Artwork
German pilots and crew members of this Junkers Ju 88 A-1 gather around their plane on an airfield in France. They prepare themselves for a new attack mission across the English Channel.
Normandy 1944. A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fires its rockets at a formation of German tanks which navigate through the bocage. With the fading power of the Luftwaffe, the allied airforce reigned the skies above the battlefield. Armed with rockets, these ground attack planes proved themselves by destroying trucks, trains and tanks of the enemy.
Norway 1944. A storm unleashes itself above the cold restless sea, where a so called Kriegsfischkutter is navigating along the shoreline. The icy rain blows heavily in the wind, clouds are becoming darker and darker. Thunder flashes reveal silhouettes in the sky, Allied planes are closing in.
A Hawker Hurricane pilot of No. 85 Sqn. P2923 pulls the flight stick to gain altitude during a fierce battle above the iconic British cliffs. German fighters try to outmanoeuvre the British defenders, while one of the German planes has been hit, engulfed in a ball of fire it crashes in the sea.
A Peugeot 205 EV 2 is pushed to its limits at the twisty and challenging roads in Corsica during the Tour de Corse.
Within the bocage region of northern France, a Tiger Ausf. E tank of the sPz.Abt. 101 is on the hunt. The commander spots potential targets in the distance…
A M4A1 Sherman rolls through the battlefield, firing it’s 75 mm gun on the move. In the background a victim of this Sherman is visible.
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 squadron of RAF Coastal Command patrols the iconic white cliffs of England in 1942.
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.