Monday, October 18, 2021

Bio of Schnellboot Ace Götz Freiherr von Mirbach

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Full nama: Erich Werner Siegfried Götz Freiherr von Mirbach Nickname: Götz Date of Birth: 12 September 1915 at Berlin-Charlottenburg (Germ...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Bio of Schnellboot Ace Albert Müller

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  Full nama: Albert Müller Nickname: Müller Date of Birth: 3 April 1913 at Beesenstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt (German Empire) Date of Death: 3 Ap...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Bio of Schnellboot Ace Siegfried Wuppermann

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Siegfried Wuppermann (15 December 1916 – 15 April 2005) was a captain with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and later served with the ...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Bio of Oberstleutnant Wolf-Werner von der Schulenburg (1899-1944)

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  Original color portrait of Wolf-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, taken in 1943. Full nama: Wolf-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg Nickname...
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Friday, September 24, 2021

Ace Pilot Jeremiah O’Keefe

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On April 22, 1945, 1st Lt. Jeremiah O’Keefe shot down five Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa in his F4U Corsair and then brought down a...

Aviation cadets in training

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U.S. Aviation cadets in Tuskegee, Alabama, undergoing advanced training in AT-6s.   Source : National Archives and Records Administration ...
Sunday, September 19, 2021

Donetsk Opera Theatre

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Donetsk Opera Theatre in 1941 during the German occupation. Donetsʹkyy Akademichnyy Derzhavnyy Teatr Opery Ta Baletu Imeni Anatoliya Solov...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

Bio of SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff

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SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Karl Wolff (Höhere SS und Polizeiführer Italien und Bevollmächtigter General der deutschen We...

Market in Athens

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  Athens 1941 in the market. This is from the same photographer who took Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 series. Source : Akira Takiguchi p...
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Two Diving Bf109's from JG 52

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Two diving Bf109's from JG 52 (Jagdgeschwader 52). The speed of Agfacolor Neu film was only ISO 25 - 2 stops slower than the later sta...
Friday, September 17, 2021

U.S. Paratroopers during Training in Tunisia

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U.S. Paratroopers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment / 82nd Airborne Division during training in Tunisia before the Allied invasion of...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Bio of Luftwaffe Ace Werner Schroer

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Werner Schroer was born on 12 December 1918 at Mülheim in Ruhr. His Luftwaffe career began in 1937 as a member of the ground staff. In May...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Bio of Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Horst Ademeit

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Horst Ademeit (Adomaitis) (8 February 1912 – 7 August 1944), the son of a Regierungsbaurat (government building officer), was born on 8 Fe...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Bio of Admiral Theodor Krancke

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Theodor Krancke, born March 30, 1893, in Magdeburg, joined the German navy in April 1912. During World War I serving on in the IX Torpedo ...

German Funker with Radio

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  German funker (radio operator) in action. The radio is possibly a Torn. Fu. b1. From color slide group of II.Abteilung / Artillerie-Regime...

Burial of Russian Civilian

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Funeral of a Russian civilian. The body was taken from the coffin and placed in a blanket of the earth. The picture was taken by an unknown ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

German Horse-Drawn 150mm Feldhaubitze 18

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German horse-drawn 15cm gun marching into enemy territory, 1940. Though almost invisible, the gun barrel has a muzzle cover with a red refle...

German Soldier Eating in a Tent

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After a long march there is another opportunity to do personal hygiene and have something to eat. Soldier of a propaganda company eating in ...
Sunday, September 5, 2021

Wreckage of Ju 52 and Fallschirmjäger Graves

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The wreck of a crash-landed Junkers Ju 52 on the Maleme airfield with the grave of two Fallschirmjäger. At 08:00 on 20 May 1941, German para...

Exhausted Motorcyclists Sleeping

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  Exhausted motorcyclists of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 taking a nap in Greece, 1941. Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 (armored recce bata...

Polish Armored Train "Danuta"

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Poland, near Łowicz, September 1939. Damaged Polish armored train No. 11 "Danuta" captured by German troops. The Danuta was built ...

Artillerie-Regiment 213 on the March in Poland

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Artillerie-Regiment 213 on the march with drawn units on a country road in Poland, September-October 1939. The regiment is a part of 213. In...
Friday, September 3, 2021

Bio of Generalleutnant René de l'Homme de Courbière

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Generalleutnant René de l'Homme de Courbière Born: 24 Jan 1887 in Sanskow, District Stolp, Pomerania (Pommern) Died: 07 May 1946 in Wi...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Pilot and Navigator of Heinkel He 111

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Pilot (right) and navigator in the cockpit of the German bomber Heinkel (Heinkel He-111). The pilot is Major Eduard Zimmer (last rank Oberst...
Friday, August 27, 2021

A Naval Air Station Boneyard Shortly After World War II

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A Naval Air Station boneyard shortly after the end of the war contains numerous catapult-launched OS2U Kingfishers (foreground), along with ...
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Navy Flight Nurses Walk from Their Douglas R5D

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In Spring 1945, a group of Navy flight nurses walk from their Douglas R5D (C-54) transport. They are, from left to right: Lt. JG Lydia Masse...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

U.S. Marine Paratroopers in Maneuvers

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U.S. Marine Paratroopers in training. A rare Douglas DC-5 aircraft in the background. It was operated by the USMC as the R3D-2s. Only 12 bui...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Celebration in Liberated Paris

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Celebration in Paris after the French capital was liberated in August 1944 After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberat...
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