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Commandos Crossing the Rhine at Wesel; Second World War, 194

Sketch showing the night crossing of the River Rhine, made by British Royal Marine Commandos of the 21st Army Group, near Wesel in Germany, 23rd March 1945. This illustration shows the Commandos in their Buffalo amphibious transports leaving the West bank of the Rhine and heading towards the opposite shore. In the right background of the picture, can be seen the fires then burning in Wesel. This drawing was made by Captain Bryan de Grineau, Illustrated London News Special Artist, who was then attached to the 21st Army Group

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

France - Gerardmer - Woodmen with sledges

Gerardmer - a town in northeastern France, near the German border. Its known as a ski resort, with tree-lined slopes which fed a thriving timber industry. The Schlitteurs pictured are heading up the mountain side (Col de Grosse Pierre) carrying sledges to transport wood down slopes to the lower levels. Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party

Photograph of a Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party heading in the opposite direction, September 1916. From a group of 550 photographs, compiled by Lord Henry Seymour Rawlinson while Commander in Chief in India, 1916 (c)-1919. These men, from the 2nd Australian Division, are returning from the trenches. The destroyed village of Contalmaison on the Somme is visible in the far distance. Bales of Barbed wire at the side of the road. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Date: 1916

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library