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Normandy
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Military Art World War Two  Normandy |
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| Normandy Campaign World War Two military prints. Our collecion of prints and paintings depicting the Normandy Campaign. |
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Taking Sainte-Marie-du-Mont by Jason Askew. No text for this item |
Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland. Somme Valley, Northern France, August 1944. A Sherman Firefly of the Guards Armoured Division is greeted by members of the French Resistance as the division pushes north from the Seine towards the Somme bridges and on to Brussels. |
Operation Bluecoat, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. Churchill MkIV tank of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (comprised of 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards and 3rd Battalion Scots Guards), pass infantry of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Battle for Caumont. |
Teatime by David Pentland. Colomby-Sur-Thaon, Normandy, 11th June 1944. British Sherman MkII's of 4th Armoured Brigade, enjoy a tea break prior to being sent to support Canadian troops against an expected German attack. The Brigade consisted of the 2nd Dragoon Guards The Scots Greys, 3rd County of London Yeomanry The Sharpshooters, and the 44th Royal Tank Regiment. |
Eyes of the Army by David Pentland. Northern France, 22nd May 1940. Sdkfz 222 light armoured cars of the SS Leibstandarte Regiment drive along French lanes on a reconnaissance patrol for the forces of General Heinz Guderian on their advance towards the French coast. |
Operation Cobra, Normandy, 28th July 1944 by David Pentland. After almost two months Sherman tanks and armoured infantry of the US 2nd Armoured Division eventually broke through the German defences south-west of St Lo. Pushing aside the shattered remnants of Panzer Lehr Division, their rapid advance forced a general German retreat. This would ultimately spell disaster for the German armies in France. |
Fields of Fire by David Pentland. Normandy, France, 1944. British M5 Halftracks and Grenadier guards of the 1st Motor Battalion, Guards Armoured Division engage targets from a Normandy field. |
Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters, he gave the order to his driver to ram the King Tiger. Gorman's tank Ballyragget succeeded in colliding with its target before the Tiger's 88mm gun could be brought to bear on his Sherman, and with both tanks immobilised the crews quickly abandoned their tanks. Lt. Gorman, however, was not finished and making his way off the field, he returned shortly afterwards with a Sherman Firefly, to finish off the stricken Tiger II and one of the Tiger Is. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross, and his driver L/Cpl Baron the Military Medal. |
Here Come the Cavalry by David Pentland. St Mere Eglise, Normandy, 8th June 1944. M4 Sherman tank of 70th tank battalion from Utah beach push inland to link up with U.S. Paratroops of the 505th PIR, 82nd All American Airborne Division. |
Debut at Caumont, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. Jagdpanthers of 654 Heavy Tank Battalion engage 6th Guards Tank Brigade Churchills. |
Barkmann by David Pentland. Ernst Barkmann of the Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division holds his position near St. Lo, Normandy, 26th July 1944 against an American armoured breakthrough. |
The Death of Wittmann, St Aignan de Cramesnil, France, 8th August 1944 by David Pentland. Following an astonishing night march, the tanks of 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry and men of 1st Battalion Black Watch found themselves ensconced in the village of St. Aignan de Cramesnil some 4 miles behind German lines. Shortly after noon a small group of Tiger I tanks were spotted advancing north by 3 Troop, A Squadron. Some minutes later Captain Boardman arrived in his Sherman I and when the enemy were within 800 yards he gave the order to open fire. The first two shots by the troops Firefly brewed up the rearmost target. After moving to a new position Trooper Joe Ekins fired again, knocking out a second Tiger. Finally he turned his attention to the remaining tank, destroying it with two more rounds. Unknown to the British tankmen at the time it is now believed that the last Tiger was that of the top German tank ace Hauptsturmfurher Michael Wittmann. |
A Suitable Site by David Pentland. Normandy, France, 1944. Lloyd carriers and 6 pounder anti-tank guns of the British 43rd (Wessex) Division prepare to deploy in a French field against possible German counter attacks. |
Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. Having made contact the previous evening with troops of 4th Infantry Division pushing inland from Utah Beach, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division The Screaming Eagles help mop up the pockets of German resistance in their general advance towards Carentan. |
Carriers by David Pentland. Normandy, France, July 1944. Universal Carriers MkII of the Rifle Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, race forward at speed towards enemy positions. |
Rommel in Normandy, France, 2nd July 1944 by David Pentland. Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, commander of Army Group B, consults with his former subordinate from North Africa, now divisional commander of the elite Panzer Lehr, General Fritz Bayerlein and the Colonel Rudolf Gerhardt of Panzer Regiment Lehr, over the imminent transfer of the division to confront the Americans at St. Lo. |
Fire by David Pentland. Norrey en Bessin, Normandy, 11th July 1944. A 75mm PAK (anti-tank) gun of the 26th Panzer Grenadier Regiment engages Sherman tanks of the Canadian 1st Hussars in front of Norrey en Bessin. |
The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th - 20th August 1944 by David Pentland. After almost two months of continuous fighting in the front line, remnants of the 12th SS Panzer Division, Hitler Jugend, fall back under incessant air attacks by allied fighter bombers for their final battles in France. In their defense of the northern flank of what is to become the Falaise Gap the new Jagdpanzer IV in particular is to prove a formidable foe to the attacking British and Canadian tanks. |
David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland. Leading 30th Corps assault across the Seine at Vernon, 43rd Wessex Division gained an initial foothold on the east bank. Heroic efforts however by the Royal Engineers of 71st, 72nd and 73rd Field Companies, succeeded in constructing a Class 9 Bailey bridge (David, shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath, shown right) Despite constant enemy fire this amazing feat was achieved in only 2 days, and allowed 15/19th Hussars Cromwells and 4.7th Dragoons Guards Shermans to cross just in time to repulse a serious German counter attack by Tiger IIs of SS Panzer Abteilung 101. |
Hussars to the Rescue by David Pentland. Normandy, France, June 1944. M4 Sherman III and Firefly Vc's of the 13/18th Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, link up with British paratoops at Breville. |
Enemy in Sight by David Pentland. Cheux, Normandy, 25th June 1944. Royal Armoured Corps Recce troops of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division set up a temporary observation post to locate 12th SS Panzer Division positions, prior to Operation Epsom. The 15th Division comprised of 9th Cameronians, 2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 7th Seaforth Highlanders, 8th Royal Scots, 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 10th Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Gordon Highlanders and the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. |
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