German and Italian Troops near Tobruk

German troops, including a Paratrooper, inspects an Italian anti-aircraft position near Tobruk in 1942. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Rechenberg.

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https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/german-paratroopers/21535/tobruk

First Axis POWs at Tobruk

 

Men of the Australian 9th Infantry Division guard Italians and some of the first German prisoners to be taken during the war in North Africa, after Rommel's first unsuccessful assault on Tobruk, 17 April 1941. If we are talking about Heer Division, it was the 5. leitche-Division during the 1st Siege of Tobruk that was on 10-14 April 1941. However, on the 2nd Siege of Tobruk from 30 April to 7 May 1941 it was a mix between the elements of the 5.leichte-Division and the newly arrived 15. Panzer-Division (except for Panzer-Regiment 8 that was not involved yet). BTW, if someone asking: Why are their heads bowed? It is actually a basic techniek of not to look your captors in their eyes, state only your name and number. Look what happened at Malmedy: at the Nuremberg Trials the SS Soldiers stated in their defense that the American POW’s looked at them tauntingly almost staring them down ... we all know how that ended for the Americans!

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4981605118546865&set=gm.2563691697254982
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205205791

German and Italian Officers in the Ukrainian Church

Fascist Italian Army officers (left) and a German Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger (alpine soldier, right) officer stand in front of the battle-scarred Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin in the town of Staromykhailivka as inquisitive local children look on from behind. Staromykhailivka and the surrounding region would become part of Reichskommissariat Ukraine in September 1941; a German civilian administration created for the pacification of the region and the exploitation of its resources and people for German benefit. Staromykhailivka, Stalino Oblast (now, Donetsk Oblast), Ukraine, Soviet Union. October 1941.

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http://bag-of-dirt.tumblr.com/post/141452565105/fascist-italian-army-officers-left-and-a-german