Photos WW2 German Forces

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Pz.Kpfw. III and Pz.Kpfw. IV drive past a burning Soviet BT-7 tank. These are the tanks of the 15th Panzer Regiment of the 11th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht during the attack on Kiev, July-August 1941.

 

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8th December 1941, a German solider dug in a field position, protecting himself against the harsh winds on the front near Korjakowa.

 

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Crewmen man the deck gun of a U-boat as a merchant vessel sinks in the background, 1942

 

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Tiger II tank of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501 passes U.S. prisoners from the 99th Infantry Division on the road to Lanzerath

 

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Battle of the Ardennes, Kampfgruppe Peiper moved on towards Büllingen, the location of a US fuel depot. Again, the Americans were caught by surprise but managed to knock-out a Panzer IV. Captured American prisoners were used to fill the German vehicles with fuel.

 

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Crashed Heinkel He-111 H or P of 8./KG27 Most likely on the eastern front. The fuselage code seems to be 1G+HS. The men pictured are likely looting the plane.

 

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Panther crew member shaving on the engine deck

 

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September 1939, captured by Polish forces:

 

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Waffen SS grenadier, armed with an MG-42 positioned near Caen during Operation Perch, June 1944

 

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K 18 gun prepared for travel. The gun's tractor was immobilized by an air strike. Crimea, May 12th, 1944

 

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Eastern Front

 

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Fallschirmjäger armed with an MP-40 and a Die Eihandgranate М-39 grenade at Monte Cassino, Italy, 1944

 

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Ground crew work on a Heinkel He 111 from Kampfgeschwader 4 with the help of a captured RAF mobile crane, November 1940

 

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German soldiers chop down a gate at the Polish border, 1 September 1939

 

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Two Wehrmacht chaplains - one Catholic, one Lutheran - riding through a village in western Ukraine. 1942.

 

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Must have been a rough ride, that horse on the left looks like he's got a bout of motion sickness..............?

 

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1945, Köln area, Germany. German defensive positions.

 

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Wehrmacht soldiers on the advance, Crimean Peninsula, November 1941

 

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Sd.Kfz. 251 "Stummel" half-tracks, equipped with 75 mm tank guns, from the 7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht). Eastern Front, 1943.