'German prisoners of war marching regimental HQ', May 1945

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, World War Two (1943-1945), North West Europe, 1945.

Elements of General Sir Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group occupied Hamburg on 3 May 1945 after crossing the River Elbe. They then pushed on towards Denmark and the Baltic Sea, where they met the Red Army advancing from the east.

From an album containing 198 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).