Friday, January 29, 2016

Kriegsmarine AA Crew with 20mm Oerlikon Flak

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A color shot of the light naval gun 20mm Oerlikon (2.0cm Flak 28) in action onboard a "Vorpostenboot", a converted fishing cutt...

Kriegsmarine Gunner Operating 2.0 cm Flak 29 Oerlikon

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Eastern Front. Kriegsmarine Gunner at sea pointing weapon into the sky for protection against air attack. The gun is a 20mm Oerlikon - a....
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Wehrmacht Kriegsberichter with Ukrainian Farmers

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A Russian-speaking German Kriegsberichter (war correspondent) of Berichterstaffel z.b.V. OBH in a BMW R12 motorcycle with sidecar strik...

Staff Sergeant of the US 10th Mountain Division

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This staff sergeant of the US Army 10th Mountain Division offers a good view of his divisional SSI and of the ice axe carried by the US...

German Corps HQ in a Small Russian Village

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In this photo we see a small Russian village surrounded by forest. The standard in front of the house on the left reveals that the comman...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Heinkel He 111 of Fliegerstaffel des Führers

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The three photographs depict CA+NA, a Heinkel He 111 P-2 with the Werknummer 2471. This aircraft was part of the "Fliegerstaffel...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Heinrich Hoffmann and Sepp Dietrich at Berghof Terrace

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Shown here on the terrace of the Berghof Adlerhorst (Eagle's Nest) on the Obersalzberg, from left to right: Heinrich Hoffmann (Reich...

US Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Preparing for a Jump in Italy

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US Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne preparing for a jump on Salerno (Italy) in September 1943. The distinctive color of the parachutist...

A B-1 Stand of a Junkers Ju 188

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View of the movable dorsal defensive position (B-1 Stand) of a Junkers Ju 188 E-1 or F-1. The engine cowlings suggest that the aircraft w...

German Soldiers Taking a Break during the Russian Summer Campaign in 1942

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Wehrmacht combat infantrymen taking a "Feuerpause" (firebreak) - the formal term for "cease-fire", a cigarette break ...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Amphibious Assault Training of the American Infantry Unit

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A few photographs of the U.S. 41st Infantry Division conducting amphibious assault training in Australia in early 1942. The Divis...

Luftwaffe Aircraft Armorers in Action

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Regardless of the weather, the aircraft armorers were required to move enormous quantities of bombs daily to keep the Luftwaffe bombers, ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

American Soldiers Talk with a Swiss Watchmaker during Leave

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At the war's end, three veteran soldiers from the US Third Army get a few pointers form an elderly Swiss watchmaker in what to look f...

US MPs Guard a Bridge Over the Rhine

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In a staged photograph, two III Corps MPs guard a pontoon bridge over the Rhine, connected Kripp to Linz (Germany), in 11-12 March 1945...
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Luftwaffe Bomber Ace Walter Grasemann in Front of He 111

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Oberleutnant Walter Grasemann (23 July 1917 - 26 November 2007), Staffelkapitän of 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27) ...

A US Corporal Boards the Ship that Will take Him to the Pacific

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Striding up to the gang plank to board a China Burma India bound vessel is a U.S. Corporal who left his combat Engineer Unit from the Cal...

US Gunners Prepare their Howitzers for Shipment

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At the end of the war in Europe, gunners of the U.S. 87th Infantry Division prepare their M2A1 105mm howitzers for shipment back to the U...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Brandenburgers wearing Russian Uniform

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Brandenburgers in Russian uniform in the summer of 1941. The Brandenburgers (German: Brandenburger) were members of the Brandenburg Germa...

Briefings of Stuka Pilots Before their Mission

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Crews of II.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1) at a mission briefing in front of their Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" D-5 at Rovanie...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Military Payment of the Wehrmacht

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Issuing a regular postal and military payment to member of Propagandakompanie in support of the 6. Armee in Soviet Union, summer of 1942....
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Sherman Tanks Unloads from LST

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Hit the beach! US Army M4A1 Sherman medium tanks unloads from a Navy LST (Landing Ship Tank) during a stateside training exercise. These ...

Stuka Ace Johann Klaus with Fellow Pilots at Rovaniemi

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In this photograph, taken at the beginning of April 1944, Oberleutnant Johann Klaus (third from left) is seen with other crews of II.Grupp...

Stuka Ace Oberleutnant Johann Klaus

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Oberleutnant Johann-Alfred Klaus (born 4 September 1918) was a veteran pilot from II.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1). He joined II./...

Cossacks Serving with the Germans

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Cossacks serving with Germans. On 22 June 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and attacked the USSR, thus bringing Russia in...

Member of the Chemical Warfare Fill F.S. Smoke Bombs in the Field

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Member of the U.S. Chemical Warfare fill M1 Frangible Grenade (FS) smoke bombs in the field. In September 1942 the United States standard...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Stuka Ace Hans-Joachim Jäschke

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One of II.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 1's most experienced pilots was 22-year-old Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jäschke. He joined the ...
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US Third Army Crossing the Rhine

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A group of U.S. Third Army men are waiting to be transported over the River Rhine. The man sitting in the foreground is wearing the stand...

U.S. Engineer Soldiers Train on the Construction of a Pontoon Bridge

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U.S. engineer soldiers train on the construction of a pontoon bridge. These men are all wearing the wool trousers and shirt with field ja...

A Happy Time for the Nachrichtentruppe Member

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A happy time for these three Wehrmacht soldiers. Looking from the sleeve patch, at least one of them (at right) is a Nachrichtentruppe me...

Stukas of SG 1 in a Snowy Airfield in Finland

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This photo was taken at Rovaniemi (Finland), one morning in early April 1944. It depicts a Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" D-5 of the 4.S...