Jimmy Sales kriegwagen', encampment of British Sherman tanks in Italy, 1943
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, Italy, 1943.
A bivouac pitched around a Sherman tank in an Italian orchard. The tank crew have taken the opportunity to wash and dry their clothes as well as indulging in recreational activities involving a guitar and bottles of wine. A trophy of the campaign in Italy, a Nazi swastika flag, is draped on their tank.
From a photograph album containing 246 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-14-214
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-14-214
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