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American M7 – Priest
A self-propelled howitzer M7 Priest of the 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion of the 2nd Armored Division at the intersection of Holgate Street and the railway line Paris-Cherbourg. Carentan, France
Another King Tiger
As with yesterday’s post, here is another two King Tigers, this time a year later and on the Eastern Front. After it had received forty-five new Tiger IIs in December 1944, the detachment was attached to IV SS Panzer Corps,…
King Tiger from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 507 that defended the woods around Padeborn 1945
During World War II, Paderborn was bombed by Allied aircraft in 1944 and 1945, resulting in 85% destruction, including many of the historic buildings. It was seized by the US 3rd Armored Division after a pitched battle 31 March –…
Tiger burnt out on the roadside in Normandy
Panthers, Tigers, and Panzers, Oh My!
Panthers, Tigers, and Panzers, Oh My!
10.5cm leFH-18/40 auf GW Lorraine Schlepper(f) knocked out in Rouen – August 1944
German Troops Enjoying Their Fire – Ardennes Forest 44/45
Deep in the Ardennes forest a Panther crew and some German infantry enjoy the warmth of their fire during “Operation Watch on the Rhine” – Hitler’s last gamble to halt the Allies in the west, hoping to force them to…
Churchill Mk II "Shaver" on Field Exercises
Churchill Mk II – “Shaver” Infantry A22, Mk IV Churchill Mk II “Shaver” B Squadron 9 Troop 43rd Royal Tank Regiment