German Soldiers in Akershus Fortress Norway

Quay below Akershus fortress. Akershus Fortress is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city. The fortress has never successfully been besieged by a foreign enemy. However it surrendered without combat to Nazi Germany in 1940 when the Norwegian government evacuated the capital in the face of the unprovoked German assault on Denmark and Norway.

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https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/?q=wehrmacht&mode=gallery&view=horizontal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akershus_Fortress
https://www.klikk.no/produkthjemmesider/vimenn/tatt-pa-senga-da-tyskerne-angrep-norge-2859155
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/09/23/henry-morgenthau-roosevelt-government-europes-jews-00058206

Fallschirmjäger Pioneer

 

 

Amiens (France), May-June 1943. Erprobung.Kommando from XI. Fliegerkorps. Judging by what is visible, this container is destined to engineers: smoke grenades, smoke canisters, explosive loads, fuzes, etc. Details in these photos are fantastic! All of the content seem to be smoke generating munitions (the fact that this packing is prior to a field exercise following a jump, lots of smoke ammo sounds logical). The bending lad is holding a 3 kg demolition slab with three types of fuzes.

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ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158975562398308&set=gm.2742198149380746

German Soldiers in Action in the Ostfront

Some "gung-ho" poses in Russia, but still provides great detail of their kit! 50mm mortar rounds ammo box carried on the left.

 

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ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158920096493308&set=basw.AbpphY3aQP4rfiASDQNz1jol9qPEEmN16BxlB1uYebChBft0wNM2QGBidX9GAqF1cyw_E_ZpVoRTMJ_komz-F5iJnB8CERmhR6ZmrEZpp05e4Zm0IHwzhjFrlGZmZk67fAw&opaqueCursor=Abq2JyFvAHyrSVGL8HDWYFg52IwW3RCi6xSlZ7zBQgn9f6-gLzDPFaFZzfAC9C9GOCtGSuVtMHaW_Rj8cPykFLRvB6gqZreN_MtHSagZ1jZZtHLHg5sjB4KmI6_I0e5xvGM_IKEbQ-50u5u8U4JHjUqDBIm1Dom1HqazGygv1cR6x0FIPYEiiChNwHye7oEjdmDRg0IGU7kHerJSZPcS1uVKSSOmP46tHGx47_Z4DTCykhs_FyaJGtYHhKEO0ypXxHsMSn6nj3p0Ikhm8KuTGg93RpX6Xw-a2hjbYbwoyg3rfEV6A4Z3N5VrW5wGo6MHonI0bRHD027vghKTnz_Ix6v7-q3YrucfNlCdmUlzke1izOt_W6aDpc2DH8NSsJHlCe_LMKB-LcrU0H2ItvtWYeSn4LfcLS_DSMMxHlrXC7dpZgcOBMy44IGFNfoAAlqR35yGpP4IKv4A-S4DvVfo394OKQfdoBL4kIDfcFrRhKSxIg34Dk_0ofIOtvzB-sAi1CvxaaacN_bNxPr_khNyJ2fU-yDs7PUlOPqLau5RGYSEm24tWGonfDGDFXe5ytzZNADQ22_a_ee1W2ANIO3ZWywoVi29YTvaoDZFC2z6OzUaoo5fbYsH_yuuPQ4BHUPXLps-oj7bEtpxkpBh1MrLjCrfLyDmGZvJ7WDw3bvKac5XRTARerGzwnNLd0gZ7ZA9YvTLMW0SusET5jxkxDtgfuAo

Armenian Volunteers of the Wehrmacht in France

Armenian soldiers of the German Wehrmacht’s Armenische Legion (Armenian Legion) arrive in the south of France to strengthen the coastal defenses on the Mediterranean. Approximately 33,000 Armenian men served in German field battalions, while another 7,000 served in logistical and other non-combat units. The majority of the soldiers in the legion were former Soviet Army soldiers who were taken as POWs by the Germans and opted to fight for the Germans rather than face the appalling conditions of Nazi POW camps. Smaller numbers freely joined the Germans as nationalists who opposed Armenia’s inclusion as a Soviet republic. German military authorities found the Armenians to be poorly trained, poorly motivated and often apt to desert, defect, revolt and aid the enemy. Following the war, soldiers of the Armenian Legion were repatriated to the Soviet Union where most were tried for treason and executed or sent off to die in the gulags. Near Toulon, Var, France. February 1944. Image taken by Erwin Schultz.

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http://bag-of-dirt.tumblr.com/post/143600472505/armenian-soldiers-of-the-german