DEFENCE: World War II: Army Invasion Test - Biggest Ever Held (1941)
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British troops (watched by Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke) in military exercises (early preparations for D-Day ?)
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British Army military exercises:
Bren carriers across fields/ British troops running along country lane/ Army motorcycles across field/ military vehicles pulling field guns along road/ military tanks across field/ Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke talking to officers/ Margesson, Dill and Brooke/ Bren carriers charging through hedge and river / troops firing from behind force / troops wading through river
Aircraft taking off/ Brooke in cockpit looking out of window
Gunners at anti-tank gun/ troops firing, from behind hedg/ men throwing “bombs“ (grenades) from