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Marines of the 1st Marine Division and M5A1 Stuart's crew taking a short break, during the final stages of the brutal battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Territory of New Guinea. 16 January 1944.
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GI's of the 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division "Thunderbolt" of the U.S. Army, walk cautiously through the streets in search of German snipers in the old city fortress of Saint-Malo, Brittany, France. 8 August 1944.
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On the eighth day of the Operation Market Garden, Para takes cover as a Jeep burns during a German mortar attack on 1st Airborne Division's Headquarter at the Hartenstein Hotel, Oosterbeek, 5 Km west of Arnhem, Holland. 24 September 1944.
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Armored column of "KG Mühlenkamp", 5. SS-PzD Wiking, is preparing to take part in counterattacks against Soviet troops, to try to avoid the breakdown of the forces in Belarus during Operation Bagration. Nurzec-Stacja, Poland. 22 July 1944.
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Soldiers of the 4ième Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains, Groupe des Commandos d'Afrique, support a M4 Sherman of the 6e Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique during fight for the liberation of Belfort, city in northeastern France. 20 November 1944.
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After the 29th Marines cut off the Motobu Peninsula and seized Chuda at 1200 Hours, Marines riding a M4A3 Sherman of Company A, 6th Tank Battalion during the 6th Marine Division's drive along the west coast of Okinawa, Japan. 6 April 1945.
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GI's of the 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One", follow in front of tanks M4A3(76)W Sherman belonging to 745th Tank Battalion. Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken, Lower Saxony, Germany. 15 April 1945.
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Sits in the cockpit of his Spitfire Mk VC, after shot down a Ju 52, becoming the 1,000th Axis plane destroyed by Malta-based R.A.F., Sqdn. Ldr. J. Lynch (14 Kills), C. O. of No. 249 Squadron, won a sweepstakes prize of £129. Qrendi, Malta. 28 April 1943.
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Fallschirmjägers from Fallschirm-Abteilung Panzerjäger-1, "Kampfgruppe Gröschke", 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, march through the streets of Barletta, accompanied by a Marder II. Apulia, Italy. 12 September 1943.
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During Phase I of Operation Epsom, codename Gout, soldiers of the 6th Battalion Scots Fusiliers, performing a sweep behind the grenadiers of the SS-Pz.Grd.Rgt.26, in the village of Saint-Manvieu-Norrey, west of Caen, Normandy. 26 June 1944.
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Hours before the start of Operation Tonga, aiming to jump the DZ "K" near Sanerville, Normandy, Paras of the 22nd Ind. Parachute Coy. (Pathfinders) carefully observe the briefing of the Lt. Bob Midwood (WIA 06.06.1944) at RAF Harwell, UK. 5 June 1944.
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Exhausted Marines of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, rest near a M4 Sherman of the 4th Marine Division. They are waiting for the tanks to attack the numerous pillboxes between Motoyama Airfield #1 and #2. Iwo Jima. 22 February 1945.
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After an ambush, Major D.V. Currie, VC, 29th Canadian Armoured Recce Reg. (SAR), conversation with the soldier R. Lowe, at the time that members of 2. Pz-Div., commanded by Hauptmann S. Rauch surrender. St. Lambert-sur-Dives, Normandy. 19 August 1944.
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During Operation VICTOR I, GIs of the 185th Inf. Regiment, 40th Inf. Division, give coverage to M4 Shermans that advance against Japanese positions around Tigbauan, municipality in the province of Iloilo, Panay, Philippines. 18 March 1945.
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Gunners of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, British Guards Armoured Division, position a QF 17- pounder anti-tank gun beside the road, with the Nijmegen Highway Bridge in the background. Nijmegen, Holland. 21 September 1944.
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Fw 190A-2, "Weiß 8+I" flown by Lt. Jacob Augusting (15 Kills. MIA 15.07.1942) of 7./JG 2 ‘Richthofen' warm up the engine before a mission. Between 03.06.1942 and 17.06.1942, the Offizier claimed six Spitfires kills. Théville, France. June 1942.
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Three GIs of "Baker" Company, 101st Battalion Engineers, 26th Inf. Div. "Yankee Division", emerging for rest in snowy landscape, after holding woodland position all night against German counter attack near Wiltz, north-western Luxembourg. 14 January 1945.
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After the expulsion of 711. Infanterie-Division, and consequent liberation of the town of Dozulé, 24 Km east of Caen, these Commandos, belonging to 48 Commando Royal Marines, being briefing with new orders by an NCO. Normandy. 21 August 1944.
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At the beginning of the East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive of Red Army, SS-Panzergrenadiers of the 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division armed with Panzerschrecks, disembark from trucks to defend the city of Pyritz, Pomerania, Germany. 11 February 1945.
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After several days of bloody house-to-house combat against units of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Scharfschützen from the Fallschirm-Panzer-Div 1. 'Hermann Göring' resting at Kubschütz, suburb in the outskirts of Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. 25 April 1945.
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German POWs, 272. Volksgrenadier-Division, captured after the Second Battle for Kesternich, watch the passage of GIs belonging to the 311th Inf. Reg., 78th ID "Lightning" and M4 Sherman of the 736th Tank Battalion. Monschau, Germany. 2 February 1945.
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During the Battle of the Bulge, GIs of the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division "Timberwolf Division", resting on the rails after combat in Düren, town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 21 December 1944.
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Paras of 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, aboard a Jeep and trailer, past a crashed Airspeed "Horsa" glider, Landing Zone 'N', north of Ranville, Normandy, France. 6 June 1944.
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During the hard street fighting against Japanese strongpoint at the New Police Station, Pandacan district, GIs of the 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division, climb through some Japanese barbed wire in Manila, Philippines. 13 February 1945.
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Oblt. Hans-Joachim Marseille (158 Kills. KIA 30.09.1942), 3./JG 27 'Afrika', in the cockpit of his Bf 109F-4Z/Trop "Gelbe 14+", after your 69 kill, a P-40 "Kittyhawk" Mk IA from No. 112 Squadron RAF, 20 Km ENE El-Cheimar. Timimi, Libya. 1 June 1942.
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On the sixth day of Operation Market Garden, Brigadier General A. McAuliffe, CO of Division Artillery of the 101st Airborne Division, meets with Col. Robert Sink, Commander of the 506th PIR, to coordinate the defense of Veghel, Holland. 22 September 1944.
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German POWs, probably from 26. Volksgrenadier-Division, stand in front of a house in ruins after they are captured by the U.S. 4th Armored Division, which helped break the siege of the city of Bastogne, Belgium. 9 January 1945.
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Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment, supported by "Churchill" of 6th Guards Tank Brigade, British Second Army, clear a pocket of resistance near Lübeck, the largest German port on the Baltic Sea, 50 Km NE of Hamburg, Germany. 2 May 1945.
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Capt. Chuichi Ichikawa (10 Kills, 9 B-29 "Superfortress") front of his Kawasaki Ki-61-I KAId Hien "Tony", 244th Sentai, 3rd Chutai, demonstrates maneuvers to other pilots that he uses to confront a B-29. Chofu Airfield, near Tokyo, Japan. February 1945.
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Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121 Kills), Staffelkapitän 12./NJG 1, showing your kills on the rudder of his Bf-110G-4, "G9+EF". In the night of 15.02.1944, between 22h58 and 23h33, he shot down three "Lancaster". St. Trond, Belgium. 18 February 1944.
