Operation VARSITY. Handley Page Halifaxes and Short Stirlings tow Airspeed Horsa gliders over the French countryside shortly after crossing the English Channel, en route to the landing zones east of the River Rhine.
Operation VARSITY. Douglas Dakotas of No. 46 Group fly in formation over Wavre, Belgium, heading for the dropping zones east of the River Rhine. Above them, Dakotas towing Airspeed Horsas fly a divergent course towards their objectives.
July 9, 1941: the 11th Company of the Leibstandarte attacks on the Stalin Line in the woods north of Miropol.
The members of the Leibstandarte shown here have been caught on camera while entering a Russian village soon after the start of Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941.