:: GALLERY - WORLD WAR II
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Wary soldiers and Sherman crew in action during the battle of Aachen, Germany in late 1944. |
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A German Pzkw IIc light tank crosses an engineer-built bridge over the Meuse river, during their invasion of France in May of 1940.
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General George C. Patton, Commander of the US Army II Corp during the battle of El Guettar, in March of 1943. This was a limited edition print, sold out in the 1990s. |
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An M4 Sherman tank braves an open plain somewhere in the Belgian/ German border area, while nearby infantrymen stay low. |
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A split scene showing Panther tanks being readied for movement to the Ardennes area, while Hitler fine tunes his plans for the ill-fated winter offensive. |
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March 29th, 1945: U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division Commander General Maurice Rose is depicted just before he was fatally shot in a moment of confusion, by the King Tiger tank's Commander. Rose was looking for a cut-off lead element of his division when his vehicle became somehow pinned by the misidentified German tank. His accompanying soldiers escaped unharmed. |
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An M4 Sherman modified with a flamethrower, in action during the battle for Iwo Jima, Spring 1945. |
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One of the intense, pivotal engagements during the Battle of Kursk in July, 1943. German Tiger 1 heavy tanks versus Soviet T34 tanks at extremely close ranges, with high casualties on both sides. |
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An overhead view of Tiger and Panther tanks slugging it out with T34s, amidst mortar and artillery fire as well - during the Battle of Kursk. |
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A British Churchill tank on the move in Sicily - late 1943 |
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3 U.S. Army M4 Sherman tanks advance on a POW camp in Germany - Spring, 1945. |
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U.S. Army M10 tank destroyers moving through a bomb-shattered German town - late in 1944. |
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Fall, 1944: A German Jagdpanther (hunting Panther) and a Panther G lie in wait for the Americans in their ill-fated attack of the German-held Hurtgen forest area. |
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July, 1944: General George Patton pays a visit to his 3rd Army troops in a French town, after the Normandy area breakout. |
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June 1944: An M4 Sherman leaves the ramp of a landing ship as allied troops move ashore at Normandy. |
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September 1944: A well-camouflaged Sherman tank negotiates a stream-fording site on the Moselle River near Metz, France. |
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March, 1945: An advancing M4A3 Sherman catches the gaze of German civilians in Frankfurt. |
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December, 1944: Battle-weary soldiers take refuge from heavy German small-arms fire behind a Sherman tank, amongst the ruins of a Belgian town. |
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Russia, 1941: German officers in a Panzer Mk3 command tank control an air-armor-infantry assault. |
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Eastern France, 1944: Partially hidden from air attack by camouflage netting, this M7 Priest self-propelled howitzer and its 105mm gun were artillery mainstays in support of armor and infantry in the European theater. |
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Summer, 1944: A U.S. lend-lease Sherman tank in the service of the Soviet army, during their offensive against German forces. |
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1941: The Philippine jungle is the setting for this U.S. Army M3 Stuart light tank. |
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December, 1944: A 70 ton Tiger II (Koenigstiger) moves thru the Westwall defenses during the opening hours of the Ardennes offensive. |
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Luzon, 1942: Imperial Japanese infantry accompany a Type 95 light tank, in pursuit of the retreating allied forces. |
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March, 1945: U.S. Army soldiers and tanks move down a contested village street during the allies advances into the heart of Germany. |