"Graebners Attack" Arnhem Bridge 18th September 1944 by
David Pentland German Armoured Reconnaisance troops led by SS Captain Viktor
Graebner, of the 9th SS Panzer Division, are decimated and repulsed by
the men of Colonel Frost's 2PARA, as they attempt to retake the bridge
by a coup-de-main.
Victory at Beda Fomm by David Pentland British Vickers MKV1B Light tanks of the 3rd Hussars, 7th Armoured
Division celebrate their part in the momentous victory over Italian
forces in North Africa, February 1941.
"Operation Veritable" Eastern
Holland, 8th-22nd February 1945 LVT Mark II and IV Buffaloes of 79th Armoured Division carry the men of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division through the flooded lower Rhine valley to secure the left flank of the Anglo-Canadian operation.
Paddy's Troopers The Sidi Haneish Road 17th July 1942 by David
Pentland DHM788 Captain R. Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, and men of L detachment
SAS, stop to
discuss their location en route to Sidi Haneish airfield. The raid was a
major victory, especially for the newly acquired jeeps, which played an
important part in the destruction of some 40 enemy aircraft for the loss
of one man.
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.
Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David
Pentland. Captain Fields 2 Scimitar and 2 Scorpion light tanks of 3 Troop The
Blues and Royals along with the Milan platoon, provide vital covering
fire for 2 Paras assault on the North Spur Wireless Ridge (Apple
Pie). Following lessons learned at Goose Green additional support
was available from artillery, mortars, machine guns and even HMS
Ambuscade. Despite the attack being conducted at night, with
frequent snow flurries, and minefields, all the objectives were taken,
and at first light the road to Port Stanley lay open and unopposed.
"Paddy's Fourth DSO" The Olderburg Raid, 9th April 1945
by David Pentland DHM789. Braving intense enemy fire, Lt. Col. RB
Mayne, Commanding Officer 1st
SAS Regiment devastated a German ambush and subsequently rescued wounded
troops of his own unit who had been pinned down while on a
reconnaissance mission for the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David
Pentland Challenger II tanks of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and Warrior
APC's of the Irish Guards, 7th Armoured Brigade, the "Desert
Rats" supported overhead by US Marine Corps Cobras during their
epic dawn attack to finally take and secure Basra.
Challenger by Simon Smith Tanks of the Queens Royal Irish Hussars in action during the Gulf
War, February 1991.
