorps, comprising the 1st, 2nd and 10th Panzer divisons. Within three days they had reached and crossed the Meuse at Sedan, expanded their bridgehead and after a brief pause 'Der Schnelle Heinz' or 'Fast Heinz' panzers raced north west to the Channel coast. |
Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland. (PC) Trapped within a rapidly decreasing perimeter, the exhausted BEF along with elements of the French 1st Army appeared to be at the mercy of the mighty Luftwaffe. No one though had reckoned on the brilliant leadership of Admiral Ramsay nor the gallant and unstinting efforts of the military and civilians who managed to rescue over 330,000 troops in nine days. |
Eyes of the Army by David Pentland. (PC) Northern France, 22nd May 1940. Sdkfz 222 light armoured cars of the SS Leibstandarte Regiment drive along French lanes on a reconnaissance patrol for the forces of General Heinz Guderian on their advance towards the French coast. |
Homeward Bound - Sopwith Camel by David Pentland. (PC) A Sopwith Camel of No.210 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1918. |
Operation Cobra, Normandy, 28th July 1944 by David Pentland (PC) After almost two months Sherman tanks and armoured infantry of the US 2nd Armoured Division eventually broke through the German defences south-west of St Lo. Pushing aside the shattered remnants of Panzer Lehr Division, their rapid advance forced a general German retreat. This would ultimately spell disaster for the German armies in France. |
Cold Wind from the East by David Pentland (PC) Soviet Su100s of 7th Mechanised Corps, Hungary, February 1945. The Su-100 self-propelled anti-tank guns were a lethal vehicle to the German panzers, even the vaunted Tiger tanks were not immune to their D-10S 100mm gun. Its lack of a turret and machine gun though, necessitated good infantry support. |
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