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German WII photos M34 crew / squad & a group of volkssturm

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Posted December 13, 2011
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Panzerschreck & Panzerfaust Finnish Army training manual

Scans from a small printed Finnish Army training manual from late 1943 for the Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust; which the Germans supplied along with a quantity of weapons to counter Russian armour. This is one of two I have in my collection. The pages show how to operate both weapons and, charts show the best areas of allied armour to target.

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Posted November 30, 2011
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Photos of the U-boat U-3514 during Operation Deadlight

Here are a small selection of photos given to me by the son of one of the men who was invloved in Operation Deadlight. U-3514 can be seen in the main photo and in close up. U-3514 was the last boat to be scuttled in Operation Deadlight, other boats of type XXI can be seen.

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Further Reading and map showing locations of where the boats were scuttled on Uboat.net  - Operation Deadlight

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Posted November 29, 2011
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BBC News - WWII prison camp archives discovered in Guernsey

For eight months islanders and the German garrison were close to starvation before the island was liberated on 9 May 1945.

Guernsey resistance archive compiled by Frank Falla

The archive reveals details about Guernsey's resistance to the Nazi occupation

via bbc.co.uk

 

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Posted November 19, 2010
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The Serbian Nazi collaborators of WW2

Photo of Serbian Chetniks and German Nazi Fascists. The entire army of Serbian Chetniks collaborated with Nazis. Serbia was a Nazi puppet state in World War II led by Milan Nedic, Serbian fascist collaborator.

As a survivor of the Holocaust, I am increasingly agitated by Serbian revisionist propaganda on the internet.

The crimes of the Croatian Ustashas were terrible, but the Serbian Chetniks also collaborated with German Nazis in World War II. Serbia was a Nazi puppet state in World War II led by Milan Nedic, Serbian fascist collaborator.

The oppression of Jews in Serbia started before the arrival of Hitler’s occupying forces. Six months before the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia, Serbia voluntarily passed the legislation restricting Jewish participation in the economy, education and employment. One year later, on 22 October 1941, anti-Semitic “Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibit” was funded by Serbia’s capital city, Belgrade.

via thecommentfactory.com

 

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Posted September 7, 2010
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German Radio collection

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[/caption] One of may favorite sites, run by a group of Norwegian electronics enthusiasts. A fantastic collection of German World War  Two radio & communication equipment can be found on LA6NCA's WW2 Radio Page at http://www.laud.no/ww2/. This impressive collection includes all types of communication equipment from the German armed forces in WW2, including army, navy and air-force equipment. Some of the more interesting items include the Li Spr 8; which could tansfer an audio signal using a light beam across terrian too difficult to lay cables over. The website has some great period photos of communication equipment in use. Much of the restored equipment is fully working and there are some impressive videos demonstrating some of the devices in use. Link - http://www.laud.no/ww2/ also see: Foundation for German communication and related technologies (History of Technology)

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Posted August 30, 2009
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Visiting the Maginot Line

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[/caption] The fortifications of the [wikipop]Maginot Line [/wikipop] stretching across the old French German border provide a wealth of opportunities to visit the many preserved and restored bunkers and fortifications. Often situated in unspoiled and breath taking county side. For any one interested in fortifications of the period they present many opportunities for visits that can take in the [wikipop]Maginot Line[/wikipop], its sister fortifications along the French Italian boarder and the German [wikipop]Siegfried Line[/wikipop]. "Unfortunately, the [wikipop]Maginot Line[/wikipop] failed to prevent France's crushing defeat in May 1940, when the invading Nazis simply bypassed it by breaking through Belgian defenses in the north and trapping the hapless French, British and Belgian armies. The Germans later turned on the line and captured it from the rear, taking more than 500,000 prisoners."

via - Visiting the Maginot Line: Relic of World War II

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Posted August 25, 2009
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Photographer’s legacy alive in WWII shots

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[/caption] A glimpse of US 9th Infantry Division in WWII. Photographs taken by Harold Roberts, and shown at a reunion recently show so fascinating moments from the division’s drive into Germany. "As a combat photographer with the Army Signal Corps, Harold Roberts was an eyewitness to some of the most powerful scenes in the history of 20th century warfare. His photos capture scenes that words can’t describe, some so graphic that they can’t be published in a family newspaper." via Photographer’s legacy alive in WWII shots - Bangor Daily News.

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Posted August 1, 2009
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Poland marks 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising

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From the AFP - WARSAW (AFP) — Poland was Tuesday commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, an ill-fated Jewish revolt against the occupying Nazi Germans which marked a symbolic stand against the Holocaust. Ceremonies were to begin at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) with the lighting of candles at the site of the notorious "Umschlagplatz", from where the Nazis sent more than 300,000 Jews by train to the Treblinka death camp, 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the northeast. [LINK] Wikipedia Link

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Posted April 16, 2008
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Germany Plans Center on WWII Expulsions

The Associated Press: Germany Plans Centre on WWII Expulsions: "Germany Plans Center on WWII Expulsions BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Cabinet adopted a plan Wednesday for a $45.5 million museum to commemorate the plight of Germans uprooted from their homes in eastern Europe after World War II. The program comes after years of heated debate with Germany's neighbours on how best to memorialise the hardship suffered by millions of Germans left homeless after borders shifted westward in 1945, without diminishing the crimes of the Nazis during the war." [LINK]

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Posted March 20, 2008
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