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Sanctuary by David Pentland. (P) Abbey DArdenne, Normandy, 8th July 1944. Commander of 3rd Company, SS-Panzer Regiment 12, Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop, shelters within the walls of the Abbey DArdenne. After a full day of battle against the Canadians, the remaining Panthers of the unit along with Panzer Grenadiers of 25th Reminet managed to halt their advance just in front of the divisional headquarters at the abbey. |
Panzer Grenadiers by David Pentland. (P) Kursk, Russia, August 1943. Panzer Grenadiers disembark from Sdkfz251 half tracks to engage enemy troops at close quarters. |
S.A.S. Urban Counter-Terrorism by Chris Collingwood (P) No text for this item |
Night Fight, Bollersdorf, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland. (P) 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. |
1461, Gunpowder by Chris Collingwood (P) No text for this item |
Captain Hans Bölter - Struggle in the Snow by David Pentland. (P) Lake Ladoga, Leningrad 17th February 1943. Oberfeldwebel Hans Bölter and his platoon leader Lt.Meyer, supporting Kampfgruppe Sudau during the Second Battle of Lake Ladoga. In a day long engagement the two Tiger Is of 1st Company, Heavy Tank battalion 502 destroyed a succession of anti-tank guns, tanks and infantry attacks. Lt Meyer knocked out 10 KV1s in as many minutes and by the wars end Hans Bolter had accounted for at least 144 enemy tanks, making him one of the great Panzer aces. |
Hit the Beach by David Pentland. (P) 50th Division, Gold Beach, D-Day, 6th June 1944. British Infantry, Royal Engineers and Medics of the 50th Division scramble ashore during the initial wave onto Gold Beach under the guns of Hitler's Atlantic Wall. The first wave of the 50th Division was made up of the 6th Green Howards landing on King Beach and the 1st Dorsets and the 1st Royal Hampshires landing on Jig Beach, two of the three sectors of Gold Beach. |
Defending the Homeland by David Pentland. (P) No text for this item |
Struggle for Sainte Mere Eglise by David Pentland. (P) Normandy, 6th June 1944. At 04.30hrs, Lt. Col. Krause led the men of 3/505th PIR to take the town of Ste. Mere Eglise. For the rest of the day the 82nd Airborne troops fought off successive German attempts to retake the strategic town. |
Feldwebel Heinz Gartner - Where is Hill 128 by David Pentland. (P) Mor, Hungary, 1st January 1945. Feldwebel Heinz Gartner and Oberleutnant von Rosen, plus a handful of other King Tigers of Heavy Tank battalion 503, searched for the units objective, Hill 128. Despite heavy snow and poor visibility, the Tigers found and took the hill, routing the strong Soviet defences present. By the end of the war Feldwebel Gartner had destroyed 103 enemy tanks. |
Stonewall brigade 1861 by Chris Collingwood (P) No text for this item |
Fire by David Pentland. (P) Norrey en Bessin, Normandy, 11th July 1944. A 75mm PAK (anti-tank) gun of the 26th Panzer Grenadier Regiment engages Sherman tanks of the Canadian 1st Hussars in front of Norrey en Bessin. |
Panther in the Ardennes by Jason Askew. (P) A Panther tank is supported by elite Panzergrenadiers in the Ardennes in 1944. |
Ostsack by David Pentland. (P) Narva Bridgehead, Northern Russia, 17th March 1944. Tiger I tanks of Albert Kersher and Otto Carius, of 2nd Company . Heavy tank Battalion 502, supporting the Feldherrnhalle and SS Nordland divisions, repelled a serious attempt by the Soviets to break out from their bridgehead. For their part the Tigers accounted for 13 T34s, 1 KV1 and 5 anti tank guns. |
6th Inniskilling Dragoon by Chris Collingwood (P) No text for this item |
Motorcycle Attack by David Pentland. (P) May 1940. At the forefront of the German panzer divisions and leading the advances into France were the Kradschutzen Truppen or motorcycle troops. Although mainly acting in the reconnaissance role they also had the firepower to hold objectives until reinforced. |
A Mother of the American Civil War by Chris Collingwood (P) No text for this item |
Moving Out by David Pentland. (P) River Orne, D-Day, 6th June 1944. Glider troops and Tetrarch airborne tanks of 6th (Air Landing) brigade, make ready to move out from their Ranville drop zone. This brigade formed part of the second wave of the British 6th Airborne Division's landings on D-Day. |
Zulu Warrior at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P) No text for this item |
Panzergrenadiers by Jason Askew. (P) Elite German Panzergrenadiers accompany a Tiger tank on the Russian Front in 1943. |
The Ambush, North of Malinava Latvia, 22nd July 1944 by David Pentland. (P) 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. |
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