A Sherman tank crew of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), part of the 8th Armoured Brigade, shaking hands with US troops in Issum, Germany, approx. 10 miles east of the Dutch border; 6 March 1945.

Handshake between Brits and Yanks

Allied soldiers, French and predominantly British, trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, France, waiting to be evacuated to the safety of England, while enduring the pounding of the Luftwaffe; June 1940.

Trapped on Dunkirk beaches

Sherman tanks (foreground) pass a column of Churchills as they advance towards Vassy; 4 August 1944.
Vassy is a commune in the Normandy region in northwestern France, ten miles south-west from Caen.