Ukraine, 2024. This Leopard 2A6 is on the move, while it’s tank crew is scanning the area, looking for potential targets. The Ukrainian forces have been supplied with Western equipment, like these German Leopard tanks.
During WWI a new weapon entered the battlefield, the so called tank. The Mark I entered service in August 1916, and was first used in action on the morning of 15 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme Offensive.
A British paratrooper belonging to the 1st Airborne Division has been dropped in Holland at the iconic ‘heide’, the purple and pink fields covered with dried grasses. His fellow troops try to gather as soon as possible to complete their mission: the capture of the bridge in Arnhem.
The Musketeers of the Guard were a junior unit, initially of roughly company strength, of the military branch of the Royal Household. They were created in 1622 when Louis XIII furnished a company of light cavalry (the “carabiniers”, created by Louis’ father Henry IV) with muskets.
Crete, 1941. A German JU-52/3m transport plane – nicknamed Aunt Ju – arrives at the coast of the island of Crete. These Junkers were vital for the dropping of paratroopers and supplies during this campaign.
D-day, 1944. A Douglas C-47 of the 89th Troop Carrier Squadron navigates through the night sky, dropping it’s brave American paratroopers in Normandy. In the background a C-47 has been hit by flak fire, now managing the flight back home with a burning engine…
A CAC Boomerang of No. 5 Sqn. RAAF fights over the rainforests of New Guinea. The pilot has put his sights on a new target and opens up his guns. In the background a Japanese plane is seen crashing down.
This particular Chi-Ha tank of the 1st Tank Division was driving along the road, when suddenly it was engaged by two anti tank guns.
A Churchill AVRE of the 79th Armoured Division has arrived to place a bridge on a crossing where the previous bridge has been destroyed. Meanwhile British soldiers leave their Bren Carrier to secure the area.