Abandoned German equipment at Unterstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1945
Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1945.
An abandoned 105 mm gun in countryside near Unterstedt, Lower Saxony.
In the last weeks of World War Two (1939-1945) 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were in action in Lower Saxony. The Sharpshooters war diary entry for 22 April 1945 describes how tanks of 'C' Squadron and infantry from 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment took the village of Unterstedt against 'token opposition'. 40 prisoners of war were taken with no casualties. In the nearby hamlet of Eversen several more prisoners were taken and the diary records the capture of abandoned 75 mm, 88 mm and 125 mm guns.
From a photograph album containing 198 photographs and captions compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-22-101
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-22-101