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Upload14 Jun 2026U.S. soldiers of the 5th Infantry Division inspect a German Panzer V "Panther" tank in France, 29 October 1944. The 5th Infantry Division operated around Metz at that time.
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Upload14 Jun 202610th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. Photographer: Lt. Freeman, 166th Signal Photo Co.
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Upload14 Jun 202695th Infantry Division. Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.
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Upload14 Jun 2026A U.S. Army M36 tank destroyer on the crossing of Avenue Foch (at that time "Hermann-Göring-Straße") and Rue François de Curel, in Metz, France, 21 November 1944. The building in the back has a sign saying "Kreissparkasse" (regional savings bank).
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![Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows German prisoners on Walcheren, in a Prisoner of War cage.](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/622449ee-6eec-4a77-b22f-7a4084b2cb3c/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows German prisoners on Walcheren, in a Prisoner of War cage.
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![Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows German coastal guns and blockhouses which the British forces quickly put out of action on Walcheren Island.](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/b8e9c80b-69ca-410b-afd3-482a41d2eb2e/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows German coastal guns and blockhouses which the British forces quickly put out of action on Walcheren Island.
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![Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows 3" mortars in action from behind the cover of amphibious tanks.](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/7b23f82a-1525-4d0d-9ff7-df37faf14825/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows 3" mortars in action from behind the cover of amphibious tanks.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Pioneers on a Frozen Road at Kapelle near Goes, Zeeland image: A flat frozen landscape. A military van has stopped on the road. Several soldiers are standing around on the side of the road. On the left two soldiers appear to be digging or breaking the ice on the road's surface.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Building a Nissen Hut at Wemeldinge, Holland image: a group of British soldiers build a Nissen hut in the right foreground, in a snow covered Dutch landscape. There are two windmills to the left and various farm buildings.
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![The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Original caption: "Invasion of Walcheren Island. Amphibious tanks on the beach, showing troops (Marines) wading ashore in the background" Catalogue description " LVT Buffalo amphibians during the invasion of Walcheren Island, 1[sic] November 1944."](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/05cbca95-b7c6-48aa-bf74-7c5c7f793b2e/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Original caption: "Invasion of Walcheren Island. Amphibious tanks on the beach, showing troops (Marines) wading ashore in the background" Catalogue description " LVT Buffalo amphibians during the invasion of Walcheren Island, 1[sic] November 1944."
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Upload14 Jun 2026The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A Sherman Crab flail tank coming ashore from an LCT during the invasion of Walcheren Island, 1 November 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A British medical officer and German POW attend to a casualty during the landings on Walcheren, 1 November 1944. Note the AFPU cameraman filming the incident.
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Upload14 Jun 2026The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Wounded at Breskens await transport to hospital after being evacuated from Flushing during the assault on Walcheren, 2 November 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026The remains of the heavily-bombed railway station in Holland, November 1944. The result of bombing attacks seen at the station.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Civilians row an RAF reconnaissance officer back to his unit after carrying out an inspection of Middelburg in Holland, November 1944. An Officer returns to his R.A.F. reconnaissance squadron by ferry after carrying out an inspection of Middelburg. The crossing by water was made because of a bridge that was mined.
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Upload14 Jun 2026An RAF Humber light reconnaissance car in Middelburg, Holland, November 1944. An RAF Humber light reconnaissance car in Middelburg, Holland, November 1944.
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Upload14 Jun 2026The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Walcheren Island: Men of the 4th Special Service Brigade wade ashore from landing craft near Flushing to complete the occupation of Walcheren.
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Upload14 Jun 2026A German 75mm anti-tank gun emplaced in a bandstand at Nieuland, near Middelburg in Holland, November 1944. The Germans installed this gun in the bandstand at Nieuland, near Middelburg, to cover the cross roads in the town.
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Upload14 Jun 2026An RAF sergeant shares an alfresco lunch with two Dutch women at Nieuland, near Middelburg, soon after the town had been liberated by Allied forces, November 1944. An R.A.F. sergeant shares an alfresco lunch with two Dutch women at Nieuland, near Middelburg, soon after the town had been freed by the Allied.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Allied bomb damage to railway sidings at Middleburg station in Holland, November 1944. A scene at the bombed railway sidings of Middleburg station where railway lines were blown over adjoining buildings.
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Upload14 Jun 2026An infantry landing craft (LCI) approaching the shore to take off wounded from Walcheren, Holland, November 1944. The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming down from the Westkapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows a ship coming ashore at Walcheren to take off the wounded.
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Upload14 Jun 2026A German POW captured during the Allied assault on Walcheren Island in Holland, November 1944. British assault troops landed on Walcheren at dawn on 1st November 1944 and most of Flushing was included in the first bridgehead. The landings were supported by fire from British warships. The object of the assault is to silence the enemy guns menacing the Scheldt passage to the port of Antwerp. This particular image shows some of the first prisoners captured after the landing.
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