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The Cromwell tank of Captain Roy Dunlop and another just to the rear with smoke billowing from it are shown near Point 213 after being immobilized by Tiger tanks east of Villers-Bocage. Both British tanks belonged to A Squadron, County of London Yeomanry.

WWII History February 2023

Tigers Triumphant at Villers-Bocage

By Michael E. Haskew

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