Combined Operations Exercises : an unopposed landing at dawn, early 1942

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image: A combined operations exercise with British soldiers accompanied by two armoured Bren Gun carriers making an amphibious landing. A landing craft in the process of landing troops and one of the carriers is visible in the background, with troops and the the other carrier moving along a track in the foreground.

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G W Lennox Paterson

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Category: Art
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Paterson, G W Lennox
Production date: 1942
Materials: medium: wood engraving
Dimensions: Support: Height 254 mm, Width 177 mm
Catalogue number: Art.IWM ART LD 5756

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