Upon it’s escape from Cherkassy pocket, Wiking was sent to Poland where it was re-equipped with at least eight companies of Panther Ausf. As. Then the Soviet probes at Kovel in March 1944 brought Wiking back into the battle again. Here, Panther ‘823’ covers the progression of the panzergrenadiers in the spring of 1944. This tank was coated in Zimmerit and has received one of the wide array of different three colour camouflage patterns adopted by the Wiking Division.
Belgian soldiers of the Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade, Free Belgian Forces, pose for a photograph with their British Daimler Armoured Car (Mk. II) following their liberation of the French village of Sallenelles during the Battle of Normandy.
Christmas dinner 1943, in Italy, on the hood of a jeep. The striped unit patch on the sleeve and helmet of the soldier on the right shows that he belongs to the 3rd Infantry Division; the other two men served in the 163rd Signal Company.