Capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Photograph, 11 Feb 1945: capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders supported by tanks of Guards Brigade. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Men of 2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders, supported by Churchill tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, fight their way into the town, which was situated near the Dutch border and the Rhine. It was taken during Operation VERITABLE, 21st Army Group?s attempt to fight its way through the difficult terrain of the Reichswald forest
Picture No
11109402
Media ID
48571146
Size
3000px x 2864px
(1.6MB)
Credit
©The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph
Date
1945
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