| Caption | A British paratrooper with the 5th Scots Parachute Battalion takes cover in Athens, Greece during operations against ELAS (the Greek People's Liberation Army), 18 Dec 1944. ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | |||||||
| Identification Code | NA20863 | |||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 18 Dec 1944 | |||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
| Added Date | 19 Nov 2019 | |||||||
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| Licensing | Crown Copyright / Public Domain. According to the Crown Copyright laws of the United Kingdom, copyright protection has expired for photographs created prior to 1 Jun 1957. | |||||||
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19 Nov 2019 02:23:15 PM
Some sources show this image reversed left-to-right so that the trooper is holding the rifle right-handed but this is incorrect. The rifle is a bolt action rifle with the bolt on the right side of the receiver and since the bolt is not visible in this image, this is the correct orientation. Even the IWM displays this image both ways.