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This image shows men of the 15th Infantry Regiment of the German 29th Infantry Division stopping to get their canteens refilled during the long march across the Russian steppe during the opening weeks of Operation Barbarossa. The soldier at the front has the rank chevrons of an Obergefreiter, a non-commissioned officer rank in the German Wehrmacht, equivalent to a "senior lance-corporal". This rank was typically held by soldiers in charge of small squads, soldiers who had achieved significant merit, or those with more years of service than a standard Gefreiter.
A post war pic, circa Sept 1945: passersby in front of a ruined facade with a banner reading "Goebbels said: 'You won't recognize Berlin',".
I wonder who commissioned and made that sign?
The iconic BF-109 for your viewing pleasure.
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"If brute force doesn't work you aren't using enough brute force." - mTk
War does not determine who is right, but it does determine who is left. - B.Russell
"Turn based games don't need a pause key". - mTk
"Overkill is underrated." - Col John "Hannibal" Smith
Senatus Populusque Romanus- SPQR - The Senate and People of Rome (circa 60 BC)
This one goes faster.
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"If brute force doesn't work you aren't using enough brute force." - mTk
War does not determine who is right, but it does determine who is left. - B.Russell
"Turn based games don't need a pause key". - mTk
"Overkill is underrated." - Col John "Hannibal" Smith
Senatus Populusque Romanus- SPQR - The Senate and People of Rome (circa 60 BC)
Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916/1982) teaches other pilots how to attack a T34. June 1944. Eastern Front.
A German chaplain offers a prayer on the Eastern Front, 1942.
A convoy of fake Pz Kpfw IV, these made of wood, to try to deceive the Allied reconnaissance flights.
Ummm, I do not understand the logic. You are inviting an attack and therefore, the rails are likely to get damaged, closing the line until repairs are effected and getting rail stock damaged and possibly losing a locomotive.A convoy of fake Pz Kpfw IV, these made of wood, to try to deceive the Allied reconnaissance flights.
Colorized pic of a captured German Tiger I turret from North Africa is unloaded in NYC for transfer to Aberdeen, 1943.
German members examine a Sherman wreck in Tunisia, Feb 1943. See the Kübelwagen.
A group of German PoW, still with their old uniforms, load onto a train of the NY Central Railroad while under the supervision of American soldiers. Boston, Massachusetts. Day, month, year unknown.
Ummm, I do not understand the logic. You are inviting an attack and therefore, the rails are likely to get damaged, closing the line until repairs are effected and getting rail stock damaged and possibly losing a locomotive.A convoy of fake Pz Kpfw IV, these made of wood, to try to deceive the Allied reconnaissance flights.
Perhaps to fool the enemy as to the amount of tanks that you have, and where they are going and to have them waste resources and endanger planes on decoys. It is necessary that the fakes be located on a real track to fool the enemy.
I think rails are relatively easy to repair.
Perhaps the engine was a decoy also?