Southern Steel by Simon Smith. ART698 Original painting by Richard Moore

Original painting by Richard Moore

Air Commodore Pete Brothers CBE

By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria

and with American and British paratroops already engaged in furious fire fights

and 2500 native soldiers

Southern Steel by Simon Smith. ART698 Original painting by Richard MooreDHM278. Southern Steel by Simon Smith. Confederate cavalry with the battle flag of the Confederacy gallop into battle. The battle flag was also known as the Southern Cross. Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 23 inches (41cm x 58cm)