Monday, June 6, 2016

Korvettenkapitän Werner Dobberstein

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Korvettenkapitän Werner Dobberstein (4 April 1911 – 25 February 1993) entered the Reichsmarine in 1930. He received his basic seamanship ...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

A Curtiss Hawk Squad of Finnish Air Force

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A Curtiss squad from the 1st Finnish Flight Regiment, over the Aunus Isthmus in an image taken on 18 October 1943. After the fall of Fran...

Air-Observation Lotta Eillen Kiuru at Lahdenpohja Observation Tower

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Air-observation Lotta Eillen Kiuru posed for a propaganda picture in front of Finnish and German war correspondents at Lahdenpohja obse...
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Street Fighting at Poventsa

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Not having learned from the failed attacks during the winter of 1941-42, the Soviets again attempted to strike at the Finnish lines dur...

Finnish Light Mortar Team at Hanko

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During the Summer War in 1941, the Finns were content to disturb the supply of and contain the Soviet garrison at Hanko. Here, light mort...
Friday, June 3, 2016

Gretl Braun, Sister of Eva Braun

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Youngest of the three daughters of Fritz and Franziska Braun, Margarete Berta "Gretl" Braun (31 August 1915 – 10 October 1987) ...
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Adolf Hitler's Mistress Eva Braun

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  Eva Braun (6 February 1912 - 30 April 1945) first met Adolf Hitler in 1929 through a photographer and mutual friend, Heinri...
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German Actress Hannelore Schroth

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German actress Hannelore Schroth posed in a chair in the Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) during an artists reception for the 4th "...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

German Actress Marieluise Claudius

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German actress Marieluise Claudius leans back in a chair in the Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) during an artists reception for the 4th...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

10th Mountain Division in Formation at Camp Hale

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View taken from above looking down at Camp Hale, Colorado, showing 10 columns of men in formation and an honor guard, 1943 or 1944. Proba...

Soldiers of 10th Mountain Division in front of Jerome Hotel

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Five 10th Mountain Division Skitroopers in uniform stand outside a small store at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen, Colorado (1943 or 1944). Ant...

Soldiers of 10th Mountain Division in the Snow

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Eleven U.S. 10th Mountain Division soldiers wearing white camouflage uniforms ("whites" or "over-whites") and brown k...

Photographer David B. Allen Wearing 10th Mountain Division Insignia

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Portrait of the photographer of the U.S. 10th Mountain Division, David B. Allen, in front of the door to a barracks, 1944. He is wearing ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Hitler Inspecting the Hetzer

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Adolf Hitler (third from right, Führer und oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) inspecting one of the first twenty Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz....
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Hitler Watching the Parade of Hetzer

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Arys (Orzysz) in East Prussia, 20 April 1944: Adolf Hitler and his entourage watching the parade of the first twenty Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd....

Finnish Soldiers Advancing Under Barbed-Wire Obstacles

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Finnish soldiers advancing under barbed-wire obstacles on the Hanko front. Fearing an assault over the ice during the oncoming winter, th...

A Bofors AA Gun on the Finnish Minelayer Ruotsinsalmi

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A Bofors anti-aircraft gun on the Finnish minelayer Ruotsinsalmi. Ruotsinsalmi was armed with one 75-millimetre (3.0 in) gun, one Bofor...

Frontier City of Petroskoi / Äänislinna

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Once the bustling frontier city of Petroskoi (Karelia/Soviet Union) was in Finnish hands in 1941, the name was quickly changed to Äänisli...

Finnish Infantry Advancing Through a Smoke Screen

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Finnish Infantry advancing to a new position through a smoke screen - possibly in a training. The grand majority of Finnish infantry se...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm

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SS-Standartenführer Otto Kumm, seen here as a commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer" / SS-Panzergrenadier-Divisi...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Korvettenkapitän Klaus Feldt

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Korvettenkapitän Klaus Feldt (14 April 1912 – 7 September 2010) posed proudly in a studio photo after he received the coveted Knight...

Korvettenkapitän Helmut Möhlmann

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U-boat ace Helmut Möhlmann (25 June 1913 – 12 April 1977) began his naval career in April 1933. He served on the light cruiser Nürnberg a...

Oberleutnant d.R. Alfred Schreiber

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Oberleutnant der Reserve Alfred Schreiber (3 March 1914 in Praterschütz, Meißen, Sachsen - 24 September 1991 in Meerbusch-Strümp, Westfal...

Oberfeldwebel Johann Schwerdfeger, the Inspiration for "Cross of Iron"

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Formal studio portarait of Oberfeldwebel Johann Schwerdfeger, a pre-war professional soldier, probably created in connection with his awa...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Hitler Examines Model of Heavy Fortifications and Bunkers

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Hitler examines model of heavy fortifications and bunkers, September-October 1942. From left to right: Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Kei...

Hitler Visiting Wounded Soldiers in 1943

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Adolf Hitler (Führer und oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) visiting wounded soldiers in Unter den Linden, Berlin, as a part of Heldeng...

Top Third Reich Officials at Heldengedenktag 1943

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German top military officials standing at the podium in Unter den Linden, Berlin, for Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

David B. Allen in "Whites"

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Portrait of David B. Allen in his "whites" or winter uniform posed in the same postion as the "Ski Trooper" cover of ...

Barracks at Camp Hale (Colorado)

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View taken from the corner of A and 18th streets at Camp Hale, Colorado (the training center of the US 10th Mountain Division), showing t...

View of a Chapel at Camp Hale

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View of a chapel at Camp Hale, Colorado, training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division, showing the chapel at the right, telephone...