British light tank drives along dusty Normandy road

Kicking up some dust, ‘HALCYON’ a Stuart V from the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars, the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment of 7th Armoured Division.
Photographed #OTD 15th June 1944, by Sgt Laing.

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British tanks outside Dammthor railway station, Hamburg. Civilians stood around, and rubble in foreground.

A Cromwell and Challenger, from B Sqn 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars,
Photographed by Jimmy Mapham #OTD 5th May 1945, outside Dammthor railway station, Hamburg.

Sten at the ready, and Zeltbahn stretched over the turret boxes.

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