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Panzergrenadiers about to commence an attack – Eastern Front 1944
Untersturmführer Gerhard Mahn, commander of 11th company, 9th regiment “Germania” of the 5th SS Panzer Division “Wiking” directs the actions of the division of armored personnel carriers Sd.Kfz.251. They are about to mount an attack against the Red Army during the battles east of Warsaw in the summer of 1944
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U.S. Army Ranger training with a Colt .45 M1911 – Scotland – Pre D-Day 1943/1944
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Men of the Hermann Göring Division both wearing “Palm Forest” SS camo smocks, one with leaf camo stenciled Helmet
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German soldier armed with a Luger P08 (Crimea, Russia – 1942)
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Polish resistance fighters rest by the fire during the Warsaw Uprising (Poland – c. Sep/Oct 1944)
The Warsaw uprising was the largest single operation undertaken by any resistance movement during World War Two. The Armia Krajowa – The Polish Resistance Home Army were aiming to liberate the city of Warsaw from the occupying forces of Nazi Germany. Ultimately the uprising failed when the Soviet armies halted their advance short of Warsaw – […]