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The Dornier Do 17 twin-engined light bomber produced by Dornier Flugzeugwerke took its first flight on 23 November 1934. The Do 17's combat debut came in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War while operating in the Condor Legion. A total of 2,139 would be built.

British paratroopers practice their withdrawal and extraction by landing craft during training in January 1942 before the upcoming Combined Operations raid on the German coastal radar installation at Bruneval in northern France (Operation Biting).

A British Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai which began on 20 November 1917.

A column of German Panzer III tanks in Rostov, after the Germans captured the city on 21-22 November 1941. A Soviet counterattack a week later would see the Germans driven out of the city and forced back about 100 miles westward.

Soldiers of the U.S. 5th Infantry Division entering Metz in November 1944. The city was captured by U.S. forces and hostilities formally ceased on 22 November, however, the remaining isolated forts continued to hold out.

Men of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) salvaging German rifles near Marcoing on 22 November 1917 during the battle of Cambrai. Photo: John Warwick Brooke.

German Panzer IVs during the battle for Zhytomyr, Ukraine on 18-19 November 1943. The Autumn mud would soon halt major operations by German and Soviet forces until the ground froze in early December.

American troops making their way inland after landing at Arzeu in November 1942 during Operation Torch. Several small landing craft can be seen in the foreground whilst in the distance can be seen some of the troopships that helped transport the men. Photo: Lt F A Hudson.