Third Reich Victorious (49 page)

German troops and captured British equipment at Dunkirk.

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British garrison troops captured at Dover by the first wave of invading German troops.

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RAF air crew on the eve of the Battle of Britain. Their confidence was quickly shattered by the Luftwaffe onslaught.

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Results of the Luftwaffe’s devastating attack on London on July 5, 1940.

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Adolf Hitler’s victory in the east made him Germany’s greatest warlord.

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Sketch of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel made shortly after he received his baton.

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Troops of the (technically independent) Egyptian Army bring up a howitzer to help prop up 8th Army HQ’s position for the Alamein battle, around El Imayid.

Part of Brigadier Godfrey’s “motley force” hastily deployed to cover the sprawling camps around Amiriya on July 6.

Benito Mussolini driving triumphantly eastward down the Halfaya Pass in early July, on his way to yet another blazing row with his German allies.

Horse-drawn wagon delivering supplies to the 101st Jäger Division in the Caucasus. Difficult terrain and weak logisitcal services limited operations by all the combatants in the Caucasus campaign.

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Machine-gunners of the Soviet 47th Mountain Division who died defending Batumi against the Turkish 8th Division on September 5, 1942.

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Commander of the Soviet 53rd Army visiting the 8th Indian Division during Operation Pluto. Cooperation between the Russians and their allies was hampered by language difficulties and pervasive mistrust.

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Axis air attack on Allied ships off Gela, Sicily, July 1943.

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