British soldiers wade in shallow waters toward one of the many private boats to take as many as she can hold, off the beaches of Dunkirk, France, back to England; May-June 1940.

Private boat to the rescue

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.

Columns of tanks

British troops inspecting a knocked-out Panzer Mk IV, probably of Kampfgruppe Mielke, close to the Bridge after the liberation of Arnhem in April 1945.