Bofors gun on the approaches to the Nijmegen Bridge, 1944 (c)

Photograph by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944-1945 (c).

Sherman tanks of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) halt at an anti-aircraft emplacement at the approach to Nijmegen Bridge, prior to the regiment crossing the River Waal.

The salient established by the Allies north of Nijmegen in Holland during Operation MARKET GARDEN was the subject of German counterattacks at the end of September 1944. A heavy concentration of Allied anti-aircraft guns at Nijmegen destroyed dozens of German aircraft attempting to destroy the vital bridges.

From an album containing 266 photographs belonging to Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).