Photos WW2 German Forces

German column heading to Moscow, november 1941

German troops ride past a knocked out Soviet T-26 light tank on the Eastern Front in 1941

Soldiers pose with a stuffed bear during Operation Barbarossa, 1941

2 Tiger 1s from Pz.Abt.502 in a forest near Lake Ladoga, northwestern Russia, August 1943.

14 May 1945.Officers of U-805 give their surrender on the deck of the destroyer escort USS Varian (DE-798)

Panzer V Panther knocked out from hits to the rear during the Battle of Kursk - 26 July, 1943

Knocked out Soviet IS-2 provides cover for a Panzerschreck team on the Eastern Front in 1944

A schwere Panzerabteilung 506 King Tiger knocked out near Freialdenhoven in Germany in late 1944 by an M36 of the 702nd TD Battalion.

On the 19th, the American 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion counterattacked with M10 GMC tank destroyers and new M36 GMCs (armed with 90mm gun). An M36 destroyed a Tiger of the 506th north of Fiealdenhoven with a shot to the turret side at 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Tiger I of SS-Hauptscharführer Berger knocked out on the northern edge of Baracska, Hungary on 26 January 1945 by a hit from a Soviet 76mm gun on the left side of the turret which caused damage to the engine deck. Another round hit the front bow plate but did not penetrate the interior. Radio operator SS-Sturmmann Etmayer and driver SS-Sturmmann Karl Dietz were killed

Italian Campaign. Battle of Anzio. February 1944. Fallschirmjäger operating a Pak 36 anti-tank gun at Nettuno.

U-203

U-588 enters bunker at Saint Nazaire

U-588 was a Type VIIC and carried out four patrols, was a member of two wolfpacks, sank seven ships of 31,492 GRT and damaged two vessels of 13,131 GRT.
The boat was sunk by depth charges dropped by Canadian warships, east northeast of St.Johns on 31 July 1942.
The submarine was laid down on 31 October 1940 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 564, launched on 23 July 1941 and commissioned on 18 September under the command of Kapitänleutnant Viktor Vogel.
She served with the 6th U-boat Flotilla from 18 September 1941 for training and stayed with that organization for operations until her loss, from 1 January until 31 July 1942.

First patrol
U-588's first patrol began when she left Kiel on 8 January 1942 and headed for the Atlantic Ocean via the gap separating the Faroe and Shetland Islands. She sank Caledonian Monarch on the 22nd, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) north northwest of Lewis. There was some confusion over the ships' fate; she was reported missing on the seventh, considered lost on the 14th, but it was not known if her loss was due to the weather or enemy action.
The U-boat arrived at Lorient in occupied France, on 30 January.

Second patrol
The boat's second foray took her toward the Canadian east coast, where she sank Caperby on 1 March 1942 about 520 nautical miles (960 km; 600 mi) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She sank Gulftrade on 10 March, just 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off the Barnegat Light. The ship was loaded with 80,000 barrels of 'Bunker C' oil. She broke in two on the impact of the torpedo, but the resulting fire was quickly extinguished by the high seas.

Third patrol
Staying inshore, U-588 damaged Greylock on 9 May 1942 about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) from the Sambro Lightship, (itself off Halifax Harbour).
The next day, she sank Kitty's Brook 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) southeast of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia.
A steady stream of successes followed; i.e. Skottland on 17 May, Plow City on the 22nd and Margot on the 23rd. As far as Plow City was concerned, one survivor was taken aboard the U-boat for questioning but returned with cigarettes and rum. The German submariners also helped to right one of the ship's lifeboats. U-588 also damaged Fort Binger on 18 May 1942.

Fourth patrol and loss
By now based at St Nazaire, which the submarine left on 19 July 1942, U-588 was sunk on the 31st by depth charges dropped by Canadian warships, the corvette HMCS Wetaskiwin and the destroyer HMCS Skeena east northeast of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Forty-nine men died with U-588; there were no survivors.

Wolfpacks
U-588 took part in two wolfpacks, namely:
Robbe (15 – 24 January 1942)
Pirat (29 – 31 July 1942)

U-653 was a Type VIIC U-boat and was laid down on 9 April 1940 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg as yard number 802, launched on 22 March 1941 and commissioned on 25 May 1941 under Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Feiler.

The boat's career began with training at 1st U-boat Flotilla on 25 May 1941, followed by active service on 1 December 1941 as part of the 1st Flotilla for the remainder of her service.

In nine patrols she sank three merchant ships, for a total of 14,983 gross register tons (GRT), and one warship of 840 tons.

Convoy ON 166
In a determined attack, between 22:00 on 23 February 1943 and daybreak the following morning, U-653, together with U-92, U-600 and U-628, came in one after the other against Convoy ON 166.
U-653 fired seven torpedoes at, and missed, the British freighter Delilian, but succeeded in striking the 9,382-GRT Dutch motor vessel Madoera. Against the odds, Madoera stayed afloat and reached St. John's seven days later, but not before some of her crew had abandoned ship and made for the lifeboats. This resulted in the Dutch ship's chief officer being captured by U-591.

Fate
U-653 was sunk on 15 March 1944 in the North Atlantic in position 53°46′N 24°35′W, by depth charges from Fleet Air Arm Swordfish, HMS Starling and HMS Wild Goose. All hands were lost.

Wolfpacks
U-653 took part in 16 wolfpacks, namely:
Pfadfinder (21 – 27 May 1942)
Blücher (14 – 18 August 1942)
Natter (2 – 8 November 1942)
Westwall (8 November – 16 December 1942)
Hartherz (3 – 7 February 1943)
Ritter (11 – 26 February 1943)
Burggraf (4 – 5 March 1943)
Raubgraf (7 – 15 March 1943)
Coronel (4 – 8 December 1943)
Coronel 1 (8 – 14 December 1943)
Coronel 2 (14 – 17 December 1943)
Föhr (18 – 23 December 1943)
Rügen 6 (23 – 28 December 1943)
Rügen 7 (28 December 1943 – 2 January 1944)
Rügen 6 (2 – 5 January 1944)
Preussen (4 – 15 March 1944)

A team of Kriegsmarine reporters board Type VIIA U-29, which has just returned from a patrol to Wilhelmshaven.
U-29 was responsible for sinking the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, on 17 September 1939, the first British warship sunk in the war by enemy action. The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine (German navy), directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the U-29 crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class.
During U-29's career, she sank twelve ships, totaling 67,277 gross register tons (GRT) and one warship of 22,500 tons. At the beginning of 1941, U-29 was removed from front line duty and reassigned to the 24th U-boat Flotilla as a training submarine. The U-boat was used in this role until 17 April 1944 when she was decommissioned and used for instruction.

Fate
U-29 was scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay, (east of Flensburg), on 5 May 1945 as part of Operation Regenbogen. The wreck was still in situ as of 1993.

Wolfpacks
U-29 took part in one wolfpack, namely:
Rösing (12 – 15 June 1940)

ECPAD Defense
Probably after sinking "Corageous"

La Spezia (Italy)

Events. Detail of the exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Reich held in Lisbon at the headquarters of the German Railways — Tourism Section
PHOTO Mario Novais. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — Art Library




Source

Dug-in Panzer IV Ausf. H of 21st Panzer Division shot through the turret while defending the Lébisey-Caen road in July 1944

Portrait of Kplt Engelbert Endrass, commander of U-46.

From https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/po...rt-endrass-commandant-du-sous-marin-u-46.html

Returning from a patrol

From https://www.zinnfigur.com/out/pictures/master/product/1/554_331.jpg

PRINZ EUGEN in Brest.