000 soviet troops had been taken prisoner
Adolf Galland flew as a of III
the ship carrying this aircraft was torpedoed en route and both ship and all its cargo were lost
8th and 11th Hussars and the 17th Lancers
RAF is depicted over the drop zone near to the Alt Aussee salt mine in the Austrian Alps as two of the four SOE agents exit the bomber via the crew access door
Hubes Pocket, Kamenez-Podolsk, Russia, 26th March - 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. (P) COU18 000 soviet troops had beenDP0151P. Hubes Pocket, Kamenez Podolsk, Russia, 26th March 6th April, 1944 by David Pentland. Among those encircled in the pocket were the men and guns of Sturmgeschutz Brigade 301. During the breakout, through two Soviet Tank Armies and across four rivers the Sturmgeschutz cleared the way for the infantry and others to pass through. Special mention was given to the heroic actions of Hauptmann Sekirka, the brigade commander, and Wachtmeister Walter