Villain and Hero in same photo. Thou fighting against same enemy, reason was totally different, and personally Chief of Finnish Army - Mannerheim didn't like Hitler at all. Adolf Hitler did surprise visit to Finland 4th June 1942 during Mannerheims birthday.
This is the kind of Obstacle that would have awaited Allied Troops on all beaches during the Normandy Landings. Each beach impediment came topped with a teller mine, designed to blow the bottom out of any landing boats.
I have also heard of this type of equipment referred to as Hitlers Asparagus.
A post card I picked up at a flea market years ago. Sent from Winona,Miss. to Lafayette,Ind. January 3,1944 3pm. It is a "Slam The Axis" post card printed 1943 by D. Robbins & Co. N.Y.C.
Various German Uniforms
the first one on the left
is a winter panzergrenadier 1942, next to him SS Strummann 1942, grenadier of 12 ss panzerdivision hitler youth from Normandie, next to him a Panzer Officer
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