Thursday, January 7, 2016

Pioneer Training

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Engineer soldiers train in the bridge-making prior to their deployment in Europe. They are wearing the wool uniform with M41 field jacket...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Waiting for the Order to Take Off

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Waiting for the order to take off. The Luftwaffe pilot makes notes as he sits in front of the aircraft in the warm spring sun. Note the 3...

Frontal View of a Recon Bf 110

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 Frontal view of L2+MR, a Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-5 of 7.(H)/LG 2, which is finished in the standard three-grays camouflage. Note the staf...

American Soldier in Phone during Exercise

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A soldier of the U.S. 5th Armored Division takes a message during training exercise early in the war. The soldier is wearing the one piec...

The Crew of an American M4 Sherman Tank Ressuplying the Ammunitions

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A U.S. 5th Armored Division tank crew load round's for their tank's 75mm gun. All four of the men are wearing herringbone twill (...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

U-Boat Lookout of U-177

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Keeping lookout was one of the most demanding and important jobs aboard a U-boat. No matter what conditions prevailed, men were exp...
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US Army Sergeant Stands at Sling Arms

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An infantry sergeant stands at Sling Arms. This sergeant is wearing the wool shirt and trousers that were the standard combat uniform of ...

Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich and a Nurse

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Generalmajor Stefan Fröhlich (right, Fliegerführer Afrika) saluting a DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) nurse in North Africa, 1941. Fliegerfüh...

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Takes off

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The order to takeoff has been received. The aircraft takes off and flies low over the men on the ground. This photograph was taken in Rus...

Soldiers of the U.S. 734th Field Artillery Battalion with truck

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Soldiers of the U.S. 734th Field Artillery Battalion with truck. The battalion were equipped with the M1 155mm gun, known as a "Long...
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DRK Nurse and Wehrmacht Soldiers

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Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) or German Red Cross nurses basic uniform worn by the DRK helferin/helferinen (helpers) during wartime consist...

Recon Aircraft just Back from the Mission over Crete

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L2+OR, a Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-5 of 7.Staffel (Fern) / Lehrgeschwader 2 (LG 2), photographed on its return to Athens-Kalamaki, probably ...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Finnish Bofors AA-Gun in Position

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A Lance-Corporal from Finnish 43rd light anti-aircraft divison reloading 40mm Bofors AA-gun already in position near the township of No...

SdKfz.251 of Afrikakorps Advances Past Fort Mechili

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German Afrikakorps soldiers in an armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz.251/1 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) Ausf.B advances past the fortified For...

Messerschmitt Bf 110 undergoing Repairment in Greece

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Two photographs of Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-3 L2+KR of 7.Staffel (Fern) / Lehrgeschwader 2 (LG 2), taken in May 1941 following the entry ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Walther von Reichenau in Russia

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Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) with his staff officers in the Russian Front during Unternehmen Ba...

The British Cruiser Convoy on D-Day

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The Allied invasion fleet crossing from England to Normandy on D-Day kept to twelve narrow lanes in order to avoid minefields. From the s...

A Messerschmitt Bf 110 of Lehrgeschwader 2 in Bulgaria during Balkan Campaign

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L2+SR, a Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-3 of 7.Staffel (Fern) / Lehrgeschwader 2 (LG 2), photographed at Sofia-Vrazdebna at the beginning of Apri...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Generalmajor Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski

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Generalmajor Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (2 January 1899 – 19 September 1966) was fought during World War I (as a cavalry officer)...

Messerschmitt Bf 109 of Werner Schroer in the North African Coast

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/Trop "Schwarze 8" of Oberfeldwebel Werner Schroer (8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 27) above t...

Invasion Armada on D-Day

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"What Philip of Spain failed to do, what Napoleon tried and failed to do, what Hitler never had the courage to attempt, we are abo...
Friday, October 9, 2015

German Bf 110 Fighter-Bomber in the Balkan Campaign

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L2+SR, a Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-3 of 7.Staffel (Fern) / Lehrgeschwader 2 (LG 2), photographed at Sofia-Vrazdebna at the beginning of Apri...

A Finnish Air Force Bristol Blenheim Bomber on snowy airfield

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A Finnish Air Force Bristol Blenheim bomber of Nr.17 Squadron on snowy airfield in Luonetjärvi, Finland, 31 March 1944.  In 1936, the Fin...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Finnish Soldiers Taking a Break

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Finnish soldiers taking a break besides a road during the attack phase of the Continuation war in 1941. The black trousers the soldier on...

Messerschmitt Bf 110 in Germany after Balkan Campaign

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In the summer of 1941, the Messerschmitt Bf 110s of II.Gruppe / Zerstörergeschwader 76 (ZG 76) "Haifischgruppe" (Shark Group), ...

Aftermath of the Battle in Radzikhov-Koloyov Area

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By 27 June 1941, The German 6. Armee had reached the Radzikhov-Lopatin-Lezhniov-Snurdare line. Tanks and artillery were used by the de...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

George Stevens with a Present from his Son

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Christmas 1944, near Bastogne. George Stevens with a present from his son. He left his former job as a film director in Hollywood in 1942...
Monday, October 5, 2015

First Official Link-up Ceremony near the Elbe River

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26 April 1945: Major General Emil F. Reinhardt (Commander of the US 69th Infantry Division of Courtney Hodges' First Army) and Major ...

A Pair of Bf 109 in the Barren North African Desert

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This photo, that was taken from a propaganda film from 1941, showing a pair of Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/Trop fighters from 8.Staffel / II...

Wreckage of Bf 110 in France

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The sad remains of a Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4, aircraft code 3C+DR (all in black), of 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (N...