Operation Jupiter (1944)
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Operation Jupiter was an offensive by VIII Corps of the British Second Army from 10 to 11 July 1944. The operation took place during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The objective of th
Memorial to the 43rd (Wessex) Division on Hill 112.
15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 in France
Churchill tank
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The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, i
Operation Jupiter (1944)
…observation posts as the 130th Infantry Brigade took the lower ground to the south-east of Hill 112. The infantry brigades were to be supported by Churchill tanks of the 31st Tank Brigade and flame-throwing Churchill Crocodiles of the 141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (141st RAC) from the 79th Armoured Division…
A Churchill Mark IV tank
Churchill tanks of 9th Royal Tank Regiment during an exercise at Tilshead on Salisbury Plain, 31 January 1942. Front tank is a Churchill MK. 1
Churchill tanks on the Dieppe beach. The Y-shaped pipes on the rear decking are exhaust pipe extensions to allow deep wading.
Churchill Mark III tanks of 'Kingforce' during the Second Battle of El Alamein