Two British soldiers, Sergeant F. J. Petrie and Sapper L. Roberts examine a captured German "Panzerschreck" anti-tank weapon during the offensive south of Caumont-Gap; Normandy, France, 31 July 1944.


The other anti-tank weapon

British paratroopers in a C-47 transport plane, bound for Holland in Operation MARKET GARDEN; September 17, 1944.

Confidence is high among paratroopers

At Montgomery's headquarters on 12 June 1944, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and senior officers watch air activity overhead. Present are, left to right: Lieut-General Sir Richard O'Connor, commanding VIII Corps; Churchill; Field Marshal Jan Smuts; Montgomery; and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff.