British gunners load the Land Mattress - ground based multiple rocket launcher -  in the Reichswald, Germany; February 8, 1945.  
The Reichswald was the five-mile gap between the Maas and Rhine Rivers and the natural advance route from the German-Dutch border to the industrial Ruhr area.

British-developed weapon

British troops - part of the US 5th Army - prepare to cross the Sangro River, east-central Italy; November 1943.

Prepare for river crossing

British infantry in combat position near the town of Cagny,  a few miles south-east of Caen, France; 1944.