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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Germans Crossing Sabotaged Bridge in Yugoslavia

 

Gebirgsjäger in Yugoslavia: With a captured Italian AB.41 armoured car, the German forces crossing a sabotaged bridge under the watchful protection of an MG 42 crew. Notice the MG-Truppe: They seem to be wearing all Windblusen. As a schwere MG crew two have also been issued with the Koppeltragestell that is not often seen with the Gebirgsjäger. Both are the webbing variant but the right hand side is made of British material.

 

 

Source :

ECPAD Archive, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe

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Radio Operator from HJ Division in Normandy

A radio operator from the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" performs his duties near the town of Caen in July 1944 following the D-Day invasion that took place the previous month

Source :
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