Clearing German snipers and rearguard positions was hazardous duty for these men of the British 2nd Gordon Highlanders advancing through Kleve, Germany, near the Dutch border, on February 11, 1945.

Mopping up German resistance

A Sherman MK III tank of the 4th County Of London Yeomanry. It is crossing an anti-tank ditch near Gabès in Tunisia, North Africa.


No ditch can stop it

Churchill tank of the 6th Tank Brigade and infantry of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders conduct mop-up operations in the newly occupied town of Kleve, Germany, near the Dutch border; 11 February, 1945.