German Miscellaneous

[Rico]

German Waffen SS army doctor, Kursk 1943.

 

[Myles]

Russian T-34 tanks pressed into service for the Wehrmacht, Eastern Front. The re-purposing of captured enemy equipment was fairly common practise by all sides during the Second World War.

 

[Louis]

Several crewmembers of the German cruiser Prinz Eugen manually operates her temporary jury-rudders after suffering a torpedo hit to the stern, Feb 1942.

 

[Rico]

Russian T-34 tanks pressed into service for the Wehrmacht, Eastern Front. The re-purposing of captured enemy equipment was fairly common practise by all sides during the Second World War.

I wonder how well they performed in action.

 

[Zinzan]

Several crewmembers of the German cruiser Prinz Eugen manually operates her temporary jury-rudders after suffering a torpedo hit to the stern, Feb 1942.

Imagine the supreme guts, command & Leadership skills needed to do this in action!! They could be under air attack, hit & run attacks from destroyers, massive bombardment from Battleships chucking 15" shells from 4 miles outside your maximum range - general slugging match with light or heavy cruisers. In a worse case scenario this could all happen within 24 hours! not to mention the constant threat of submarine attack no matter how peaceful the surroundings or the escort.

One mistake by ANY member of the crew could lead to your defeat and the survival rates of seaman aboard sinking ships was abysmal....

I Have supreme respect for the sailors of ANY vessel operating in either world war. (No more to be said - even Zinzan sees this as too core to his values for oddball humour)

 

[Louis]

 

[Louis]

Feb 1945, somewhere in Germany, graffiti "1918? Never Again" obviously referring to the German outcome in the first war, while American technicians replenish telephone wiring.

 

[Gnarly]

Russian T-34 tanks pressed into service for the Wehrmacht, Eastern Front. The re-purposing of captured enemy equipment was fairly common practise by all sides during the Second World War.

Imagine how terrified the german crewmen would have been when german aircraft were overhead.....

 

[Louis]

June 16, 1943, Berlin: Young Hitlerjugend listen to the speech of Kapitänleutnant Reinhard Hardegen (Kommandant U-123, the 24th-most-successful German submarine commander of the war).

 

[Louis]

A recruiting center at the Hague for Waffen SS Nederland division / Aug 7, 1941.

 

[Louis]

Beautiful day for a walk in occupied Paris !

 

[steve]

Feb 1945, somewhere in Germany, graffiti "1918? Never Again" obviously referring to the German outcome in the first war, while American technicians replenish telephone wiring.

Molenstraat.........I believe that this photo was actually taken in Holland.....

 

[Louis]

Shooting practice on the deck of U177, 1943.

 

[Gunner]

Jeez, at first glance I thought he was aiming up the side of a building.
weird.

 

[jobu88]

Villers Bocage, then and now. There are numerous similar then-and-now photos all over Pinterest.

 

[Louis]

Loading a torpedo through the front hatch at U-868 / April 1944

 

[Rico]

Loading a torpedo through the front hatch at U-868 / April 1944

Always wondered how they did that.

 

[mTk]

Does look like a damned tough fit from that angle.
If the cable fails...

 

[HOA_KSOP]

If the cable fails...

...it’s going to ruin someone’s day.

 

[Louis]

U-582 with a captured US flag. (The U-582 was sunk on 5 Oct 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, by depth charges from a US PBY Catalina aircraft).