1. On June 8, 1944, shortly after General Bernard Montgomery arrived in Normandy, he was driving along the road in a jeep when he passed a group of German prisoners of war on the way.
2. British soldiers go home for Christmas with equipment and bunches of mistletoe. (exact year unknown).
The cockade worn by the soldier on the left is from the Bedford and Hertfordshire regiments, and the cockade on the right is from the Royal Signal Corps.
Mistletoe, broadly speaking, refers to a general or generic term for plants that were once part of the family Mistletoe. But mistletoe in the narrow sense usually refers to the plant whose scientific name is viscum album, and there are six known subspecies. It is native to West Asia, South Asia, and northern Europe. It is a semi-parasitic plant that has great significance in European myths, legends and customs. In the modern West, mistletoe is still used as a decoration and symbol of Christmas.
3. British soldiers pose with a captured King Tiger tank near Laglaze, Belgium.
4,Boulton Paul Defiant, 264th Squadron of the Royal Air Force, summer 1940
The Dreadnought is a type of fighter used by the British Royal Air Force in the early days of World War II. The aircraft was designed and built by the Purton Paul Aircraft Company, and British pilots gave it the nickname "Daffy". The Dreadnought had a good performance in the Battle of Britain.
5, A Hawker Hurricane Mark IV fighter of the 6th Squadron of the British Royal Air Force is being repaired in Foggia, Italy, in July 1944, in preparation for a sortie in the Adriatic Sea.
Foggia is a city located in the Apuglia region of southern Italy, where the capital of the province of Foggia is located. Foggia is a major city on the Tavolere Plain, and its economy is dominated by agriculture, known as the "granary of Italy".
6, A group of German soldiers guarding British and Canadian soldiers (in the background after the defeat of the British army at the Battle of Dieppe) in August 1942
7,In September 1941, soldiers of Company C of the 20th Battalion of the Second Expeditionary Force of New Zealand held a military parade in Bagusheh, Egypt.
8. Soldiers rescued from a sinking landing craft near Dunkirk by a British ship circa May-June 1940.
9, On September 17, 1943, soldiers of the New Zealand 3rd Division landed at Bakabaka on the island of Vila Lavilla to relieve American troops.
10, July 18, 1944, a group of Canadian soldiers is advancing towards an industrial area near Caen.
Well, we'll see you next time!Bye-bye!