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1 November,1944.
British Commando troops with British and Canadian Infantery landed at two points on the island of Walcheren at dawn, Nov 1, to smash the coastal batteries barring the way to Antwerp. Resistance is stiff. Brititish Commandos manhandling their gun to a landing craft at Breskens, before heading for the flushing beachhead.

Photo: Associated Press

 

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Wounded men being transferred from a landing craft to another acting as a hospital ship.

IWM (A 26244)

 

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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.

Photo: IWM

 

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A 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.

Photo. IWM

 

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British assault troops landed on Walcheren at dawn on 1 november 1944 and most of Flushing (Vlissingen) 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 image shows British assault troops advancing through the streets at Flushing where there was fierce fighting.

Picture taken by sergeant Stiggins of no5 Army Film & Photographic Unit (afpu)
Source: IWM

 

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Two soldiers (probably 52nd Lowland Division) enjoying a cup of tea during a break in the fighting in Flushing, part of Commando operations during the capture of Walcheren in 1944.

Source: NAM London

 

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An RAF Regiment Humber light reconnaissance car near the Stations Bridge in Middelburg, Holland, November 1944.

 

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Judging by the markings looks like early post-WWII.

Sorry @berkut76 but I'm not good at aviation history and I had to check. That is why I answer with a delay. Unfortunately, probably no one Fokker G1 survived the war. These markings were in military aviation in the Netherlands from 1921 to 1939 (changed to indicate neutrality in 1939)

 

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Sorry @berkut76 but I'm not good at aviation history and I had to check. That is why I answer with a delay. Unfortunately, probably no one Fokker G1 survived the war. These markings were in military aviation in the Netherlands from 1921 to 1939 (changed to indicate neutrality in 1939)

The G1 came into service in 1937, with 26 airframes operational at the commencement of WW2 and 23 aircraft captured at the end of hostilities. The G1 was used by the Luftwaffe to train Bf110 pilots for the next 2 years.
There is 1 replica of a G1 in a Dutch museum, no original builds survived the war.

 

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Sorry @berkut76 but I'm not good at aviation history and I had to check. That is why I answer with a delay. Unfortunately, probably no one Fokker G1 survived the war. These markings were in military aviation in the Netherlands from 1921 to 1939 (changed to indicate neutrality in 1939)

During the brief fighting between Netherlands and the Nazis, the Royal Dutch Airforce markings were "Orange" triangles. Heck, even in 1942 the air units of KNIL used these triangles were fighting forces of Imperial Japan.

 

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During the brief fighting between Netherlands and the Nazis, the Royal Dutch Airforce markings were "Orange" triangles. Heck, even in 1942 the air units of KNIL used these triangles were fighting forces of Imperial Japan.

Yes, You're right @berkut76 - markings Royal Netherlands Air Forces were orange triangles in force from 1939 to 1942 in Europe and in the battles with Japan for the Netherlands East India. (So the photo of the Fokker G1 probably comes from an earlier period.)
It is worth noting - both in Europe and the Far East, the Dutch fought until the last operational plane and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.

 

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Soviet anti-tank unit is preparing to repel enemy attacks

 

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This view depicts pilots attending a briefing for an upcoming mission. The Library of Congress provides a description of the photo, including the names of the Airmen, as follows:

Members of the 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskegee Airmen) attending a briefing at Ramitelli Air Field, Italy.

Shows members of the 332nd, from left to right:
Lt. Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, IA (leather cap)
Lt. William H. Holloman, III, St. Louis, MO.
Lt. Ronald W. Reeves, Washington, D.C.
Lt. Christopher W. Newman, St. Louis, MO (flight cap);
Capt. Walter M. Downs, New Orleans, LA

(Colourised and researched by Benjamin Thomas)

 

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Soviet troops firing from a destroyed building near Voronezh, 1942. All have semi-automatic SVT rifles.

The Battle of Voronezh, was a battle fought in and around the strategically important city of Voronezh on the Don river, 450 km (280 mi) south of Moscow, from 28 June-24 July 1942, as an opening move of the German summer offensive in 1942.

Colour by: Julius

 

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Swedish Sharpshooters from The Bohuslän Regiment (I 17), 1860s.

 

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A member of the PAN (Partisan Action Netherlands) guides British troops to German positions near Valkenswaard, North Brabant, 25 September 1944.

Photograph taken by Sergeant Bert Hardy.

© IWM (B 10309)

 

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German soldiers with Grabenpanzer body armor in an advanced observation post on the Western front, 2 April, 1918.

 

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Swedish soldier from the Royal Gotland Infantry Regiment getting his photo taken in Lagergrens photographic studio in Visby, Gotland, Sweden c.1910s.

Photograph was taken by Lagergren or by one of his assistants and was provided Swedish National Archives - Regional State Archives in Visby. (Riksarkivet - Landsarkivet i Visby)

 

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A soldier of the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifles Brigade with his monkey mascot on board one of the Royal Navy destroyers on the way from Alexandria to Tobruk, 27 August 1941. The Brigade was transferred to Tobruk in seven convoys between 19 and 28 August 1941.

Photograph was taken by Lieutanant William George Vanderson and was provided by The Imperial War Museum. © IWM (E 5050)

 

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A soldier of the 1st Polish Armoured Division feeding a little Dutch girl. Tilburg area, The Netherlands 30 October 1944.

Photograph was provided by The Imperial War Museum.
© IWM (HU 128079)