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A column of tanks of 6th Panzer Division awaits the order to advance on the Western Front, 1940. The lead vehicle is a Pzkpfw 35(t), one of many captured from the Czech army and pressed into service. Behind are three Pzkpfw IVs and behind them a line of Pzkpfw II light tanks.

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Eastern Front, Battle of Cholm, Jan 1942: Generalleutnant Theodor Scherer, commanding Kampfgruppe Scherer, looks at Luftwaffe planes trying to resupply his force.For 107 days Scherer's men held off all enemy attempts to seize the town, although the Red Army had launched almost 2,000 individual assaults on the town. When a relief force broke through, there were only 1,200 Germans fit for action.Hitler authorized the 'Cholm Shield' and Scherer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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Fastmongrel, that's a modern photo taken within the last few years. The Hurri in the foreground is Historic Aircraft's Mk.XII based at Duxford and the centre one is LF363, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Hurri.
 

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