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A Sherman tank of 4th County of London Yeomanry fording the Volturno river at Grazzanise, 17 October 1943
Sherman tank passing through Villasmundo, 13 July 1943.
The crew of a Sherman tank fitted with deep wading equipment enjoy an evening meal beside their vehicle, 15 October 1943.
Sherman tank, named ‘Sheik’ of the Scots Greys, with distinctive camouflage, 29 September 1943.
A Sherman tank enters Florence, 4 August 1944.
The crew of an upended Sherman tank of 7th Armoured Brigade enjoy a ‘brew’ beside their vehicle while waiting for a recovery team, Gothic Line, 13 September 1944. Their tank overturned after slipping off a narrow road in the dark.
A Sherman tank and infantry advance through the town of Carlentini, 15 July 1943.
A heavily camouflaged Sherman tank crosses a Bailey bridge over the River Santerno near Imola, 12 April 1945.
A fascine is loaded onto a Churchill AVRE from a lorry, River Senio, 8 April 1945.
Churchill tank of ‘C’ Squadron, North Irish Horse carrying Italian infantry of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry (Italian), north of Castel Borsetti, 2 March 1945
A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, 6 September 1944
An abandoned German PzKpfw IV tank which had been backed into a house for cover, north of the River Marano, 17 September 1944.
NZ tank passing a knocked out german tank across the senio river. 10 april 1945.
German Tiger tank captured intact by 22nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd NZ Division at La Romola, 2 August 1944.
Stretcher bearers pass Sherman tanks in Portomaggiore, 19 April 1945
Men of the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, supported by Achilles 17pdr tank destroyers, wait to go forward near Ferrara, 22 April 1945.
Wrecked tanks south of Florence Italy 1944.
An Albion lorry and Sexton 25pdr self-propelled gun come ashore at Anzio, January 1944. A DUKW is alongside the jetty
The crew of a Staghound armoured car of 4th King’s Dragoon Guards shelter from the sun beneath a parasol fitted to the turret of their vehicle, 13 July 1944.