The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wesel, Germany. Damaged railway carriages in the town of Wesel. This town was given a heavy and concentrated bombing by British heavies as a prelude to the opening of the Cross-Rhine offensive on 1945-03-24. After the bombing, in which RAAF bombers took part, commandos occupied the town.
Wesel, Germany. 1945-04-05. Damaged remains of buildings in ruins after heavy and concentrated bombing by British heavies as a prelude to the opening of the cross-Rhine offensive 1945-03-24. After the
Wesel, Germany. 1945-04-05. Rubble and ruin after heavy and concentrated bombing by British heavies as a prelude to the opening of the cross-Rhine offensive 1945-03-24. After the bombing, in which RAA
Wesel, Germany. 1945-04-05. Rubble and ruin in the town after heavy and concentrated bombing by British heavies as a prelude to the opening of the cross-Rhine offensive 1945-03-24. After the bombing,
Near Wesel, Germany. 1945-03-24. Gliders on the ground shortly after the airborne landings over the Rhine.
Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the airborne troops landed for the cross-Rhine offensive on 1945-03-24.
Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the airborne troops landed for the cross-Rhine offensive on 1945-03-24.
