A British infantryman prepares to fire a PIAT - "Projector Infantry Anti-Tank" weapon;  Normandy, France, 9 August 1944.

Soldier with anti-tank weapon

Churchill tanks of the British 34th Tank Brigade in Normandy, France; 17 July 1944.
   The 34th Tank Brigade was part of the United Kingdom 79th Armoured Division. It was equipped with Churchill tanks and provided close support for assaults by the infantry. During the fighting in North-west Europe from July 1944 to May 1945 the brigade served with both the First Canadian Army and the British Second Army


Churchill tanks

German prisoners, captured by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) in the Western Desert, waiting to be taken to a POW camp, 29 October 1942.