TROOPS ON INVASION EXERCISES.—Strenuous “toughening-up” which is part of their normal routine, has made these British infantry soldiers a formidable advance striking force. Armed with the latest automatic rifles, they are seen carrying out an invasion exercise on the coast of Northern Ireland.
BRITAIN TRAINS MORE AND MORE TANK CREWS.—A large number of tanks of various well-known British cavalry regiments now mechanised recently took part in large-scale exercises in the British Eastern Command. Water is obviously no obstacle to these cruiser tanks here seen crossing a river during the exercises.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 December 1941, Page 6
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90TROOPS ON INVASION EXERCISES.—Strenuous “toughening-up” which is part of their normal routine, has made these British infantry soldiers a formidable advance striking force. Armed with the latest automatic rifles, they are seen carrying out an invasion exercise on the coast of Northern Ireland. BRITAIN TRAINS MORE AND MORE TANK CREWS.—A large number of tanks of various well-known British cavalry regiments now mechanised recently took part in large-scale exercises in the British Eastern Command. Water is obviously no obstacle to these cruiser tanks here seen crossing a river during the exercises. Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 December 1941, Page 6
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