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Cromwell Mk IV tank, 2 Welsh Guards on the drive into Brussels, 3 September 1944; IWM BU 531

Object description: The crew of a Cromwell Mk IV tank of 2nd Welsh Guards on the drive into Brussels, 3 September 1944. Despite sporadic resistance from the Royal Palace and Gestapo HQ, the city’s capture went smoothly, ‘the chief difficulty being to cope with the populace who were very effusive in their welcome’, as the Battalion’s war diary put it with typical understatement. Catalogue number: BU 531 Part of: WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION Production date 1944-09-03 Subject period: Second World War Alternative Names: object category: Black and white Creator: Hewitt (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit Category photographs

Cromwell Mk IV tank, 2 Welsh Guards on the drive into Brussels, 3 September 1944; IWM BU 531
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