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AX0005. Overlord, Utah Beach 6th June 1944 by James Dietz. Overlord, Utah Beach 6th June 1944 by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0005
29th Div at Normandy June 1944. 29 Lets Go by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0006
AX0007. The 28th Division in the Defence of Holingen, Luxemburg by James Dietz. The 28th Division in the Defence of Holingen, Luxemburg by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0007
<b>SOLD OUT Huertgen Forest Patrol by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0008
<b>SOLD OUT Rangers Lead The Way by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0009
Gavins paratroopers capture the grave bridge - Operation Market garden 17th Sept 1944. Making it Happen by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0010
37th Divisions liberation of Manila March 3rd 1945. We Have Returned by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0011
Ridgeays Troopers save the La Fiere Causeway Normandy June 9th 1944. Against All Odds by James Dietz. Click For Details AX0012
Tuckers Paratroopers Capture Nijmegen Bridge, Operation market Garden, Holland 20th Sept. 1944. Decisive Point by James Dietz. (AP) Click For Details AX0014
Operation Market Garden, Airborne Gunners arrive by Glider 17th - 18th Sept. 1944. Guns from Heaven By James Dietz. (AP) Click For Details AX0015
Panzer Ampfwagen V Ausf G Panther by Randall Wilson. Click For Details B0001
Panzer Ampfwagen VI Ausf B. Konigstiger by Randall Wilson. Click For Details B0002
88mm flak artillery piece also used as a very successful anti-tank gun. German 88mm Flak / Artillery by Randall Wilson. Click For Details B0003
B4. Stormmorser Tiger by Randall Wilson. Stormmorser Tiger by Randall Wilson. Click For Details B0004
B5. Tiger I by Randall Wilson. Tiger I by Randall Wilson. Click For Details B0005
CC017. Original art for the poster of the film The Big Red One starring Lee Marvin by Chris Collingwood. Original art for the poster of the film The Big Red One starring Lee Marvin by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details CC0017
CC088. Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol I, The Transgressors by Chris Collingwood. Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol I, The Transgressors by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details CC0088
CC089. Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol II, Come Evil Days by Chris Collingwood. Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol II, Come Evil Days by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details CC0089
CCP0041. British Paratroopers 1943 by Chris Collingwood. British Paratroopers 1943 by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details CCP0041
CCP0069. 101st Airborne by Chris Collingwood. 101st Airborne by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details CCP0069
Troops of the 1st Hampshires assaulting Gold Beach during the Normandy Landings. D-Day Gold Beach, 6th June 1944 by Simon Smith. Click For Details DHM0288
DHM289. Arnhem Drop 17th September 1944 by Simon Smith. Arnhem Drop 17th September 1944 by Simon Smith. Click For Details DHM0289
DHM341. The Battle of Beda Fomm by David Rowlands. The Battle of Beda Fomm by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0341
1st Battalion in action at Escaut Canal, Belgium, May 1940. The last Highland Regiment to wear a kilt in battle, attacking the Germans at the River Escaut. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0349
9th (Irish) Field Battery firing on the Run-in-shoot to Queen Beach. They were the first rounds fired at the Normandy Coast, D-Day 6th June, 1944. Queen Beach, one of the 4 sectors of Sword Beach, where most of the landings of D-Day were carried out. The Queen Beach sector which extended for 1.5km between Lion-sur-Mer and the western edge of Ouistretham. The attack was thus concentrated on a narrow one-brigade front. For once the DD tanks and other armour came in exactly on time and ahead of the infantry. The 8th brigade, with the 1st Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment on the right and the 2nd East Yorkshire on the left. Operation Overlord by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0350
The Allied breakthrough into the Normandy plain, against heavy German opposition. Operation Goodwood, Caen, Normandy, 18th-19th July, 1944 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0351
It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. After the failed Operation Lüttich (codename given to a German counterattack during the Battle of Normandy, which took place around the American positions near Mortain from 7 August to 13 August, 1944 ) The German Panzer Divisions were in full retreat, The British and American Generals believed it to be critical to halt them before they cauld regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falaise, the battle was to be decisive. Flying throughout a continuous onslaught, rocket-firing Typhoons kept up their attacks on the trapped armoured divisions from dawn to dusk. The effect was devastating: at the end of the ten day battle the 100,000 strong German force was decimated. The battle of the Falaise Pocket marked the closing phase of the Battle of Normandy with a decisive German defeat. It is believed that between 80,000 to 100,000 German troops were caught in the encirclement of which 10,000 to 15,000 were killed, 45,000 to 50,000 taken prisoner, and around 20,000 escaped . Shown here are German Tiger I tanks under continues attack by Royal Aoir Force Typhoons. Taming the Tiger by Geoff Lea. Click For Details DHM0402
Douglas C47 Dakotas fly into the landing and drop zone at Renkum Heath, September 17th 1944. Arnhem by Simon Smith Click For Details DHM0404
British troops in Royal Naval landing craft approach Sword Beach with air support by the Royal Air Force. The Invasion Begins by Commander Rex Phillips. Click For Details DHM0446
DHM481. Irrepressible Para by Simon Smith. Irrepressible Para by Simon Smith. Click For Details DHM0481
DHM482. Commando by Simon Smith. Commando by Simon Smith. Click For Details DHM0482
Men of Colonel Frosts 2 Para retake the bridge after a German attempt lead by Captain Viktor Graebner of the 9th SS panzer Division (armoured reconnaissance Troops) had failed. Arnhem Bridge by Simon Smith. Click For Details DHM0485
Shrouded in secrecy, the fleet gathers alongside the Semaphore tower and under cover of dusk begins to move out to the channel preparing for its daunting task. Prelude to D-Day by Bill Bishop. Click For Details DHM0539
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. Counter Attack at Konigsberg by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0578
Oberfeldwebel Albert Kerscher, commander of 2nd company 511 Heavy Tank Battalion aided by a Panzer IV, two Hetzers, a Kingtiger and a Pak gun, successfully defended against concerted Soviet air and armoured attacks, his action buying valuable time for the evacuation of German wounded from Pilau and scoring his 100th victory in the process. Kerschers Defence of Neuhauser Forest by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0584
El Alamein, October 28th 1943, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel discusses the critical battle situation with the Commanding Officer of the 21st Panzer Division, in front of his Kampfstaffel. This personal mobile headquarters comprised a variety of vehicles including a radio Panzer III, SDKfz 232 radio armoured car, Rommels famous SDKfz 250/3 communications half-track GREIF and captured British Honey light tanks. The Desert Fox by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0585
British MK1 Grant tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry 8th Armoured Brigade, 10th Armoured Division, breakout from El Alamein. Operation Supercharge, 4th November 1941 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0586
Hauptsturm fuhrer Fritz Klingenberg, and the men of 2nd SS Divisions Motorcycle Reconnaissance battalion stop at the swollen banks of the River Danube. The following day he and six men, a broken down radio, and totally unsupported were to capture the Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade. The Magician, Balkans, 11th April 1941 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0587
DHM603. Lance-Corporal Harry Nichols, 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards, winning the Victoria Cross at the River Escaut, 21st May 1940 by David Rowlands. Lance-Corporal Harry Nichols, 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards, winning the Victoria Cross at the River Escaut, 21st May 1940 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0603
DHM610. The Charge of the 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands. The Charge of the 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0610
Lieut-Colonel W, Scott, the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment leads his men from the first glider, during operation broadway. Chindits landing at Broadway, Burma, 5th / 6th March 1944 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0611
Centurion tank of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment firing at night during the battle of the Hook. Battle of the Hook, Korea by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0614
DHM616. Scammell Tractor, Towing a Valentine Tank, North Africa, 1943 by David Rowlands. Scammell Tractor, Towing a Valentine Tank, North Africa, 1943 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM0616
June 6th 1944 allied troops land in Normandy, here assault troops of the South Lancashire Regiment of the British 3rd Infantry Division storm ashore at sword beach. D-Day by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM0670
With the harbour under attack, HMS Express casts off having embarked troops of the British Expeditionary force (B.E.F.) Leaving with her are the trawlers, which were part of the small boat armada which played such a major part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Evacuation Dunkirk by Randall Wilson. Click For Details DHM0732
Panzer IIs and IIIs of the African Korps, 15th Panzer Division drive towards Arcoma during the epic battles for the Gazala line. Battle for Gazala by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0774
British Vickers MKV1B Light tanks of the 3rd Hussars, 7th Armoured Division celebrate their part in the momentous victory over Italian forces in North Africa, February 1941. Victory at Beda Fomm by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0783
On 27th November 1950, thousands of Chinese troops swarmed over the frozen Yalu river on the North Korean /Chinese border, cutting off US Marines in the Chosin Reservoir area. Over the next ten days the marines with air support from both the Navy and Marine Air Wings fought their way out of the trap to Hungnam and safety. Frozen Chosin, Korea, December 1950 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0785
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. Operation Winter Tempest by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0786
Captain R. Blair Paddy Mayne, and men of L detachment SAS, stop to discuss their location en route to Sidi Haneish airfield. The raid was a major victory, especially for the newly acquired jeeps, which played an important part in the destruction of some 40 enemy aircraft for the loss of one man. Paddys Troopers, The Sidi Haneish Road, 17th July 1942 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0788
Braving intense enemy fire, Lt. Col. RB Mayne, Commanding Officer 1st SAS Regiment devastated a German ambush and subsequently rescued wounded troops of his own unit who had been pinned down while on a reconnaissance mission for the 4th Canadian Armoured Division. Paddys Fourth DSO, The Olderburg Raid, 9th April 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0789
Replacements from 1st Battalion Irish Guards and Sherman tanks of the 46th Royal Tank Regiment move through the debris of Anzio town towards their jump-off positions for the Battle of Campoleone Station. Anzio, Italy, February 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0791
Ernst Barkmanns (Das Reich, 2nd SS Panzer Division) famous day long solo engagement against an American Armoured breakthrough towards St. Lo, Normandy, 26th July 1944. Barkmanns Corner by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0792
King Tigers of Kampfgruppe von Rosen, 3rd Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503, preparing to move out from the Tisza bridgehead to counter Soviet pressure on German forces attacking to the northwest at Debrecen during the first battles to defend the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Tigers in the Mist by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0794
Panzer v Ausf. D Panthers of SS Panther Division Das Reich make their debut during the initial stages of the German summer offensive for Kursk. This unit with others of the SS Panzer Korps made the deepest advances into the well-prepared Soviet lines. Complete success however, was to elude them when outrunning their supporting divisions at Prokhorovka they were forced to halt for six days. Operation Zitadelle by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0797
British Crusader MK1 tanks of the 4th County of London Yeomanry Regiment, 22nd Armoured Brigade, charge Axis positions during the opening days of the offensive Bir El Gubi. Operation Crusader, 18th November 1941 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0798
M19 self-propelled antiaircraft guns guns of the 82nd Battalion give cover to the M46 Patton tanks and men of the US Armys 2nd Division during their hazardous retreat south from the Yalu River, following the surprise Chinese winter offensive. Retreat from the Yalu by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0838
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. Operation Bluecoat, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0839
88mm AA guns of the 23rd Flak Regiment, used as anti-tank guns by orders of Rommel himself, are shown firing on British Matilda tanks of 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment. Action at Arras, France, 21st May 1940 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0840
The men of the US 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment ambushed the German 1st Battalion, 6th Fallschrimjager Regiment making their way to Carentan, the Battle of Hells Corner ensued. Hells Corner, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0842
OT34 Flamethrower tank and men of Col. Krickmans 6th Guards Tank Brigade take part in the Soviet counter attacks of 13th-27th September in defence of the southern factory district of Stalingrad before the final offensive in October. Motherland, The Battle of Stalingrad, September 1942 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0843
Polish 7TP (Twin Turret) light tank of Captain F. Michalowskis training company breaks out from the street barricade to counter attack German reconnaissance elements. Warsaw, September 1939 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0844
T-34 85 tanks of the Polish Peoples Army Heroes of the Westerplatte 1st Armoured Brigade during the battle to break through the tough German defences of East Prussia. Breaking of the Pomperanian Wall by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0845
Oberssturmbannfuhrer Jochim Peiper, commander of the armoured spearhead of 1st SS Panzer Division, in conference with some of the officers of other units under his command. Aside form men and tanks of his own division, these included King tigers of the 501st heavy tank battalion and paratroops of 1st battalion, 9th Fallschrimjager regiment. Kampfgruppe Peiper by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0846
DHM852. Hamminkeln, 6th Airborne Assault over the Rhine, 24th March 1945 by John Sellers. Hamminkeln, 6th Airborne Assault over the Rhine, 24th March 1945 by John Sellers. Click For Details DHM0852
A handful of Tigers from 2nd Kompanie SS Schwere Panzer Abteilung 101 halted the advance of the British 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats, outside the little Norman village of Villers Bocage. Prowling through the streets of the village, the solitary tank of Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann knocked out most of the 4th County of London Yeomanrys regimental HQ Stuart and Cromwell tanks, before falling victim to a 6pdr anti-tank gun. Wittmann survived the battle but was killed a month later on August 8th 1944. Counter Attack at Villers Bocage by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0860
M3 Lee tanks and troops from General Slims 14th Army clear Japanese resistance form the village of Ywathitgyi in their drive to Mandalay. Road to Mandalay, Burma, February 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0862
Depicting a jeep and crew of the first SAS team, Western desert 1942. L Detachment by Graeme Lothian. Click For Details DHM0866
Depicting members of the 1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk. The Defence of Calaise by Terence Cuneo.   Click For Details DHM0881
Members of the 2nd battalion The Rifle Brigade and 239 Battery RA knocking out at least 32 enemy tanks during the desert campaign on 27th October 1942, Lieutenant VB Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.   The Kidney Ridge action by Terence Cuneo.   Click For Details DHM0882
Action of the right flank, 3rd Battalion Scots Guards during the advance from Caumont to Les Loges, Normandy, 30th July 1944. Commanding the Churchill tank, Lochinvar is Lt Robert Runcie later to become Archbishop of Canterbury. Scots Guards Fighting Through the Bocage by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0887
The action depicts at Djebel Bou Aoukaz, Tunisia, 27th April 1943. Depicting Lyall charging the German 88mm gun position single handed (one other supporting Guardsman had been shot and killed) With pistol in one hand and dirk in the other, Lyall leaped forward firing and slashing, Five men fell at his feet, before he was overpowered and hacked to death. The scene was witnessed by a wounded Guardsman on the ridge. Captain The Lord Lyall VC by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0888
The anti Tank guns of the Left Flank Company 2nd battalion Scots Guards, during the battle of Medenine, The scene depicts the moment when Lt F A L Waldrons Platoon knocked out three German tanks as they came over the crest of the ridge. The Battle of Medenine, 6th march 1943, by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0893
S Company Scots Guards along with 3 Company Coldstream Guards, after heavy fighting, captures the hill from the German 1st Parachute regiment. S Company Scots Guards in the battle of Monte Piccolo, Italy 28th May 1944. by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0894
Pioneers were among the first British troops to land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, by 1st April 1944 there were over 35,500 pioneers in Normandy. The painting shows the various activities of the pioneers during the D-Day landings. Sword Beach by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0895
Although in the process of regrouping after their escape from the Cherkassy Pocket, Panthers and Panzer Grenadiers of the crack 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking are part of the relief force hastily assembled and thrown in to free the strategically important city of Kowel in the Pripet Marshes. By April 10th the Soviet encirclement of the city was broken and Wiking were pulled out of the line to continue refitting. Fight for Kowel, Poland, March/April 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0954
Syrian commandos and Republican Guard T72M tanks in the Bekkaa valley during the Israeli Peace for Galilee operation. It should be noted that although belonging to an elite unit, these tanks usually appeared minus a number of standard items, including side skirts, snorkel and even headlights, giving them a generally dilapidated appearance. They also employed the old Duska 12.7mm HMG rather than the new NSVT UTES anti-aircraft machine gun system. 40 Kilometres to Damascus by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0955
US Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd RCT, 2nd Marine Division, supported by LVTs and tanks, take part in the successful but bloody assault on Betio Island, part of the Tarawa Atoll. Operation Galvanic as it was known became the first step on the island road to Japan itself. Red Beach Two, Tarawa Atoll, 20th November 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0956
German Armoured Reconnaissance troops led by SS Captain Viktor Graebner, of the 9th SS Panzer Division, are decimated and repulsed by the men of Colonel Frosts 2PARA, as they attempt to retake the bridge by a coup-de-main. Graebners Attack, Arnhem Bridge, 18th September 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0957
After almost two months of continuous fighting in the front line, remnants of the 12th SS Panzer Division, Hitler Jugend, fall back under incessant air attacks by allied fighter bombers for their final battles in France. In their defense of the northern flank of what is to become the Falaise Gap the new Jagdpanzer IV in particular is to prove a formidable foe to the attacking British and Canadian tanks. The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th - 20th August 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0958
DHM972. SS Panzer Grenadiers by Chris Collingwood. SS Panzer Grenadiers by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM0972
Depicting the 8th Army artillery firing on the last Battle of Cassino, 600 guns destroyed the remaining German defences. The Battle of Monte Cassino by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0992
During the Battle at Arnhem, Lance Sgt. Baskeyfield (2nd Bt. South Staffordshire Reg.) with all his crew dead or wounded, he continued to man the the 6-pounder alone, until it was put out of action, he then crawled (with a shattered leg) to another undamaged 6-pounder and fired two shots knocking out an advancing self-propelled gun, seconds later he was killed. He was awarded, posthumously, the Victoria Cross. Lance Sergeant J D Baskeyfield VC by Terence Cuneo. Click For Details DHM0994
Men of the US 381st Infantry Regiment, 96th Division supported by the tanks of 763rd and 713th Flamethrower Tank Battalions, during the assault on Yaeju Dake. This escarpment, known as Big Apple was the last in a series of tough Japanese defence lines on the south of the Island. Taking of Big Apple, Okinawa, 10th - 14th June 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0995
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. Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM0996
The battle for Prokhorovka marked the high water mark of the German southern drive for Kursk. At the apex of the thrust were the 14 tiger tanks of the 13 Heavy Tank Company, 1st SS Panzer Division Liebstandarte, led by Michael Wittman. Their advance was eventually thwarted, however, by the epic charge of the Soviet 29th Guards Tank Corps, as part of 5th Guards Tank Armys furious counter attack against the SS Tank Corps. Clash of Steel, Prokhorovka, Kursk, 12th July 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1022
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B, consults with his former subordinate from North Africa, now divisional commander of the elite Panzer Lehr, General Fritz Bayerlein and the Colonel Rudolf Gerhardt of Panzer Regiment Lehr, over the imminent transfer of the division to confront the Americans at St. Lo. Rommel in Normandy, France, 2nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1025
While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters, he gave the order to his driver to ram the King tiger. Gormans tank Ballyragget succeeded in colliding with its target before the Tigers 88mm gun could be brought to bear on his Sherman, and with both tanks immobilised the crews quickly abandoned their tanks. Lt. Gorman, however, was not finished and making his way off the field, he returned shortly afterwards with a Sherman Firefly, to finish off the stricken Tiger II and one of the Tiger Is. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross, and his driver L/Cpl Baron the Military Medal. Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1026
Jagdpanthers of 654 heavy Tank Battalion engage 6th Guards Tank Brigade Churchills. Debut at Caumont, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1027
Tiger I tanks of 2 Kompanie/ Schwere Panzer Abteilung 504, attached to Panzer Division Herman Goring, launch their attack on the main US 7th Army landing beach at Gela, on the first day of Operation Husky. Despite the fact that the Herman Goring troops were untried in battle it was only the devastating effect of allied naval gunfire that stopped them reaching and probably destroying the beach head. Strike For Gela, Sicily, 11th June 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1048
Lieut. George Cairns of the South Staffordshire Regiment at the Battle of Pagoda Hill, Burma, 13th March 1944, along with the 3rd/6th Gurkha Rifles. Lieutenant George Cairns VC, at the Battle of Pagoda Hill, Burma 13th March 1944 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM1078
DHM1079. The 1st Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment at the Battle of Sittang Bridge, Burma, February 1942 by David Rowlands. The 1st Battalion Duke of Wellingtons Regiment at the Battle of Sittang Bridge, Burma, February 1942 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM1079
Superb figure study of the 82nd Airborne in 1944. 82nd Airborne by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM1081
During the morning of June 7th the 82nd Airborne were attacked by a mixed German battle group. Supported by 4th Division armour the Paratroopers and Glider troops repelled the attack which lasted most of the day. Fighting for a Foothold, 82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise, 1944 by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM1085
From their position in a knocked out Soviet T28 tank, the Finnish troops keep up the pressure on the encircled enemy units. Frozen Hell, Suomussalmi, Finland 1940 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1101
In this, the first true parachute operation of World war two, German paratroops of 1st battalion Fallschirmjager Regiment 1, proved themselves an invaluable component of Blitzkrieg. First in the initial stages of the campaign by seizing airfields and bridges in Norway and Denmark, and subsequently by supporting army ground forces engaged at Narvik. The Battle for Norway by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1102
In the predawn light the last Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger II (Kingtigers) of 2nd Company 506th Heavy Tank Battalion, drive south across the Arnhem bridge to prepare for the upcoming counter-attack to retake Elst and the Nymegen road bridge. Finale at Arnhem, Holand, 24th September 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1104
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. Defence of the Reichstag, Berlin, 1st May 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1109
M2A4 and M3 tanks of A Company, 1st US Marine Tank Battalion. move out from Henderson Field to support the perimeter from Japanese attacks. Guadalcanal by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1141
Sturmtigers of Sturmmorser Company 1002, commanded by Lieutenant Zippel, take on ammunition in preparation for the battle to come. These fearsome monsters 38cm rocket projectors could penetrate up to 2.5m of reinforced concrete. Luckily for the Allies only 18 were completed by the wars end. Preparing for the Day, the Reichswald, February 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1162
General Major Erwin Rommel leads the vanguard of his vaunted 7th Panzer (Ghost) Division past an abandoned French Char B tank on its epic drive from the Ardennes to the English Channel. Blitzkrieg, Northern France, May 1940 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1164
DHM1166. General Erwin Rommel with the Africa Korps before the Battle for Tobruk by Chris Collingwood. General Erwin Rommel with the Africa Korps before the Battle for Tobruk by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM1166
DHM1170. Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1170
A Tiger I and PAK 40 anti tank gun of the Müncheberg Division, field a final defence of the capital in front of the Brandenburg Gate under the shattered remains of the famous Linden trees. The under-strength division had just been formed the previous month from a mixture of ad hoc units and various marks of tank. Despite this it put up a spirited fight until its final destruction in early May. Tiger at the Gate, Berlin, 30th April 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1178
Unterscharfurher Karl-Heinz Turk of the Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 503, in one of the units few remaining Kingtigers, defends the Potsdammer Platz along with elements of the Munchberg Division against the rapidly encroaching Soviet forces. The Last Battle, Berlin, 30th April 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1179
Under pressure from Stalin to open a second front in Europe, Operation Jubilee was designed ostensibly as a reconnaissance in force on the French coast, to show the feasibility of taking and holding a major defended port for a day, in this case Dieppe. The plan devised by Lord Louis Mountbatten failed due to inadequate naval and air support, carrying out the landing in daylight and general lack of intelligence of the target. Here new Churchill tanks of the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment), with men of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and Fusiliers Mont-Royals, struggle to fight their way off the beach. Only a handful of men penetrated into the town itself, and eventually the remaining troops were ordered to withdraw. Out of 5086 soldiers who landed only 1443 returned.  Disaster at Dieppe, France, 19th August 1942 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1195
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 Fallschirmjäger and Münchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims Company, 1/29th Panzer Regiment. Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1196
Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS panzer Division holds his position near St lo, Normandy 26th July 1944. against an American Armoured breakthrough. Barkmanns Stand by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1203
51st Highland Division enter Schiyndel, Netherlands 1944. Piper of the 51st Highland Division by Alan Herriot. Click For Details DHM1206
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. Assault on Voronezh, Russia, 2nd - 7th July 1942 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1218
LVT Mark II and IV Buffaloes of 79th Armoured Division carry the men of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division through the flooded lower Rhine valley to secure the left flank of the Anglo-Canadian operation. Operation Veritable, Eastern Holland, 8th - 22nd February 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1220
Sturmgeschutz IIIg and Paratroops of the 4th Fallschirmjager Division, driving to the front line, pass one of the two giant 28cm K5 (Eisenbaum) railway guns responsible for the shelling the Allied beacheads at Anzio and Nettuno. Anzio Annie, Italy, 29th January 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1225
In early 1942 Britains very survival was threatened by the success of German U-Boat raids on shipping in the Atlantic. their mighty battleship Tirpitz posed even a greater threat. Operation Chariot a sea -borne commando attack was launched on a huge Normandie dock in the heavily defended St Naziare harbour. Destruction of the dock would deprive the Germans of the only repair site on the Atlantic coast big enough for the 50,000 ton Tirpitz. Accompanied by 18 small craft of Coastal Forces. HMS Campbletown boldly steamed up three Loire estuary under intense German fire, and struck the caisson of the dry dock at 0134 hrs. The Commandos rapidly disembarked from the bows and set about destroying the dock installations, Of the 622 who set out from Falmouth 169 died, 200 became prisoners and only 242 returned home. Five Victoria Crosses, four DSOs, seventeen DSCs and eleven MCs were awarded in the daring and brilliantly successful raid. The Raid on St Nazaire 28th March 1942 by David Rowlands. Click For Details DHM1233
While other Tigers of his command struck northwest and decimated the tanks and half tracks of the Sharpshooters and Rifle Brigade parked along the road towards point 213 and Caen, Haupsturmfuhrer Michel Wittmann attacked on his own to the south east. Driving his panzer into the village of Villers Bocage. he proceeded to destroy the Stuart and Cromwell tanks of Viscount Arthur Cranleys 4th County of London Yeomanry the Sharpshooters RHQ. Although subsequently immobilized in the village center, the battle between the British 7th Armoured Division Desert Rats and Wittmanns 101st Heavy Tank Battalion continued for a full day, and blunted the British threat to the German line.  Wittmann at Villers Bocage, Normandy, 0900 hrs, June 13th 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1274
Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS panzer Division holds his position near St lo, Normandy 26th July 1944. against an American Armoured breakthrough. Barkmann by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1276
DHM1290. Portrait of Winston Churchill. Portrait of Winston Churchill. Click For Details DHM1290
Following Hitlers death, the decision was taken by the officers and men of Sturmartillerie Brigade 249 to break out of the doomed capital. Shortly before midnight on the 3rd, what remained of the unit fought to the edge of the city at Spandau. By this time the brigade had been split into two elements, the first under Hauptmann Herbert Jaschke successfully punched their way out to the west. The second group was not so lucky, and its survivors fell into Soviet captivity. Escape to the Elbe, Berlin, 3rd May 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1293
Oberscharfuhrer Ernst Barkmann in Panther 401 accidentally found himself as the spearhead of the 2nd SS Panzer Divisions night assault on the crossroads at Manhay. Initially mistaking a lone Sherman of US 7th Armoured Division as that of his own commander, he pulled alongside the enemy tank, and only realised his mistake when he noticed its unusual red interior lights. In a brief close quarter fight he managed to destroy the M4 with the Panthers anti-personnel mortar (Panzergranate) He then proceeded along the moonlit forest roads past a succession of surprised American units to Manhay and on towards Liege, having left several destroyed vehicles in his wake. His appearance caused havoc in the US defences, culminating in a rout. Night Drive to Manhay, Barkmann in the Ardennes, 24th December 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1294
As allied forces pressed inland towards Caen, the 21st panzer Division launched a counterattack along a narrow three mile corridor between the Canadians on Juno beach and the British on Sword. the charge led by fifty tanks of 22nd panzer regiment and supporting Panzer grenadiers was engaged on its eastern flank by heavy British anti tank fire and the bulk of the force was pinned down or destroyed. ultimately only six PZ IVs and a company of infantry mannered to reach the coast at lion sur mer. their stay however was short lived and within a few hours the arrival of the transports and gliders of the British 6th Airborne directly overhead forced the entire division to pull back for fear of being trapped. Dash to the Sea, November 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1310
After suppressing the initial German defences, the Sherman Crab flail tank of Lance Sgt Johnson, 3 Troop C Squadron the 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, clears a path through a minefield to allow tanks of 27th Armoured Brigade, and men of 3rd Infantry Division to breakout from the beaches. Fire support from surviving Sherman DD (amphibious) tanks of 13th /18th Hussars (QMO), proved invaluable in the initial push towards Caen D-Day, Sword Beach, Normandy 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1311
DHM1327. US Paratrooper after Normandy, June 1944 by Stuart Liptrot. US Paratrooper after Normandy, June 1944 by Stuart Liptrot. Click For Details DHM1327
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. Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1345
The allied invasion of Normandy Operation Overlord was the greatest sea-bourne military operation in history. Key to its success and at the heart of the invasion were the Landings of the British 50th division on Gold beach and the Canadian 3rd Division on Juno beach. They provided a vital link between the landings of the British 3rd Division on Sword beach and the Americans on Omaha and Utah beaches. They were also crucial in securing the beachhead and the drive inland to Bayeux and Caen. Glosters Return by David Griffin Click For Details DHM1360
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. David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1391
Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin. The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that morning. Shortly afterwards the glider troops were reinforced by 7 Parachute Battalion, and together they held the area against German attacks until the main British forces landing at Sword beach could fight through to join them. Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1394
Germany Infantry assault troops and PzIV tank of the 24th Panzer Division are counterattacked by Soviet riflemen of General Chuikovs 62nd Army as they push towards the Red October factory works. Battle on the Volga, Stalingrad, Southern Russia, 30th September 1942 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1395
The crew of a late model Tiger I of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division, manage to take a short break from the fighting around Warsaw, during the German assault, having pushed the Soviet forces out of the city and across the Vistula River. Tiger I of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division, Poland 1944 by Randall Wilson. Click For Details DHM1402
Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zeuche und Camminetz, (nicknamed The Panzer Count), in the vanguard of Panzer Regiment Gross Deutchlands thrust towards Belogrod. One of the most spectacular armour commanders of all time he led his mixed force of PzIVs and Tiger 1s on a series of successful battles to form a northern pincer around Kharkov, vital to the retaking of the city. For his exploits he was awarded the swords to his Knights Cross. The Panzer Count by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1421
1st Lieutenant Otto Carius commanding 2nd Company of the 502nd heavy tank Battalion, with eight Tigers, advanced towards the village of Malinava (a northern suburb of Dunaburg) , to halt the Russian advance. Following a reconnaissance Lieutenant Otto Carius explained his plan to take the village. He decided to attack using only two tanks because there was only one narrow road leading to the village. Six Tigers therefore remained in the reserve while Lt Carius and Lt. Albert Kerschers (one of the most decorated commanders of sPzAbt 502) tanks moved towards the village. Speed was the essence and afterwards, Otto Carius recalls that the entire battle did not last more than 20 minutes. in this short time, Carius and Kerscher knocked out 17 of the new JS-1 Stalin and 5 T-34 tanks. Following this he deployed 6 of his tanks in an ambush against the remainder of the Soviet tank battalion advancing toward him, unaware of their lead companies demise. Surprise was complete and a further 28 tanks were destroyed along with their supporting trucks and vehicles, the complete battalion had been wiped out for no loss. The Tigers Roar, Malinava, Latvia, July 22nd 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1422
Following the capture of Orel, the German High Command ordered General Heinz Guderians panzers to push on towards Mtsensk, Tuila and Moscow. Alarmed at the situation Stalin deployed Major General Leyushenko to halt this advance. the battle was finally joined when when the 4th Panzer Division crossed the Lisiza stream at Kamenewo, pushing back the dug in defenders towards Mtsensk, but unaware they had entered a Soviet trap. at this point the T34s and KV1s of Colonel Katukovs 4th tank Brigade attacked from the woods on the Panzers left flank smashing the out gunned and weaker armoured PzIII tanks and half tracks. For the Germans the battle was a terrible shock, stalling their advance and an unexpected demonstration of Soviet armoured superiority. During the battle Lt Lavrinienko, with his platoon of four T34s supported by three KV1s under Sgt Antonov knocked out eleven enemy tanks, plus a pair of artillery guns (squashed under the tracks of the KVs) In his short two month career, Lt Lavinienko knocked out some fifty two enemy tanks! Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1423
As the spearhead of Army Group North, 6th Panzer Division had deployed two Kampgruppe across the Dubyana river as jump off points for the drive towards Leningrad. Prior to the ensuing battles for the bridgeheads General Solyalyankin, commander of 2nd Tank Division, infiltrated a single KV2 and some infantry across the river to interdict the German supply road to Rasyeinyia. For two days the Soviet tank fought off all attempts to clear it from the road (including a night attack by German sappers) in the process destroying a convoy of supply trucks, a battery of the new Pak38 anti-tank guns, and an 88mm gun. It was only the combined efforts of a platoon of PZ35(t)s who distracted the lone tank to its front while a 88mm AA gun scored some eight hits from the rear that finally knocked it out. as the Germans inspected the silent KV they were stunned as the turret once again began to move, a quick thinking engineer dropped a few grenades through the 88 holes in the turret and finally silenced the monster. The Roadblock, Dubyana River, Lithuania 23rd - 24th June 1941 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1424
Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion sort their kit out and get ready to enplane the waiting American Dakota C-47s of the 14 and 59 Squadrons/61st Troop Carrier Group. The paratroops took off simultaneously from Saltby and Barkston, commencing at 1121. All planes were in the air by 1155. A relatively uneventful trip over the northern route to the Netherlands resulted in not a plane being shot down; only five were slightly damaged. The 1st Battalion were dropped at 1403, 2nd Battalion at 1353 and the 3rd Battalion at 1356, all at DZ-X, west of Wolfhezen some eight miles west of Arnhem. The Battalion orders were for three different routes to the Arnhem Bridge. 1st Battalion took the Leopard route, 2nd Battalion Tiger route and the 3rd Battalion Lion route. Only the 2nd Battalion, commanded by Lt colonel John Frost managed to fight their way to the bridge. Market Garden. Arnhem by Graeme Lothian. Click For Details DHM1453
With assault troops on board, a king tiger from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 511 leads a Jagdpanther down a morning misty road May 1945. Konigstiger Ausf B by Randall Wilson. Click For Details DHM1501
1 Border Regiment (1st Airborne division) unload their Horsa gliders, and push on to the next stage of the operation, forming a defensive perimeter around the LZs and DZs, ready for the next lift. LZ S-17, Operation Market Garden, September 1944 by Jason Askew. Click For Details DHM1506
Following an astonishing night march, the tanks of 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry and men of 1st Battalion Black Watch found themselves ensconced in the village of St. Aignan de Cramesnil some 4 miles behind German lines. Shortly after noon a small group of Tiger I tanks were spotted advancing north by 3 Troop, A Squadron. Some minutes later Captain Boardman arrived in his Sherman I and when the enemy were within 800 yards he gave the order to open fire. The first two shots by the troops Firefly brewed up the rearmost target. After moving to a new position Trooper Joe Ekins fired again, knocking out a second Tiger. Finally he turned his attention to the remaining tank, destroying it with two more rounds. Unknown to the British tankmen at the time it is now believed that the last Tiger was that of the top German tank ace Hauptsturmfurher Michael Wittmann. The Death of Wittmann, St Aignan de Cramesnil, France, 8th August 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1539
Major Sankovsky, commander of the new SU-152 battery of 1442nd SP Art Regiment, assigned to the 13th Army was in support of the 307th Rifle Division around Ponyri Station when the XXXXI Panzer Corp attacked with 200 panzers. Leading the way were Tiger Is of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505, and the Borgward BIV remote control mine clearance tanks. On this day it is believed the major himself knocked out 10 enemy tanks, and in the ensuing three weeks of combat at Kursk the battery accounted for some 12 Tigers and 7 Ferdidnands. It was this units results which the SU152 the nickname of Zwieroboj - Animal Hunter. Zwieroboj - Animal Hunters - Ponyri Station, Kursk, 7th July 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1597
A Tiger (P) Ferdinand, 7th Company, 654th Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung passes a knocked out Soviet Su122 on the German advance towards the village of Ponyri. The fighting around this small agricultural settlement was some of the most savage of the entire battle. The Battle for Ponyri Station, Kursk, 9th July 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1598
You have a rendezvous with destiny! – promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy. At precisely 23.00 hours on the night of 5th June 1944, aircraft containing the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, thundered down the runway at Upottery Airfield. Lifting off into the night, the hazardous mission given to the paratroopers of the 101st was to speaerhead the Allied invasion of Hitler occupied Europe - a rendezvous with destiny if ever there was one. Crossing the French coast two hours later, the vast air armada was met by heavy German AA fire and hampered by heavy banks of cloud, scattering the Division over a wide area. Few units landed in their designated drop zones and by dawn on the morning of 6th June, Easy Company comprised just nine rifle men, two officers, a couple of machine guns, and a mortar. The task of these eleven men - to annihilate a German battery targetting the landings on Utah Beach! Undaunted, this tiny group of young paratroopers ferociously assaulted and captured the battery, their action saving the lives of hundreds of their comrades coming ashore on the beach head below. In the gruelling days that followed, the men of Easy Company fought their way through dense hedgerows, across fields and orchards, through farms and villages towards their next objective - the strategic town of Carentan. Heavily defended by German forces, its seizure was vital to the Allied advance. Portrays the men of Easy Company as they fight their way through the bullet-swept streets of Carentan. Facing the enemy in close combat house-to-house street fighting, the paratroopers relentlessly pounded the enemy until the last vestiges of German resistance were overwhelmed and the objective taken. But for the men of Easy Company and the 101st Airborne, this action is just the beginning of their distinguished but savage war. Others will follow: the liberation of the first Dutch city, Eindhoven; the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; and ultimately, the capture of Hitlers Eagles Nest at Berchtesgaden. Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM1607
The bitter Russian winter of 1943/44 was matched by some of the toughest fighting of the ground war. Between the Carpathian Mountains and the Dneiper River elements of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler reinforced their fearsome reputation. Panthers of SS Pz.Rgt.1 move forward to engage Soviet armour, passing a Tiger of the 13th Heavy Company LAH. Overhead, Fw190As of Hptm Erich Rudorffers II/JG54 lend support by hunting for Soviet ground attack aircraft ahead of the panzer spearhead. The Cold Front by Nicolas Trudgian. Click For Details DHM1686
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! Alfred Rubbel at Kursk by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1777
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Kinderheim, Narva Bridgehead 17th March 1944, 2nd Kompany, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion. Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, pull back to their headquarters at The Kinderheim to reload ammunition and refuel for the next engagement. Rearm and Resupply by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM1778
Skillfully led by their mercurial commander, SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, the Tiger Tanks of s.SS-Pz. Abt. 101 blaze through a shattered French village in the days following D-Day, June, 1944. Their destination – Normandy! Holding the Line by Richard Taylor. Click For Details DHM1784
In July 1943 during the eastern campaign, 15 divisions of the German field army (feldheer) were needed for Operation Citadel. The losses suffered were so heavy that there were no longer enough recruits available to replace the fallen. Back in Germany, young men of 18 and 19 were being incorporated into Ersatz-Battalione to fill the depleted ranks. Through the gloom and smoke of battle, two such Grenadiers sight the enemy. The ever present tension and fear of mortal combat takes hold - only their courage and training may save them. Heer Grenadiers - Operation Citadel, July 1943 by Chris Collingwood. Click For Details DHM1817
The Battle for Point 112, a strategically positioned hill just a few miles south-west of Caen, was the scene of the most violent fighting between German and British armor, artillery and ground troops during the weeks immediately following the D-Day invasion, in June 1944. Desperate to regain Hill 112, on July 9th, the Tiger tanks of SS Panzer Battalion 102 were ordered to advance. 2 Kompanies Tigers managed to occupy the eastern slopes of the hill, while 1 Kompanie came under fire as they rached the first houses in the small village of Maltot. At this point they came head on to British Sherman tanks. Entering the village firing his 88, Unterscharfuhrer Fey in tank 138 quickly knocked out three Shermans at 200 yards range, and by the evening of July 10th the Panzers had re-taken Maltot. But Allied artillery had driven the Germans off Hill 112. The battle raged on for another three weeks when on August 1st the Allies frove the Germans off Point 112 for the final time. Tigers of SS Panzer Battalion 102 yet again advance towards the infamous hill, passing two Shermans knocked out in the previous days fighting. Overhead, Me109s of II./JG26 give aerial support as the German armour makes a last ditch attempt to repel the advancing forces, in their effort to hold the important city of Caen. Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. Click For Details DHM2035
On June 6, 1944, no fewer than 4000 ships landed 133,000 assault troops on the beaches of Normandy. A further 23,000 parachuted in, whilst Allied aircraft flew 14,000 sorties on that historic day. By the end of August 200,000 seamen had transported two million troops across to France. It was the greatest and most successful military invasion in history, which led to the downfall of Hitlers Germany, and the end of the war in Europe. Robert Taylors painting captures the very essence of that herculean battle. The painting is dominated by one of the many large transport ships, lowering her landing craft under bombardment from shore batteries. Barrage balloons flying, this massive fleet sailed into the teeth of the German defences, to land its invasion forces against all odds. D-Day Normandy Landings by Robert Taylor. Click For Details DHM2118
The Germans launched their attack on the Kursk salient on 5th July 1943, and for both sides this was maximum effort. The Soviets, however, informed by intelligence of the impending German attack, had ample time to prepare huge defensive works with hundreds of planned anti tank belts. They deployed 10 Tank Corps, 5 Tank Armies, 1 mechanised Corps and 14 Field Armies equipped with 4000 anti tank guns and 6000 tanks. The Soviet Air Forces were equally impressive - 2600 aircraft. The Germans, outnumbered in every department, were forced to scrape together whatever serviceable tanks they could from their badly under strength Panzer formations. Most of the tanks deployed were old Panzer IIIs or IVs, with only 147 Tigers available for action. The northern German attack made very little headway, but, in the south, the Germans had grouped all of the SS Panzer forces into the II SS Panzer Corps and these units, despite the enormous Soviet forces ranged against them, began to smash their way through the Soviet defences. The Luftwaffe too had brought together 1200 aircraft and these made an immediate impact on the fighting - on the first day alone German fighters broke up massive formations of Soviet aircraft, over 400 victories being claimed. Kursk - Clash of Steel by Nicolas Trudgian. (F) Click For Details DHM2266
As 1944 drew to a close, Hitler made his final gamble of the war, mounting a massive strike force aimed at splitting the Allies forces advancing upon Germany. His armour, supported from the air, would rip through the Ardennes to Antwerp, capture the Allied fuel supplies, and cut off all the opposing forces to the north. Hitlers commanders were dubious of the outcome but nevertheless obeyed orders, and the operation was launched on 16th December. Allied intelligence had discounted any German counter-offensive and the initial wave, comprising 8 Panzer divisions, took the Allied forces completely by surprise. A parachute drop of English-speaking German soldiers in American uniforms behind the assault zone added to the confusion. Advancing some 30 miles, and almost in sight of the River Meuse, by 26th December the SS Panzers had ground to a halt with empty fuel tanks, and were at the mercy of Allied counter-attacks. By 16th January the German penetration was repulsed and Hitlers beloved Panzer units retreated in tatters. The Fuhrers last gamble had failed. Fw190s of JG1 provide close support to the 9th SS Panzer Division, as they spearhead Germanys final major offensive of World War II. Seen advancing on the 82nd Airborne Division, the King Tiger tanks, with the aid of Luftwaffe ground-attack fighters, drive the Americans back through the snowy fields of the Ardennes on Christmas Day, 1944. It was the last, short-lived and ultimately unsuccessful advance made by the German forces during World War II. Ardennes Offensive by Nicolas Trudgian. Click For Details DHM2466
Toldi IIa Light tank and troops of the Hungarian Army watch out for marauding enemy aircraft as they move forward to attempt to stem the oncoming Soviet tide. Last of the Honved, Eastern Hungary, Autumn 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM2500
Wherever the GIs went they took their Jeeps with them, and before the war was run the little quarter-ton, 4-wheel drive, utility vehicle was as well known around the world as the Model T Ford. Nicolas Trudgian has painted a compelling image, set back in time when the little Jeep was omnipresent on and around the roads and battlefields of a war-torn world. It is Christmas 1944 and, as a gaggle of 339th FG P-51 Mustangs disturb the peace of this ancient English village, a little Jeep waits patiently outside the pub while her occupants sample the local ale. A wonderfully nostalgic painting that will bring back pleasant memories to many. Welcome Respite by Nicolas Trudgian. Click For Details DHM2591
Colditz – a forbidding medieval castle near Leiptzig, Germany - remains one of the most potent symbols of the Second World War. Reputed to be the Nazis most escape proof prison, this grim castle is the most notorious PoW camp in history with the distinction of being the only German prison that had more guards than prisoners. The castle was specifically used to impound incorrigible, Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps but putting so many experienced serial escapers in one place proved to be a rather questionable idea. Despite more conventional escape routes gradually being sealed off by the Germans, members of The Colditz Escape Academy continued to jump, tunnel and sneak out of this inescapable prison in surprising numbers. Early in the war Hermann Goering made a public declaration that Colditz was escape proof but he was to be proven wrong time and time again, and over 300 attempts were made during the course of the war, with more than 130 prisoners escaping and 31 successfully reaching home. When captured the result was three weeks in the solitary confinement block, however this didnt stop prisoners inventing even more elaborate means of escaping, even catapulting themselves out of high windows and of course the famous design and building of a sophisticated glider. This new edition, reproduced from a pencil drawing by Nicolas Trudgian, depicts the imposing castle shortly after being liberated by American troops in April 1945. In the foreground below a Sherman Tank of the 9th Armored Division stands on watch, close to the sign that was erected by the US 69th Infantry Division. Colditz - Under New Management by Nicolas Trudgian. Click For Details DHM2598
The infamous Tiger Tank, one of the the deadliest fighting machines ever built and the most successful tank ace of WWII, Michael Wittmann. Wittmanns Tiger advances towards Beauvais in June 1944 to intercept the advancing British 7th Armoured Division - the famous Desert Rats - during the Allied Invasion of Normandy. Awarded the Knights Cross with Swords and Oak Leaves, Michael Wittman was the most decorated tank commander of WWII but, together with his entire crew, lost his life on August 8 in the battle for Cintheaux when his Tiger received a direct hit from a rocket fired by an RAF Typhoon ground attack fighter. Tiger! Tiger! by Nicolas Trudgian. Click For Details DHM2609
German infantry take cover in a shell hole during the blitzkrieg through Southern Russia towards Stalingrad. Cross of Iron, Russia, Summer 1942 by David Pentland. Click For Details DHM3001
The 2nd U.S. Cavalry Group had been mechanized less than three years. The vivid smell of the stable and of leather tack were still in their nostrils, even in this war of gasoline fumes and dry logistics. World War II was ending. Colonel Charles Reed, commander of the 2nd, had heard about the German Remount Depot in occupied Czechoslovakia that stabled the legendary Royal Lipizzaner stallions, mares and foals. With the russians closing in on Prague, Reed knew that the famous horses would be confiscated for draft horses, or butchered for meat, or shot for revenge. He resolved to save the Lipizzaners. Captain Thomas M Stewart, acting as emissary, and accompanied by the German staff officer, rides a borrowed Lipizzaner stallion through the night to arrange the surrender of the horses. A breath away from being shot as a spy, he speaks with the German General commanding. The next day American troops skirmish their way into Hostau and Captain Nelson Cattlets A Troop secures the area around the horses. Colonel Reed arrives, and the horses are driven - wild west style - to the American lines. The magnificent breed - with bloodlines stretching back two thousand years - is saved from extinction. The Lipizzaners, trained for centuries to serve the warrior unselfishly are now saved by warriors. Rescuing the Lipizzaners by Don Stivers. Click For Details DHM8012
Machine gunners at Monte Gemmano, (Gothic Line) in September 1944. 6th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment by David Rowlands (GL) Click For Details DHM9017
GDHM9023GL. Lord De L Isle VC Grenadier Guards, 1944 at Anzio by David Rowlands. Lord De L Isle VC Grenadier Guards, 1944 at Anzio by David Rowlands (GL) Click For Details DHM9023
The Infantry Heavy Weapons School at Netheravon in Wiltshire circa 1940. Vickers Machine-Gunners Training by David Rowlands (GL) Click For Details DHM9027
Soviet troops advance at lightning speed through Manchuria against a crumbling Japanese defence August Storm by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0012
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. Operation Cobra, Normandy, 28th July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0018
Soviet guards launch a Human Wave attack on beleaguered German defenders at Stalingrad, Autumn 1942. Valour of the Guards by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0026
Near Lake Ricu, 12th - 16th July 1944. Kampfgruppe Carius by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0100
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius, 17th March 1944. Defence of Narwa Bridgehead by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0101
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius during the destruction of the Ostsack, Narwa, 6th April 1944. Operation Strachwitz II by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0102
Heavy Tank Regiment Bake, 1st - 21st February 1944. Opening the Cherkassy Pocket by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0103
Panzer commander Alfred Rubbel at the Battle of Kursk, 4th - 12th July 1943. Alfred Rubbel at Kursk by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0104
Gerhard Fischer. Russia, 25th February 1943. Marder II, PzJager Battalion 5,SS Panzer Grenadier Division Wiking. Barvenkovo by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0105
Gerhard Fischer. Poland, 31st July 1944. Jagdpanzer IV Pz Jager Batt 5, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. Holding the Vistula by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0106
Gerhard Fischer. Poland, 14th August 1944 - Jagdpanzer IV of Jagd Pz Batt 5, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. Lying in Wait by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0107
Targul Fromos, Rumania, April 1944. 10th Staffel (Panzerjager) Schlachtgeswader 2. Tank Hunters by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0108
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Kinderheim, Narva Bridgehead 17th March 1944, 2nd Kompany, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion. Rearm and Resupply by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0109
Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Narva Bridgehead, 18th March 1944 - 2nd Company, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion and Nordland Infantry. Retaking Tirtsu by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0110
Central Caucasus, August 1942. Against a background of Mount Elbrus, the Panzer IVs of 9th company, panzer regiment 4, 13th Panzer division, race south from Rostov to attempt to take the oilfields of the Caucasus. In the shadow of Elbrus by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0111
Hungary, 18th February 1945. The Soviet bridgehead across the lower river Gran threatened the important oilfields at Komorn. To deal with it, Heavy tank battalion 503 was attached to the elite Hoch und Deutschmeister Division. Then in conjunction with the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division to the north the operation was launched and the bridgehead successfully crushed. Breaking the Gran Bridgehead by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0112
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive Soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs.  The Firing Line by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0113
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the third operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy the final units of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. Advance to the Start Line, Narva Bridgehead , Northern Russia , 6th April 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0114
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. Into Position, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0115
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. The Ambush, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0116
Six Tiger I tanks including Albert Kersher and Lt. Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, prepare to take up ambush positions for the soon to arrive soviet tank brigade. In the ensuing encounter, the Tigers destroyed the entire column of 28 Josef Stalin IIs. Springing the Trap, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0117
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher , Otto Carius, and 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, supported in the air by Fw190s of JG54 Grunherz find themselves the only forces available to hold the line against the advancing Soviet forces. Holding the Line, Dunaburg, Latvia, 21st July 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0118
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the second operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy half of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. The operation was totally successful. Clearing the Ostsack, Narva Bridgehead, Northern Russia, 6th April 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0119
Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company. Heavy tank Battalion 502, take part in the second operation designed and led by Graf von Strachwitz (Grossdeutschland Division) to destroy half of the dangerous Soviet bridgehead across the Narva river. The operation was totally successful. Mutual Support, Narva Bridgehead, Northern Russia, 6th April 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0120
Ist Company Heavy Tank Battalion 503 Tiger Is of Alfred Rubbel and Hannes Rippl (whose crew included gunner Kurt Knispel) battering through the dense Red Army defences at Kursk. Rubbel and Rippl, Kursk, Central Russia, July 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0121
After the battle of Kursk, Heavy Tank Battalion 503 Tiger Is were divided into small groups to protect and support infantry units as they retreated from the Donets river line. A typical example was the team of Rubbel (Max) and Rippl (Moritz) who for several weeks acting independently fended off pursuing Soviet armoured units. Their success was in no small part due to the skill of Rippls gunner, Kurt Knispel. Max and Moritz, Retreat from the Donets, Russia, July to September 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0122
Heavy Tank Regiment Bake was temporarily created as part of the forces gathered to breakthrough to the besieged Army Corps trapped in the Korsun (or Tscherkassy) pocket. Led by Oberstleutnant Dr. Bake it consisted of Heavy Tank Battalion 503, the panther battalion of Panzer Regiment 23, and a battalion of artillery, engineers and mountain troops. This powerful unit was halted just 10km from its objective having run out of supplies, and had to be resupplied by air. Help from the sky, near Korsun, Russia, 13th February 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0123
Kurt Knispel rescues his Commander Hans Fendsack after heavy attacks on the Tiger IIs of 1st Company, Heavy Tank Battalion 503 by allied fighter bombers. Despite being pulled to safety Oberfeldwebel Fendsack died later that night from his wounds. For 4 years they had been friends and comrades. Farewell to a Friend, Normandy, France 5th August 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0124
Mountain troops and Panther tanks of Heavy Tank Regiment Bake, push towards Oratrow to complete the encirclement of several Red Army Corps. The Balabonowka Pocket, Ukraine, 25th-30th January 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0125
Mountain troops riding on Panther tanks of 2nd Battalion 23rd Panzer Regiment, Heavy Tank Regiment Bake in a successful attempt to outflank major soviet forces blocking the route to Tscherkassy. While the Tiger battalion launched a frontal attack on the enemy positions, the Panthers were able to attack from the rear, totally surprising the defenders. The Road to Tscherkassy, Medwin, Ukraine, 3rd-9th February 1943 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0126
Panthers of 2nd Battalion 23rd Panzer Regiment, Heavy Tank Regiment Bake led by captured T34s race to capture a vital bridge at Frankowka across the Gniloi Tilitsch. The daring coup de main was successful bringing the relief column one step closer to the besieged pocket at Tscherkassy. Race to Frankowka, Ukraine, 10th February 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0127
With a mixed unit of 4 Panthers, 1 anti tank gun, and 25 men from Feldersatz Battalion 128 Hauptmann Gerhard Fischer held the important village for a full day against overwhelming Soviet attacks before being ordered to retreat. Holding Hosszupaly, Hungary, 17th October 1944 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0128
Leading one of the last columns attempting to breakout from the doomed city, Georg Diers battered Kingtiger of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 smashed through the Soviet roadblock on the far side of the Weidenammer Bridge. Escape from Berlin. Germany 3.00 a.m, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0132
Tiger II 314 of Unterscharfurher Georg Diers supported by Oberscharfurher Bootsman of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503, knocked out 13 T34s in 19 minutes. Stemming the Tide, Straussberg, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0133
Following a full day of combat Hauptscharfurher Korner of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 foiled a night attack by a battalion of Josef Stalin JSII heavy tanks. By the end of the day he had accounted for 76 enemy tanks, over 40 of these on this one day alone. It was his 25th birthday. Night Fight, Bollersdorf, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0134
Hauptscharfurher Korner of SS Heavy Tank Battalion 503 makes his escape from the city in an abandoned Panther via the suburb of Staaken. On the way he destroyed a JSII, and a couple of Assault guns, before his tank broke down for a final time later that night. Panther on the loose, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Click For Details DP0135
The opening phase of the epic battle of Arnhem. Airborne troops of the British 1st Parachute Brigade are seen landing on their drop-zone near Wolfheze on 17th September 1944, as glider-borne Jeeps of the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron lead the seven mile dash to their objective, the bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem. Operation Market Garden by Michael Turner Click For Details GT0085
At 0016hrs on 6th June 1944 three Airspeed Horsa gliders, flown with outstanding skill by pilots from the Glider Pilot Regiment, and carrying airborne troops from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Royal Engineers, landed within yards of the bridge over the Caen Canal at Benouville, Normandy. The audacious attack achieved complete surprise, and some fifteen minutes later the bridge had been secured, an objective of vital importance to enable the advance of the Allied Liberation Forces on D-Day. Operation Deadstick by Michael Turner Click For Details GT0086
World War Two British gun crew and 25pdr artillery piece. Tribute to the 25pdr Gun Crews by Jason Askew. Click For Details JA0009
29th Division at Normandy. 29 Lets Go by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0010
June 6-7, 1944 saw the execution of operation Neptune, the airborne assault of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Arriving by glider and parachute, three allied airborne divisions, the U.S 82nd, 101st and British 2nd landed on the Cherbourg Peninsula to secure inland routes in preparation for the Allies’ massive Normandy assault. Spearheading the assault, units of the 82nd Airborne Division were to land astride the Merdert River and seize the approach roads to Utah beach. The 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) arriving by sea and air, constituted the 82nd Division’s reserve. Commanded by COL Harry L. Lewis, the 325th GIR was ordered to conduct their assault on the morning of D+1 and link up with parachute infantry elements that had arrived on D-Day. Initial intelligence reports given to COL Lewis prior to the invasion indicated enemy forces to be located to the South of the Regiment’s landing zone, Landing Zone W (LZ Whiskey). The enemy situation changed however, as the 325th GIR prepared to leave their departure airfields in England. Elements of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) had met stiff resistance in their fight for Ste. Mere Eglise, and enemy forces still controlled the high ground to the South of the town. As such, German forces occupied dominating positions above the 325th’s landing zones and posed a serious threat to their glider assault. Division Headquarters attempted to wire COL Lewis the message Come in Fighting, but the message was never received. Therefore, the first gliders that landed in Normandy were met by intense machine-gun and mortar fire from Ste. Mere Eglise to the north. Expecting gunfire from the South, COL Lewis pulled out his compass, and checked the direction of the enemy fire. He decided the compass must be broken, but as another member of the landing party checked his compass, it also pointed north. It was not until COL Lewis met up with scouts of the 4th Infantry Division that he confirmed that the enemy was indeed in the vicinity of Ste. Mere Eglise, North of their location. Although sustaining almost 10% casualties during their glider assault, the 325th GIR was able to assemble into an effective fighting force by 10:15 on the morning of 7 June. Their efforts, along with the daring parachute drops the day prior, disrupted German resistance and allowed elements of the 4th Infantry Division to move inland without significant opposition. The efforts of the 325th GIR and other airborne units played a crucial role in the success of the Allied Invasion and the destruction of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. The painting Come In Fighting captures the valiant glider assault by the 325th GIR during Operation Neptune. COL Harry L. Lewis is depicted leading the men of the 325th GIR through the enemy machine-gun and mortar fire towards the maze of hedgerows for cover and ultimately Chef du-Pont. The officers and soldiers of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment commemorate this painting to all members of the Regiment- past, present and future. The courage and determination displayed by the glidermen of the 325th GIR serve as a constant reminder of the sacrifices of the past and our continued service in the future. Come in Fighting by James Dietz. (AP) Click For Details JD0012
Tuckers Devils prepare to save the Salerno Beachhead. Eight Hours to Glory by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0014
The 28th Division in the Defense of Hosingen, Luxembourg. Hold to the Last Round by James Dietz Click For Details JD0015
Fourth in the National Guard Division Series Commemorating the 41st Divisions Service in World War II. Jungleers by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0018
503rd Infantry, Corregidor, Operation Topside. On the Rock by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0019
101st Airborne Division at the Battle of the Bulge. Stopped Cold by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0027
The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Seizes Goronne, Belgium, Battle of the Bulge 7 January 1945. Stopped Dead in Their Tracks by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0028
JD29. Strike Attack by James Dietz. Strike Attack by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0029
Darbys Rangers - Battle of Cisterna. Though I be the Lone Survivor by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0031
BMW 328, Focke-Wulf 190A. Tough Day by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0032
General Omar Bradley, commanding the First U.S. Army, had waited anxiously for the linkup of Omaha and Utah beachheads before declaring success in the American sector following D-Day. He considered this final event critical before the Allied invasion of Europe could be put into full swing. His concern over the linkup delay was confirmed when he received an Ultra flash from British intelligence at Bletchley Park indicating the German high command was aware of a gap existing between the American V and VII Corps. They ordered the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division to counter attack and split the two forces. It is interesting to note that this was one of the few times that information obtained from the German Enigma Code breaking was deemed so critical it was passed to a tactical commander. Such intelligence had previously been withheld for fear of tipping the Germans to the fact their secret code system had been broken. For days the American Parachute Infantry had been engaged in combat with the German Armys 6th Parachute Regiment in the vicinity of Carentan. It was now D+7, June 13, 1944. …what a wonderful sight it was to see those tanks pouring it to the Germans with those heavy 50-caliber machine-guns and just plowing straight from our lines into the German hedgerows with all those fresh infantry soldiers marching along beside the tanks, remembers then LT Richard Winters who commanded Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the band of brothers. The scene, which followed, has finally been captured by renowned military artist James Dietz in We Happy Few. Infantry from the National Guards famed 29th Division, supported by the 2nd Armored Divisions Hell on Wheels, had raced forward to relieve the airborne troops from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions seizing and holding ground since their historic jump on the eve of D-Day. What a joyous occasion it had to be as the American airborne, joined by the grateful French civilians, welcomed the arriving ground troops. Clearly there was a difficult task ahead. Tragically many of the joyous American soldiers depicted in the print would not be there for another happy day, May 8, 1944, some eleven months later when Germany finally surrendered. But for a moment, they were We few, we happy few. The suffering and sacrifice of the past week was behind them, and they could briefly pause to enjoy a moment in time. This very historic moment, previously not depicted, is captured here in dramatic detail by the artist whose works continue to capture the American soldier in the best of times and the worst of times. The Band of Brothers is seen swapping tales with the Blue and Gray 29ers from Omaha Beach before heading to defensive positions in Carentan. The tankers of Hell on Wheels share smokes with the All Americans before beginning their difficult sweep across France. It is a scene which passed quickly, but is now reborn in the superb detail of this historic print. Generals Eisenhower and Bradley were greatly relieved with the news of the successful linkup. At noon on the next day, July 14, 1944, XIX Corps, comprised of the 29th and 30th Divisions, was formed and ordered to attack south to St. Lo, while protecting the critical area between V and VII Corps. V Corps with the 1st and 2nd Divisions would link up with the British and continue attacking south, while VII Corps with the 4th and newly arrived 9th and 90th Divisions would continue west to capture Cherbourg. Any chance for the Germans to split the corps seam had been eliminated. The Allies were beyond the beachhead, and Germanys fate had been sealed by American soldiers like those depicted in We Happy Few. We Happy Few by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0034
37th Division in Manila. We Have Returned by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0035
Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of D-Day, 6th June 1944. High Ground at Easy Red by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0057
American Paratroopers. Souvenirs by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0062
German Paratroopers. Opposite Numbers by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0063
In the mid-morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, the deafening sounds of gunfire resounded across the French hills, along the Channel coast and against low-hanging clouds. Amidst the fields of the French farm, Brecourt Manor, a particular cacophony erupted as a German battery of four 105mm cannons shook the soil. Five miles distant, on Utah Beach, the Breourt batterys steel rained upon American soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division as they disembarked from their landing craft. Within minutes of that first salvo, an ad hoc squad of paratroopers from Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th RI.R., 101st Airborne, departed the French village of Le Grand-Chemin with a mission to silence those guns. With each shot, the Brecourt cannons belied their locations. Three of the guns had been dug into the fields hedgerows, facing northeast toward the beaches. A fourth gun lay to the west and aimed westward to guard the batterys flank. A manmade ditch connected each position. In addition to the gun crews, 50 elite German paratroopers from the 6th Parachute Regiment defended the fields expanse. Against this opposition, Easy Companys ranking officer, 1st Lt. Richard Winters, led 12 paratroopers. Normally 120 men strong, Easy Company had been scattered about Normandy that morning during the 1:30 a.m. paradrop. At approximately 8:30 a.m., Winters deployed his men for a double envelopment assault on the westernmost cannon. On cue, Lt. Buck Compton, Platoon Sgt. Bill Guarnere, and Pvt. Don Malarkey attacked from the guns front-right. Winters, Cpl. Joe Toye, Cpl. Robert Wynn, and Pvt. Gerald Lorraine, a jeep driver from battalion HQ, simultaneously attacked the first gun from its front-left. While the assault teams created a pincer, the .30-caliber machine gun crews of Pyts. John Plesha, Walter Hendrix, Cleveland Petty, and Joe Liebgott kept the Germans pinned down with fire from head-on. From the cannons left flank, Platoon Sgt. Carwood Lipton and Sgt. Mike Ranney provided covering fire; Lipton even climbed a tree for a better field of view. Years later, Lipton remembered the attacks result: ...the Germans apparently felt that they were being hit by a large force. Those defending the first gun broke and withdrew in disorganization to a far tree line and that gun was in our hands. Having sacked the first cannon, Winters cc reorganized the team. James Dietzs painting Silencing the Guns signifies this moment. While Winters confers with Guarnere, troopers Malarkey, Compton, Wynn, and Toye deploy to deliver suppressing fire to keep the Germans on their heels. Figures representing Lipton and Ranney emerge from a background hedgerow to rejoin their comrades. Soon, Guarnere will lead a charge to capture the second gun. By the engagements end, Easy Company, with a few reinforcements, had captured and destroyed three of the Brecourt cannons. Five Dog Company troopers, led by Lt. Ronald Spiers, arrived after the third gun had been taken; they then captured and destroyed the fourth gun. For valor displayed at Brecourt, the 506th RI.R. decorated the battles participants. Compton, Guarnere, Lorraine, and Toye received the Silver Star. Hendrix, Liebgott, Lipton, Malarkey, Petty, Plesha, Ranney, and Wynn received the Bronze Star. Colonel Robert Sink, the commander of the 506th RI.R., nominated Winters for the Medal of Honor. However, according to the late Stephen Ambrose, the author of Band of Brothers, . . . because Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor, commander of the 101 st Airborne Division had placed an arbitrary limit of one MOH for the division in Normandy, and because Lt. Col. Robert Cole was the man picked to receive the award, Winters was downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross... During the days following the D-Day invasion, in a grassy field in Normandy, General Omar Bradley personally awarded Winters the Distinguished Service Cross, the militarys 2nd highest award, in recognition of Winters actions and leadership in the silencing of the guns at Brecourt Manor. Silencing the Guns by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0089
Ardennes - Alsace Campaign. Strategy at Noville by James Dietz. Click For Details JD0090
Winston Churchill is shown with a background of Stuka dive bombers and Royal Air Force fighter pilots scrambling to their Hurricanes and Spitfires. This image symbolises the Battle of Britain. Battle of Britain by Stuart Liptrot. Click For Details LI0005
Official limited edition print of the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy Veterans Association. The Eastern Flank of the D-Day battlefield, 1300 hours, June 6th 1944.  No single picture could possibly encompass the actions of all British forces on D-Day, let alone the Allies overall, whise front stretched 60 miles along the Normandy coastline. The eastern flank of the D-Day battlefield has been chosen to symbolise the achievements of British forces on June 6th 1944 because no other part of the invasion front illustrates better the combined efforts of all three services. Normandy Veterans Association 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Print by Michael Turner. Click For Details LI0030
More than 35,000 Ilyushin Sturmovik IL-2 ground attack aircraft were produced during WW II, the largest production run of any WW II aircraft. Often called The Flying Tank, the Sturmovik played a major role in the defeat of Nazi Germany on the Eastern front. The origins of this important aircraft date to 1938 when a design team headed by Sergei Vladimorovic Ilyushin began work on a new monoplane tactical bomber and ground attack aircraft. The initial prototype was completed in 1939, but was underpowered and had several structural flaws. With several modifications and use of a 1600-HP liquid cooled engine the final prototype was accepted and production began in 1940. Only a few hundred Sturmoviks were in service when Hitlers invasion of Russia commenced. One of the key design concepts of this aircraft was incorporation of an armored shell as both protection for engine and crew, and as a structural portion of the aircrafts design. Other aircraft designs typically added armor later, burdening the performance of the aircraft with the added weight. Sergeis design was unique, and the early variants were capable of top speeds approaching 300-MPH, and were almost invulnerable to attack from small caliber weapons. The second major variant incorporated a second crew member position as a rear gunner to fend off attacks by opposing fighters. Capable of carrying a 2000 pound bomb load to its target, special armor piercing bombs carried by the Sturmoviks were capable of knocking out any German armor, including the legendary Tiger tank, if attacked from the rear. This aircraft also carried several machine guns and cannons, making it no easy prey for opposing fighters. The final production variants of this aircraft were fitted with a 2000-HP engine and were capable of 330-MPH. In recognition of the significance of his design, Sergei Ilyushin was made a Hero of the Soviet Union. He also received a cash prize from Stalin in 1945 for his design of the final variant, the Il-II-10. A competing design was the Yak-4, a twin engined ground attack aircraft. Unlike the Sturmovik, the Yak-4 proved vulnerable to ground fire, and was withdrawn by the Red Air Force from production in 1942, and was thereafter relegated to a high altitude reconnaissance role. It is generally agreed that the Sturmovik was the most important and successful ground attack aircraft to see service in WW II. Clash of Armour by Stan Stokes. Click For Details STK0133
VAR318. Dawn Departure, Arnhem. Dawn Departure, Arnhem. Click For Details VAR0318

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