Bagging 5 Panther tanks with just 5 shots, Sgt Wilf Harris showed that the Sherman Firefly could take on the best the Germans had to offer – and that British tank crews were just as good as their German equivalents.

Set in Normandy in 1944, World War Two historian John Delaney presents a fascinating story from history that deserves to be better known.

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00:00 | Intro
00:52 | Preparing for Battle
02:00 | The Attack
06:50 | Counter Attack
12:04 | The Damage

This video features archive footage courtesy of British Pathé.

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