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


Battlefield wreck

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

Northern Italy, beyond Ferrara, 28 April 1945, few days before the surrender of the German Forces in Italy: British Eighth Army traffic crossing the first pontoon Bailey bridge constructed by the Royal Engineers over the River Po, alongside the previous iron bridge destroyed by the Allied air tactical raids, visible in background. The latter was rebuilt after the WW2’s end and is still in use. In foreground a Jeep parked along a lane opened by the Royal Engineers clearing out the ruins. Victor Sierra