Sunday, February 9, 2020

Landespolizei Training

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Young artillerymen training with a 7,5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7,5 cm le.IG 18), autumn of 1936. This light artillery piece wa...
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Thursday, January 30, 2020

Gebirgsjäger with Sami Women

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A Gebirgsjäger (mountain ranger) posing together with a couple of young Sami women (in traditional clothing), Finnish Lapland, probably the...
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Saturday, January 25, 2020

A Crash-Landed Junkers Ju 88

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A crash-landed Junkers Ju 88, probably an A-4. The Ju 88 was a twin-engined multirole combat aircraft, which turned out to be one of the ...
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Friday, January 24, 2020

In the Skies Above Paris

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In the skies above Paris… Not really. An army Unteroffizier and his navy buddy have their photo taken in a studio in Paris, 1940. I have ...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Messerschmitt Bf 109 at Airshow

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Curious German civilians crowd around a Messerschmitt Bf 109, probably an E-1, patiently waiting in line to get a chance to take a look i...
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Saturday, January 18, 2020

Panzermann and SS Soldier

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This studio portrait of two young soldiers, who I presume are friends, contains some interesting details, a couple of enigmas, and some h...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

German Flak 88

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One of the most well-known guns of World War II was the 8.8 cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun, often referred to as the “Eighty-eight” or Germ...
Monday, January 13, 2020

Germans in White Camo in Positions

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A squad from III. Abteilung, Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 501 in positions in a Russian village during the winter of 1942-43. Part of the 1...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Eckhard Christian and Werner Kreipe

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Beginning of August 1944: Eventual General der Flieger Werner Kreipe in conversation with Oberst Eckhard Christian. During his time at th...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

Major Willi Braun of Grenadier-Regiment 576 in the Battle of Stalingrad

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Major Willi Braun, the commander of Grenadier-Regiment 576 / 305.Infanterie-Division in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943). He was an a...

Oberstleutnant Hans-Georg Brandt of Grenadier-Regiment 577 in the Battle of Stalingrad

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Oberstleutnant Hans-Georg Brandt, the commander of Grenadier-Regiment 577 / 305.Infanterie-Division in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-194...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Erich Riva

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Erich Riva (20 June 1888 - 4 March 1954) joined the Austrian Feldjäger Battalion 25 on 30 September 1905 as a one-year volunteer. On ...

General der Flieger Erich Petersen

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General der Flieger Erich Karl Alexander Petersen (25 August 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a German Luftwaffe general during the Second World W...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

SS Soldier Inspects U.S. M45 Quadmount

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A soldier from the Stabskompanie / SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 / 1.SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" nex...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

Gebirgsjäger Ski Patrol

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This picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Finke, with the original caption: "Auf dem wege zur Front" (On the way to the front)....

German Sniper at Kandalaksha Front

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German scharfschütze (sniper) at Kandalaksha Front. He is wearing his ski as a bipod for his Kar 98k Mauser rifle. He is also wearing a w...
Monday, May 20, 2019

U-18, The Black Sea Boat with the Soviet Star

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  In the course of the Russian campaign the Wehrmacht conquered large areas of southern Russia including the Crimea and the Taman P...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

SS-Obersturmführer Rolf Schackert from Legion Freies Indien

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Studio photo of SS-Obersturmführer Rolf Schackert (Chef Stabskompanie / Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS), who wore his new SS ...
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Friday, May 17, 2019

Bio of Hitler's Adjutant Otto Günsche

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 SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Günsche was born on 24 September 1917 in Jena. He was an early volunteer in the “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Bio of Oskar Wolkerstorfer

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By: Rich Deveau-Maxwell My biography of SS-Hauptsturmführer Oskar Wolkerstorfer: “I, Oskar Wolkerstorfer was born on 2.11.1919 in L...