Photos WW2 German Forces

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German pioneers on a training exercise at Krone near Witten, Western Germany. All wearing the “arbeitsdrillich” work uniform. These jackets were worn by German troops for drill practice, weapons cleaning and work detail in order to keep wool uniforms clean.

 

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Camouflage on German tanks and vehicles.

 

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65 tonnes of high-quality scrap metal!
A Panzerjäger Tiger (P), better known as the "Elefant", lies on its side alongside the road to Ficulle, Italy.
The immobilised vehicle was destroyed by its crew and subsequently bull-dozed aside by the advancing Allied forces.
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Eastern front.

 

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Flakpanzer IV Mobelwagen with a single 3.7cm Flak43 AA gun - note the use of an "Entfernungsmesser", a Rangefinder.

 

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Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen prototype armed with quadruple 2cm Flak

 

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Flakpanzer IV Ostwind

 

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The German home front. Production of uniforms.
Ref. Natmus/FHM

 

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WWII. Russian Front. 1942. German troops on a smoke break.

 

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"Befehlspanzer I." As the first German tanks were too small to fit in a radio transceiver, the "Panzerwaffe" had to use command tanks.

 

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France, St. Nazaire.- Submarine U-94 arriving, Admiral Karl Dönitz standing on the quay (award of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Lieutenant Herbert Kuppisch), June 1941

 

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Admiral Graf Spee anchored off Montevideo, Uruguay, circa 13-16 Dec 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate (Dec 13).
United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

 

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Fallschirmjäger resting in Normandy. June 1944

 

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A series of pictures from Stalingrad.

 

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