Photos WW2 German Forces

[Newtonk]

Could also go in the colorized thread,

 

[SamWell]

Battle at the outskirts of Kiev,during first german attempt to take the city

 

[Redav]

U-46 of Engelbert Endrass and U-47 of Günther Prien in the harbor, both Type VII B

 

[uktabber]

Reading a book about Prien & subwar right now......interesting

 

[Newtonk]

Reading a book about Prien & subwar right now......interesting

Yep, I read Iron Coffins, https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Iron-Coffins-Herbert-A-Werner/9780304353309, the attrition rate was horrendous.

 

[BravoZulu]

Prisoners being led back past a wrecked PzKw V Panther in the St Lo area of France. Robert Capa

 

[BravoZulu]

24th March 1945: German soldiers and civilians who were in a farmhouse when it was shelled, hugging the ground to protect themselves. (Photo by Robert Capa)

 

[Newtonk]

Prisoners being led back past a wrecked Tiger Tank in the St Lo area of France. Robert Capa
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Ah, sorry to correct you, Bravo Zulu, that's a Panther tank with 75mm main gun & curved mantle.

 

[BravoZulu]

Ah, sorry to correct you, Bravo Zulu, that's a Panther tank with 75mm main gun & curved mantle.

Thanks mate, I didn't check the image properly and went with the caption.

 

[Redav]

Bismarck Invoice from Blohm & Voss............

 

[Redav]

U-443 (VIIC) and U-119 (XB)

You can see the difference in the two submarines

 

[Bombardier]

Tiger I from s.Pz. Abt. 509 and Panzer Crewman in early April 1944 in the Tarnopol Region in the Ukraine

 

[Redav]

Type II U-boats from a training flotilla
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[Redav]

At sunset, sailors relax on the stern of the German battleship Scharnhorst. The photographer is straddling barrel three of 28cm turret Caesar.

 

[Redav]

Two german submarines in Mar del Plata, Argentina - U-530 and U-977