
British Infantry of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division moving up past a knocked-out German 88mm gun near "Joe's Bridge" over the Meuse --Escaut Canal in Belgium (September 16, 1944).


Past a German gun

Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke (with binoculars to his eyes) watch the airborne landings from the west bank of the Rhine on the morning  of March 25, 1945.

Watching the landings

At the Rhine river crossing, as the airborne troops were engaging the Germans during the afternoon of March 25, 1945, the key Operation Plunder Varsity commanders met for a conference - left to right: U.S. Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey, U.S. Lieutenant General William H. Simpson and Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery.