The 144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps was an armoured regiment of the British Army. Originally raised during World War II as a battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment it was later transferred to t
East Lancashire Regiment cap badge worn by 144 RAC
Churchill tank of 144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps being hauled onto a tank transporter at Burleigh in Hampshire, August 1942.
Michael Wittmann
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Michael Wittmann was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 1
144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
…Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Jolly, DSO, (Royal Tank Regiment) 10 April 1944 – 28 February 1945 Michael Wittmann Maj L. F. Ellis, History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy, London: HMSO…
Wittmann in May, 1944
Wittmann receiving the Swords to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross from Adolf Hitler in January 1944
Wittmann's company, 7 June 1944, en route to Morgny. Wittmann is standing in the turret of Tiger 205.
The wreckage of the British transport column Wittmann engaged, including an anti-tank gun in the foreground.