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Sunday, April 16, 2023

Luftwaffe Enigma Machine

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Original caption: "Unsere Wehrmacht. Funkstation im offenen Gelände" (Our Armed Forces. Radio station in open terrain). Source :...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Bio of Generalleutnant Rudolf-Eduard Licht (1890-1978)

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  Rudolf-Eduard Hugo Heinrich Licht Date of Birth: 11.06.1890 - Holzhaleben, Sondershausen, Thuringen (German Empire) Date of Death: 14.09...
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Sunday, April 9, 2023

German Soldiers in the Trenches

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German soldiers crowded in the trenches, reminiscence of World War I. No information about place or date. Source : https://www.sutori.com/...

Wehrmacht Briefing

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An officer of the Wehrmacht gives speech in front of his soldiers, who gathered in the mountain slope. No information about place or date. S...
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Wehrmacht Soldiers and Sailors Listening to the Speech of Hermann Göring

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Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe) spoke to the German Wehrmacht. On January 30, 1943, on the 10th anniversary ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

German and Italian Troops near Tobruk

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German troops, including a Paratrooper, inspects an Italian anti-aircraft position near Tobruk in 1942. The picture was taken by Kriegsberic...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Bio of Oberbootsmannsmaat Wilhelm Becker

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Wilhelm Becker Date of Birth: Date of Death: Promotions: 00.00.19__ Oberbootsmannsmaat Career: 00.00.19__ seemännischer Unteroffizier in V...

German Soldiers in Akershus Fortress Norway

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Quay below Akershus fortress. Akershus Fortress is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a r...

Three SS-Untersturmführer in the Netherlands

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Three SS-Untersturmführer in the occupied-Netherlands. In the middle is a Dutchman. No date.   Source : https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Bio of Major Paul Block

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Paul Block Date of Birth: 16.05.1915 - Pommern (German Empire) Date of Death: unknown Religion: Evangelist Father: Eduard Block (priest) M...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Captured US Truck of the Afrikakorps

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Captured American Ford 3T truck armed by the Germans with a Flak gun 20mm on the back of the truck. Mareth area, Tunisia, March 1942. Sour...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Why German Soldiers Fought with their Sleeves Rolled up

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To date, there are not so many people left who remember and saw with their own eyes the events of the Second World War, and you and I, the...
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Studio Portrait of Luftwaffe Personnel in Tropical Uniform

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Nice original postcard sized Luftwaffe portrait picture with full tropical uniform and a ribbon to the Deutsch-Italienische Erinnerungsmedai...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot in Avignon

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Photograph, portrait. Uniformed Luftwaffe fighter pilot. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "Junior fighter pilots learn gunne...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

88 Flak Guns Towed by Sd.Kfz.7

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The 8,8-cm-Flak 36 / 37 anti-aircraft gun is towed by Krass-Maffei's 8-ton Sd.Kfz 7 tractor. This tool was effective weapons against air...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Afrikakorps Soldier on a Camel with a Guide

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An Afrikakorps soldier on a camel with a guide. The Germans and Italians more or less left the Arab populations to themselves, so long as th...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Recruits of the Luftwaffe during a Prayer

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Recruits of the Luftwaffe during a prayer, 9 July 1938. The original caption said: "Luftwaffe soldiers have taken off their helmets aft...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Happy German Soldiers in Yugoslavia

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German soldiers, confident of success shortly before the end of combats, in Yugoslavia during Operation Marita, 14 April 1941. The Axis vict...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Afrikakorps Soldiers with Sand Protector

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Goggles, scarves and headdresses were indespensible for blocking sand and the sun, and for preventing sun strokes. The heat often caused mir...

British POW being Questioned by Afrikakorps

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April 1941: Rommel wrested more than 800 kilometres from the British forces that were forced to retreat towards Egypt. The men under his com...