The 231st Infantry Brigade of XXX Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Division march on Eindhoven in support of the Guards Armoured Division on Sunday 17th September. To the left is an abandoned German 88mm flak / anti-tank gun. During their hasty retreat from Normandy, the Germans lost most of the heavy vehicles that they used to properly site guns such as this one, and so in order to give them solid ground from which to fire they were often set up in exposed positions on the road. However as a consequence of this placement, the British were fooled into believing that the roadsides had been heavily mined, which the Germans only had time to do in a select few places. Copyright: IWM B9982.