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Smoke over a harbour, a stretcher and a boat under a flag

Smoke over a harbour, a stretcher and a boat under a flag

Engineers at a pontoon ferry

Engineers at a pontoon ferry

Dive bomber attack on a hill

Dive bomber attack on a hill

A warship and landing boats in a fjord

A warship and landing boats in a fjord

British columns move up

British columns move up

The border barrier is raised

The border barrier is raised

Children on a refugee cart

Children on a refugee cart

Vehicles and tanks cross the hills

Vehicles and tanks cross the hills

Soldiers wade ashore from boats

Soldiers wade ashore from boats

Fire in the street and flight by bicycle

Fire in the street and flight by bicycle

Fire and smoke over the front at dusk

Fire and smoke over the front at dusk

Sailors at a gun and a falling aircraft

Sailors at a gun and a falling aircraft

Soldiers climb out and run through a burning village

Soldiers climb out and run through a burning village

Aircraft attack a refugee road

Aircraft attack a refugee road

Villagers greet an armoured car

Villagers greet an armoured car

A warship at speed and an aircraft overhead

A warship at speed and an aircraft overhead

Burning wooden houses and a dead person in the rubble

Burning wooden houses and a dead person in the rubble

A warship in a fjord, gunners and aircraft overhead

A warship in a fjord, gunners and aircraft overhead

Warships in a fjord and gunfire at dusk

Warships in a fjord and gunfire at dusk

A Soviet sentry outside the Kommandantura

A Soviet sentry outside the Kommandantura

A great trunk lies felled by the water

A great trunk lies felled by the water

Marshal Zhukov at the Control Council table

Marshal Zhukov at the Control Council table

A soldier ties a document to a gun

A soldier ties a document to a gun

Men work on gun carriages in the workshop

Men work on gun carriages in the workshop