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A WWII re-enactor dressed as a German soldier sports an SS Death's Head tattoo as he takes part in a mock battle as part of the two-day Maiden Newton At War 1940s re-enactment weekend in Maiden Newton, near Dorchester, England, on June 23, 2012. The quiet Dorset village of Newton Maiden was seen as a strategic hub during the Second World War and was heavily fortified against a threatened German invasion. It later saw hundreds of American servicemen quartered in the area before the D Day landings. To celebrate the village's wartime past, the biennial event, which started in 2008, has grown into one of the biggest re-enactments in the country and this year featured one of the largest convoys of Second World War vehicles seen in Dorset since D Day in 1944. (Photo by Matt Cardy)
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