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On May 23, 1945, Albert Speer stood under arrest in Flensburg.

 

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Period NS- Fliegerkorps (NSFK/National Socialist Flyers Corps) poster. Text reads "German Air Sports is calling you! Donate for the German Aviation. Become a member of the German Air Sports Association". 1933-1937

 

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30 March 1945
A British Humber Scout Car Nº F-196184 and a Cruiser A34 Comet Nº T-335042 "Cobra" both of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 129th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division drive through a captured town in North Germany.

The 11th Armoured was held in reserve until 28 March, when it crossed the Rhine at Wesel, heading for the river Weser. Despite sporadic pockets of resistance, it reached Gescher on the evening of 30 March. 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3 RTR) arrived at the river Ems in Emsdetten; they then reached the Dortmund-Ems canal the following day.

Comet tanks of the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, crossing the Weser at Petershagen, Germany, 7 April 1945
After crossing the canal on 1 April, the 11th Armoured approached Ibbenbüren and was heavily engaged on the heights of the Teutoburger Wald. The villages of Brochterbeck and Tecklenburg were captured, albeit at a high price. Further east, the wooded hills were defended by companies of NCOs, who savagely counter-attacked the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment. The intervention of the 131st Infantry Brigade (7th Armoured Division) later on, made it possible to overcome their opposition, but the Monmouthshires, already weakened during previous campaigns, had to be replaced by the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Divisional units continued toward the Osnabrück canal. After crossing via a captured bridge, it moved towards the Weser, reached by leading elements near Stolzenau on 5 April. A week later, the 11th Armoured liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. A local agreement with German commanders made it possible to declare the neighbourhood of the camp an open area, and the fighting moved northeast. The Division reached the river Elbe near Lüneburg on 18 April.

 

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1919: A Maschinengewehr 08/15 Leki-Mitralez 7.9mm machine gun in action from the balcony of a house in Berlin during the revolution of 1918-1919 after the end of World War I. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

 

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German soldiers converse with swiss soldiers at the Franco-swiss border during the later stages of the French campaign in late June 1940. A french border guard looks on.

 

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A rare 1941 photograph showing Prince Adalbert of Prussia (left) with his son Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia (right).

Adalbert (1884–1948), the third son of Wilhelm II, is seen wearing a naval uniform likely dating back decades to the Imperial German Navy. A former naval commander, he later lived in exile in Switzerland, where he died in 1948.

His son, Wilhelm Victor, appears in a uniform combining Wehrmacht insignia with traditional Hohenzollern dynastic decorations—symbolizing the overlap between imperial legacy and the realities of World War II Germany.

Despite the fall of the German Empire in 1918, members of the Hohenzollern family, like Wilhelm Victor, continued to retain their royal titles in a ceremonial sense well into the 20th century.

Source: German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv)

 

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Found a set of color WW1 pics

 

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The battleship HMS Warspite (03) under repair at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in December 1941.

Warspite had been damaged earlier that year during operations in the Mediterranean while supporting Allied forces during the Battle of Crete. After the damage, she sailed to the United States for extensive repairs and refitting.

The work carried out at Puget Sound restored the veteran battleship to full fighting condition. Warspite soon returned to service with the Royal Navy and went on to take part in several major operations during the World War II, including support for the Allied landings in Europe.

 

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Sharing a meal at a makeshift table on the deck of an Uboat

 

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World War 1 - Italian Army: Monte Padon - Italian 65/17 modello 13 mountain howitzer firing at Austrian positions on the Sass di Mezdi.