Friday, October 13, 2023

Prince Umberto of Italy in 1944

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HRH Prince Umberto conferring with officers over a map table at an Italian camp during his visit to the Italian Corps of Liberation, Sparani...

Rommel in the El Alamein Front

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Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika") was seen listening seriously as an unknown Hauptmann e...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 in Greece

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This is a color slide showing motorcycle soldiers from the Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 of the 2. Panzer-Division entering Greece in 1941....

German Locomotive in Ukraine

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A DR-Baureihe56 locomotive photographed in Ukraine by an unknown photographer who worked with the German 168. Infanterie-Division. Photograp...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Gauleiter Robert Wagner Speaks in the Podium

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The Nazi Party-related events were highlight of those days, therefore numerous color slides remain. Robert Heinrich Wagner stands at the pod...

Panzer IV of Panzer-Regiment 31

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Agfa color slide showing Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.F1 of Panzer-Regiment 31 / 5.Panzer-Division. At the time of delivery to the 31st Tank Reg...

Funeral of Gauleiter Alfred Meyer

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Nazi party member holds a wreath of SA-Obergruppenführer Alfred Meyer, who was the Gauleiter of the North Westphalian District and the Gener...
Saturday, October 7, 2023

Wehrmacht War Manoeuvre in the Rhine

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This photo was taken by Hugo Jaeger and it shows Wehrmacht war manoeuvre in the Rhine region, early May 1940. This training was held just ...

Kompaniechef von Mutius Awarded Medals to His Soldiers

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Kompaniechef Oberleutnant Erhard von Mutius awarded the medals in a paper box to the soldiers of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 64 (part of 16. Pa...

First Batch of German POWs from Normandy

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1,096 German prisoners of War have arrived at Hardway on HM Landing Ship Tank (LST-165) at Gosport. June 1944. This is the first transport w...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Mules-Drawn Gebirgs AA Gun

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Athens in 1941. This mules-drawn 2cm anti-aircraft gun, which is rarely seen, bears the markings of the German 1. Gebirgs-Division. The Gebi...

Gotthard Heinrici and Heinrich von Vietinghoff

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From left to right: General der Infanterie Gotthard Heinrici (Kommandierender General XXXXIII. Armeekorps) and General der Panzertruppe H...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Hitler Walking with Entourages at the Legion Condor Ceremony

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Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) at the welcoming ceremony for the Condor Legion personnel, which were held in ...

Eisenhower Speaks in Front of the 101st Airborne Division

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, addresses troops of the 101st Airborne Division during ceremonies in which the entir...
Sunday, October 1, 2023

6th German Shooting Competition in Tyrol (September 1943)

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Video and caption from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPiUjVhj0Q During the Third Reich, shooting as a sport, and shooting competitions,...

Heldengedenktag in Offenburg (12 March 1944)

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In 1919, the German War Graves Commision proposed a national day of mourning to remember the fallen of WWI. This day was called Volkstraue...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Bf 109 of JG 54 on the Eastern Front

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Werknummer 16xxx or 18xxx "Schwarze 4" ("N?+??") of 2.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 54 (J...

Panzergrenadier in Action

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The mechanization of war gave rise to a new branch of troops: the Panzergrenadiers. Initially traveling on trucks or the main battle tanks a...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

Luftwaffe Generals after Captured (Video)

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Original color World War II footage about high ranking Germans in captivity, including: Generalleutnant Adolf Galland (00:05), General der F...
Saturday, September 16, 2023

Canadian Soldiers with M1928 Thompson

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The propaganda photograph above dates from the summer of 1943 and shows a pair of Canadian troops from the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps tra...

British Soldier with a M1928 Thompson

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British soldier aiming machine gun, possibly during training. The MG is a M1928 Thompson with a drum mag, quite rare sight for the Brits! Du...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Bio of U-Boat Captain Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann (1917-2010)

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U-boat commander Oberleutnant zur See Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann with his submarine U 137 of the type II-D, which served as a training boat, i...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Bio of Ritterkreuzträger Rudolf Krüger

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Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Krüger (Zugführer in 6.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 32 / 24.Infanterie-Division) during home leave in ...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Wehrmacht Light Field Howitzer

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Large parts of the Wehrmacht were not motorized, but mounted. This was also the case for this artillery unit with a 10.5 cm leFH 18 leichte ...
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Monday, September 11, 2023

Luftwaffe Soldiers Inspecting T-34 Tank

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Members of the Luftwaffe inspects a captured Russian T-34/76 medium tank. The enemy's vehicles were always of great interest. This tank ...

Wounded Japanese POWs in Guam

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Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) resting in a quonset hut infirmary in a stockade, Guam, 1945. Except for one, they all appear to be turning...
Saturday, September 9, 2023

Wehrmacht MG Team

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The Wehrmacht crew of a dug in MG nests secure the flank next to the advance route. It was only with a field mount that it possible to use t...
Friday, September 8, 2023

German Paratroopers Jump Out of a Junkers Ju-52 during Exercise

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"Aus der Luft ins Gefecht" (From the air into combat). This is the principle of the Fallschirmjägertruppen. From a Junkers Ju 52 -...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Bio of Panzer Commander Johannes Kümmel (1909-1944)

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Johannes Kümmel was born in Coswig, Saxony on July 21st of 1909. He joined the Reichswehr in 1928 and quickly obtained a rank of Unterof...