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Two commandos looking out for snipers among the ruins of Osnabruck, Germany, 4 April 1945

Photograph, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1945

Armed with a Bren Gun and Thompson sub-machine gun, the commandos were probably members of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando which captured the town alongside 6th Airborne Division. No.10 (Inter-Allied) was recruited from the volunteers of many nations who had fled to Britain to carry on the fight after their own countries had been occupied by the Germans.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1986-01-4-260

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1986-01-4-260

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