The liberation of Kaysersberg, France 1944. During the battle of the Colmar pocket - in addition to my photos taken yesterday.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 2 hours ago
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Lt.Gen. Rommel presenting Lt.Col von Wechmar, haed of a reconnaissance detachment, with the knight's cross.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 5 hours ago
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Soldiers surrender, you are surrounded ") 14th July 1944. They are soldiers of the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Troop of the 3rd Armored Division. They are engaged in fighting against the German Panzer-Lehr Division. Northwest of Saint- Lô , direction Pont -Hébert and Hauts -Vents , Normandy, France.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 4 hours ago
WW II: American, British and Dutch POWs photographed at Omori camp in Japan at War's end. August 29th, 1945.
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 15 hours ago
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31st July 1944: American soldiers from a reconnaissance unit are the first to enter Periers, Normandy. The soldiers stop their M8 to talk to two elderly French women, who ask them for food
u/JCFalkenberglll — 12 hours ago
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1945: General Kurt Dittmar (centre), the Wehrmacht Radio commentator, with his son holding the white flag, surrendering to the Americans after crossing the Elbe to enter the 30th Division lines.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 1 day ago
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1st Sergeant Paul Athiers and 1st Lieutenant Joseph N Callahan from the 2nd Infantry Division of the United States First Army question German female prisoners of war from the Wehrmachthelferin (female auxiliaries of the German Wehrmacht) who had been working as radio operators
u/JCFalkenberglll — 1 day ago
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Als de Duitse logistiek zo slecht was, hoe konden ze dan zo snel oprukken?
Zelfs in 2026 is er misschien nog nooit een leger in de geschiedenis geweest dat sneller oprukte dan de Duitsers in Frankrijk in 1940 en in Rusland in 1941. Hoewel het Duitse leger vaak wordt belachelijk gemaakt om zijn slechte logistiek, lukte het ze toch om genoeg munitie en brandstof bij elkaar te krijgen voor hun troepen aan het front. Hoe deden ze dat precies?
u/Greedy-Revenue-5535 — 1 day ago
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January 1945, The Battle for Strasbourg, American tank destroyer crew keep warm in the snow covered countryside around the fire as a a man stands guard
u/JCFalkenberglll — 1 day ago
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Royal Marines having their equipment inspected before the invasion of Sicily, World War II, 1943 (1944). 'The Last Inspection - A few hours later, these marines landed to fight in Sicily, the first sea-borne troops ashore.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 1 day ago
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January 1945, The Battle for Strasbourg, American 7th Army infantrymen in camouflage suits advance across the snow.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 1 day ago
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circa 1944: German 14th Army troops with a Panzerkampfwagen VI in the lead moving cautiously through an Italian village.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 1 day ago
Partisans of the 5ª Divisione Autonoma Monferrato entering the city on a captured Semovente da 75/18. Turin, 1945
u/Early_Royal_1466 — 3 days ago
Only 95 of the 500 lira coupon value were used before its owner landed in Krakow in December 1944 and became a POW. (More info in the post)
Happy the Fourth of July!
Freedom, justice, democracy, respect of human rights, don’t come free. Let’s enjoy our freedom wisely, and remember those who paid a high price so that we live as free people.
This 500 lira canteen coupon is a sober reminder of the young American airmen who came to Europe to liberate this continent from tirrany.
Only 95 lira of the coupon value were used before its owner landed in Krakow and became a POW in December 1944.
You are more lucky as you can learn the complete story of this crew, as the second and final part of story of the B-17 44-6337 crew from the 301st BG is released today:
https://open.substack.com/pub/sserwatka/p/a-flying-fortress-for-christmas-part
u/USAAFoverPOLAND — 2 days ago
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Two bomber aircrew, Sergeant J. Dickinson from Canada and Sergeant F. Gilkes from Trinidad share a joke while waiting to board their aircraft for a raid on Hamburg. Britain, 1943.
Source: The Art of Manliness
u/CombatAtlasFighters — 2 days ago
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Finnish soldiers armed with Panzerfausts fighting against Russian forces during the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Finland, 1944.
u/JCFalkenberglll — 3 days ago
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January 1945, The US tank destroyer "Oklahoma Wildcat" dug in and well concealed in the snow, during the Battle for Strasbourg
u/JCFalkenberglll — 3 days ago