SS Panzer-Jager exercise in Hilversum near the old watertower at the Jacobus Pennweg, during the occupation of the Netherlands.
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Streetfights in the Pontanusstraat in 1944 during operation Nutcracker in Blerick a suburb of Venlo.
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English Cromwell MK IV tanks, from the King’s Own Hussars, 7th Armored Division in Sittard, opposite the station, at the start of Operation Blackcock.
Note: The angle could be better, the same building on the right is hidden behind the trees.
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Infantry from the 8th Army move cautiously through the town during mopping-up operations, 3 August 1944.
Then image: © IWM NA 17568
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British troops entering North Florence, 13 August 1944. Statues of Vecchio Building can be seen in the background.
Then image: © IWM NA 17762
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Echt, The Netherlands, Feb 1945 during operation Blackcock: US Army technicians work on telephone wiring. The graffiti behind them reads: “1918? Never Again!”
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75mm anti-tank guns knocked out by our tanks in Schilberg, 20 January 1945.
Then image: © IWM B 13897
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M10 tank destroyer of 7th NZ Anti Tank Regiment passing through San Casciano in Valdi Pesa, Italy, 1944.
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German Luftwaffe soldiers drinken beer on the Melkpad in Hilversum, 1940.
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Churchill tanks and troops of the 9th Durham Light Infantry in Schilberg, 20 January 1945.
Then image: © IWM B 13933
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