Sunday, March 30, 2014

Adolf Hitler and Luftwaffe Heroes After Award Ceremony at Obersalzberg

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Adolf Hitler chats with his heroes from Luftwaffe after award ceremony (Eichenlaub and Schwertern) at Berghof Obersalzberg on 4 April 194...

Pilots from Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) in Winter 1940/41

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Pilots from Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) pictured in the winter of 1940/1941 in front of a U.S. made Ford 1939 Mercury Eight car. FLTR...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Officers from Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) at Venlo

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Officers from Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) at Venlo, Holland, Spring 1941. FLTR: Nachtflugleiter Hauptmann G. Hitgen (Fluglotse a.k.a. a...
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Wehrmacht Inspection at Paris

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Wehrmacht inspection at Paris, France, in 1941, possibly before going to the Eastern Front. Please note the standard issue M31 Clothing b...

Wehrmacht Inspection at Paris

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Wehrmacht inspection at Paris, France, in 1941, possibly before going to the Eastern Front. Please note the standard issue M31 Clothing b...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

German Generals in Slovenia

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From left to right: Generalleutnant Hans Suttner (?), SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Oskar Knofe (Befehlshaber der Ordnung...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

U-Boat Crew Wearing Diving Equipment

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U-boat crew outside the boat hatch wearing tauchretter. Looks like on training. Taken from Signal magazine, May 1943 edition. An escape s...

German Soldiers Relaxed at the French Beach

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There are no sunbeds in sight, but this picture is clear evidence, as if any were needed, that the German aptitude for bagging the best ...

The German Pilots of the Bombers Heinkel He-111 and Symbolic Funeral

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It is extremely unusual photograph of World War II in color. The German pilots of the bombers Heinkel He-111 and symbolic funeral. At a c...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Possibly a German retreat or even a surrendering ceremony

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Picture taken late in May 1945 in Czechoslovakia, possibly a German retreat or even a surrendering ceremony Source: http://www.wehrma...

Wehrmacht proxy marriage wedding ceremony

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German Army officer shake hands with his soldier in the latter's proxy marriage wedding ceremony. Picture allegedly taken in the outs...

German Motorcycles at Rest

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Kradmelder wearing Kradmantel Source: http://thirdreichcolorpictures.blogspot.com/2010/08/german-motorcycles-in-color.html
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Erwin Rommel in Africa

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Erwin Rommel as Generaloberst and Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika" Source: "Die Wehrmacht" magazine, 12 ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

US Private Jerry Smith

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US Private Jerry Smith, on Okinawa during World War II. Jerry served in the Army's 718th Amphibious Tractor Battalion of XXIV Corps. ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

King Boris III of Bulgaria with one of his army general

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King Boris III of Bulgaria with one of his army general Source: http://ww2-weapons.com/Orders-of-battle/Bulgaria/Armed-Forces.htm

Bulgarian Civilian Giving Water to a German Army Motocyclist

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Bulgarian civilian giving water to a german army motocyclist or Kradmelder (1942). The bike is NSU 601TS Source: http://thirdreichcol...

German Flame-Thrower in Action

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Flammenwerfer 35 – from a german postcard printed in 1944. The Flammenwerfer 35, or FmW 35 (literally, "flame thrower") was a o...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt Looking at a Map

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"Why always me old donkey?" - Statement of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshall) Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), several times ...

Mutterkreuz Recipient

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Mutterkreuz (Mother's Cross) recipient. The Cross of Honour of the German Mother (German: Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter), referred ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

A Wehrmacht Religious Service in the Field Before Operation Barbarossa Began

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Men from a German 6. Armee infantry unit attending divine service in the field before going into battle, June 1941. They had not been tol...

Street Sign in the Border of Soviet-German Occupied Poland

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Soviet-occupied Poland began 14 metres beyond this frontier sign on the river Granitsa, June 1941 just days before Unternehmen Barbarossa...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Erwin Rommel (Left) and Ludwig Crüwell Chats in North Africa

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Two prominent German generals in North African theatre takes a little walk while discussing the recent situation: Generalfeldmarschall ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

An Armored Crew Washing their SdKfz 250 Halftrack

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An armored crew washing their SdKfz 250 Leichter Schutzenpanzerwagen (Light-Armored Personnel Carrier). Hanging from his neck, the soldie...

German Anti-Aircraft Crew

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These men are wearing the Model 1936 Tunic with the bottle-green collars. The soldier on the left is wearing a Model 1938 Field Cap. A pa...

General Kurt von Briesen Reviewing His Troops in Paris Parade

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Generalleutnant Kurt von Briesen (Kommandeur 30. Infanterie-Division) reviewing his troops in a parade at Avenue Foch, Paris, 14 June 194...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Bernard Montgomery decorates Konstantin Rokossovsky

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British Field Marshal Sir Bernard "Monty" Montgomery (17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976) decorates Marshal of the Soviet Union K...

Bernard Montgomery decorates Georgy Zhukov sash order of the bath

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British Field Marshal Sir Bernard "Monty" Montgomery (17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976) decorates The Deputy Supreme Commander ...

Award Ceremony For Russian Generals by Montgomery at Brandenburg Gate

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 British Field Marshal Sir Bernard "Monty" Montgomery (17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976) decorates Soviet generals at the Hinde...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Reichsbahn Personnel Wearing Camo

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This particular photograph takes place somewhere at or around the bombarded railway staton at Verona (Italy) in August 1944 by a well-kno...

Karl Dönitz Studying Maps at Kriegsmarine Headquarter

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First published by "Signal" magazine February 1943 edition (to celebrate the new leader of the German Kriegsmarine), this pictu...