68 years ago today, Winston Churchill crossed the River Rhine near Wesel. This photo shows Churchill in an American Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (or Higgins boat) with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke and US General William Simpson (© IWM BU 2248, )

Victors

German inspecting an knocked out Australian Matilda II somewhere in the North-African desert.

Knocked out Matilda II

British infantry tank Matilda II . The tank was hit with four 88-mm shells and several smaller caliber shells  District of Tobruk, december 1941. 

