The German forces there however believed Girg and his men to be Seydlitz agents (German soldiers working for the Soviet forces) and they were taken to be shot
an RAF Lockheed C130 Hercules climbs away from a successful pickup on a remote airstrip
The flight to the Ruhr dams on the night of 16th/17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise was fraught with peril as each wave of three aircraft hugged the ground across Holland and into Germany to avoid detection
Royal Horse Artillery by Harry Payne
Messerschmitt Me110 night fighter attacking Lancaster bombers during a night raid
The Charge of the Highlanders at the Battle of Prestonpans, by Mark Churms. (P) TEA72 The German forces there howeverDHM363P. The Charge of the Highlanders at the Battle of Prestonpans, by Mark Churms. Battle of Prestonpans. Bonnie Prince Charlie, after landing at Glenfinnan, in his bid to gain the British Throne. Lord George Murray with an army of 2,000 Jacobites marched southward where they were met at Prestonpans by General Sir John Cope and a Royal army of 3,000 men On the 21st September, the Jacobites charged the government troops and routed them. Hundreds of