Crater Gallery

Street fighting in Stalingrad

Photograph: Street fighting in Stalingrad. A picture from Axis sources shows German soldiers, glad of the shelter of a crater in a Stalingrad street. It is the toughest job of the war yet, as the German caption admits. Every house, every heap of rubble, the roofs of factories and the cellars of buildings - They all spit fire at the aggressor. What is described a ?The decisive battle? for the city is now raging. German infantry shelter in a crater during the bitter Stalingrad fighting. Both men are armed with MP40 machine pistols, the standard German submachine during the Second World War. Over one million were made between 1939-1945. Picture issued: 17 October 1942. British Official Photograph: 774/H. Keystone. One of 26 British and Soviet official photographs, 1941-1945. Mounted on card with original associated typescript captions. Covering aspects of the campaign between the German Army and Soviet Forces on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945. Includes the Battle of Stalingrad, World War Two, Eastern Front (1941-1945) 1942-1943. Date: 1942

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company

Captain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars. He also was involved in the mining operations prior to the Battle of Messines and personally blew the Caterpillar Crater. This important personal diary was presented to the Cafe De Dreve Museum at Polygon Wod, by Captain Woodwards family. Date: 2016

© Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans

Cisterns of Tawila, near Crater (Kraytar), Aden

Cisterns of Tawila (Tawila Tanks), near Crater (Kraytar, Seera), British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). An ancient historic site with a capacity for millions of gallons of water, designed to store rainwater and prevent flooding. Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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