Flakpanther possibly from ll.PzRgt of Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 sits abandoned in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia, May 1945.
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10 yr-old Nikolai Pankov, was a Russian child whose parents were killed on the Eastern Front. He ended up being adopted by another Russian who was captured and then went over to the side of the Germans, taking Nikolai with him. The two ended up serving in the 3rd Coy, 990 Grenadier Regt in Normandy where they were captured by US troops in Aug 44.
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They were repatriated to the USSR where their fate as "collaborators" is unknown
 
Infantry and armoured units fighting together in the Oryol region. Eastern Front, 1942. An armour piercing round fired from soviet anti-tank gun hit the ground near a Panzer III and infantrymen.
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