Helmuth Mentzel during Heldengedenktag 1941 in Romania

 

Generalmajor Helmuth Mentzel (Kommandeur der Luftwaffe Armee-Oberkommando 11) with Romanian air force officer during Heldengedenktag ceremony, March 1941, in Romania. He later received the Deutsches Kreuz in Silber on 4 August 1944. His last rank is Generalleutnant.

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The Thousand-Mile Stare of Soldier from Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126

 

 

Soldier of I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126 / 23.Panzer-Division in Romania, April-August 1944. His face showing the thousand mile-stare: a mixture of sheer exhaustion, everyday fear, endless boredom and despair...

Source :
ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe
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