A captured German bomber crewman drinks from a British soldier's water bottle after baling out of his aircraft, 30 August 1940. 

Thirsty captive

Senior German officers, from left, Maj. Friedel, Rear Adm. Wagner, Adm. Hans-Georg Von Friedeburg, Gen. Eberhard Kinzel and Col. Pollek, arrive at Montgomery’s 21st Army Group headquarters, at Luneburg Heath, May 4, 1945. The peace envoy later agreed a surrender pact in the form of a ceasefire on the British fronts in north west Germany, Denmark and Holland as from 8 am on May 5. 

Luneburger Heath

Men of the Durham Light Infantry move up during the fighting south of Mont Pinçon, Normandy, France; 9 August 1944.  