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Kleurenfoto, staand. Objectfoto van 'Ut Mine Festungstid Vught-Camp okt.1944-juni 1945, zur Baracke 19A' (NMKV_05173).

Dutch liner sunk by mine. The Dutch liner Simon Bolivar struck a mine and sank in a few minutes off the East Coast. Many of the survivors were brought to London. Tragic figures. Mr. and Mrs. Jansen, a Dutch couple with their son Erwin. Mr. Jansen supported him on a spar for two hours. Their other child, a few weeks old, was lost.

German mines cleared from airfield near Rome. U.S. Army aviation engineers carefully remove an 800-pound mine, planted by the Germans in the grounds of the Ciampino Airport, southwest of Rome, before the enemy was forced to abandon the field during the Allied drive which liberated the Italian capital on June 4, 1944. After removing enemy mines and restoring damaged facilities, the Allies were using ...

Kleurenfoto, staand. Objectfoto van 'Ut Mine Festungstid Vught-Camp okt.1944-juni 1945, zur Baracke 19A' (NMKV_05173).

New allied Flail tank detonates enemy mines in Normandy. A British Scorpion flail tank detonates a German land mine in Normandy to clear the way for Allied troops and motorized vehicles. Pieces of chain fixed to a rapidly revolving drum in front of the tank whirl around as the vehicle advances. Yhe effectiveness of this new device in clearing roads and battle areas has accelerated the Allied liberation ...

Dutch coastal vessel strikes mine and wreck British pier. A striking picture, taken looking through the piles of the pier towards the pier-head this morniing, Jan. 30, after the mishap. The huge gap in the pier structure can be seen, while, on the left, part of the hulk of the Nora is seen lying on the beach.

U.S. engineers remove mines from Normandy beach. U.S. Army engineers remove mines from a beach on the Normandy coast which is to be part of a rest and recreation center for American troops fighting on the Continent.

A Japanese liner goed down, victim of Germany's mine warfare. Loaded lifeboats ready to leave the side of the 'Terukuni Maru'.