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The Lonely Battle by David Pentland. Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 2010. The Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force was originally composed of Royal Logistical Corps EOD, Pioneer, and Royal Engineer teams. Currently the C-IED task force is a tri service formation including units from the Royal Navy and RAF. The most dangerous part of their work involves locating and isolating IED's before they explode, in this case making roads safe to use. |
Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland. Somme Valley, Northern France, August 1944. A Sherman Firefly of the Guards Armoured Division is greeted by members of the French Resistance as the division pushes north from the Seine towards the Somme bridges and on to Brussels. |
A Suitable Site by David Pentland. Normandy, France, 1944. Lloyd carriers and 6 pounder anti-tank guns of the British 43rd (Wessex) Division prepare to deploy in a French field against possible German counter attacks. |
Night Soldiers by David Pentland. Afghanistan. U.S Rangers rappelling from a 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) 'Nightstalkers' MH-47G Chinook into a Afghan village street. |
Edward the 1st in Wales by David Pentland. Edward departs from his almost completed Rhuddlan Castle at the conclusion of his second Welsh campaign. |
Anzio Annie, Italy, 29th January 1944 by David Pentland. 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. |
Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland. 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. |
Panzer Grenadiers by David Pentland. Kursk, Russia, August 1943. Panzer Grenadiers disembark from Sdkfz251 half tracks to engage enemy troops at close quarters. |
Heavy Artillery by David Pentland. Falaise, 12th - 21st August 1944. British 5.5 inch guns of the Royal Artillery in action during the final Normandy battles to close the Falaise Pocket. |
Operation Skorpion by David Pentland. Egypt, North Africa, 26th May 1941. Two Panzer IIIG's of Rommel's Afrika Korps advance towards Halfaya Pass during Operation Skorpion. Following the recent loss of the pass to the British in Operation Brevity, the Afrika Korps launched a counter attack to regain the vital position, and forced the British under Lt. Gen. Gott back to Sofafi and Buq Buq. |
Search on the Quoile, 1985 by David Pentland. A joint arms search by members of 3rd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. |
Kerscher's Defence of Neuhauser Forest by David Pentland. 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. |
Containing the Baranow Bridgehead, Ukraine, 1st-2nd August 1944 by David Pentland. Leutnant Heinrich Kohlers Stug IIIs of 1st section, 3rd Battery, 322 Stumgeschutz Abteilung, push back repeated Soviet attempts to break out of their bridgehead at Baranow. Within only 2 days they destroyed for 23 enemy tanks. |
Katyushas by David Pentland. Kursk. Russia, 1943. Soviet BM13 multiple rocket launchers barrage German positions. |
Battle of Tanga by David Pentland Schulztruppen and Askaris, Tanga, Tanzania 3rd-5th November 1914. Also known as the "Battle of the Bees", this was the first major engagement of the East African campaign. The British Indian Expeditonary Force's invasion of the port of Tanga failed, defeated by the smaller German force of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. |
Tanks on the Marne - France, 18th July 1918 by David Pentland. Schneider CA1 Tanks of the French tenth army spearhead the successful counter offensive against the German army on the river Marne. Overhead a tenacious Junkers JI artillery spotter dogs their tracks. The Second Battle of the Marne, though not an overwhelming victory, spelt the end of German successes on the Western front, and a turning point for the allies. |
Rearm and Resupply by David Pentland. Albert Kerscher and Otto Carius. Kinderheim, Narva Bridgehead 17th March 1944, 2nd Kompany, 502 Heavy Tank Battalion. |
Debut at Caumont, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. Jagdpanthers of 654 Heavy Tank Battalion engage 6th Guards Tank Brigade Churchills. |
Max and Moritz, Retreat from the Donets, Russia, July to September 1943 by David Pentland. 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. |
Looking for Trouble by David Pentland. Kursk, Russia, July, 1943. T-70 light tanks of 2nd Tank Army on a reconnaissance patrol near Ponyri-Goreloje. |
Hussars to the Rescue by David Pentland. Normandy, France, June 1944. M4 Sherman III and Firefly Vc's of the 13/18th Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, link up with British paratoops at Breville. |
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