Photographs of Hitler’s triumphant tour of Paris, 1940
Adolf Hitler and other German officials walk in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1940. One day after the signing of the Armistice with Germany in June 1940, Adolf Hitler celebrated the German victory over France with a…
The photo shows a German soldier with a Stg-44 assault rifle.
A small machine controlled by a small car within a very short time. Most automatic creditors were produced in the first week and sold with a minimum term of 450 days. The pistol buffer guns in the aerospace region are…
German motorcycle courier on the Eastern Front, 1942
German motorcycle courier in Russia, 1942. Riding an unprotected vehicle in the Russian winter, in this case a motorcycle sidecar, required protective clothing. This motorcyclist wears a fur-lined guard’s coat, thick mittens, the fur-lined cap of his reversible winter suit, undoubtedly worn…
German Tiger I tank number 300 of the heavy Panzer Battalion 503
Published at 1072 × 668 px. Link to full-size photo: Site Statistics: World War II Photos: over 26,800 Aircraft: 63 models Tanks: 59 models Vehicles: 59 models Weapons: 3 models Units: 2 Ships: 47 World War II Battlefields – 12…
German battle order Balkan campaign
Deutsche Schlachtgliederung vom 5. April 1941 beim Überfall auf Jugoslawien und Griechenland. Um seine Südflanke für die Invasion Russlands zu sichern, zwang Hitler den jugoslawischen Prinzregenten Paul in das Achsenbündnis. Als dieser jedoch von antideutschen Patrioten in Belgrad gestürzt wurde,…
In the Shadow of the Caucasus – The Wehrmacht in Rostov
In the summer of 1942, in the midst of its advance into the Caucasus, the German Wehrmacht’s 17th Army entered the strategically important city of Rostov-on-Don . After fierce street fighting, the exhausted soldiers were resting—a brief moment of respite in the…
The merciless battle on the Eastern Front – a turning point in the Second World War.
The photo shows a moment in 1943, shortly before a German unit departed for the Eastern Front in a Mercedes-Benz L1500 – in the midst of one of the most brutal phases of the Second World War. After the disaster…
The Eastern Front – Where the war devoured all humanity
The Eastern Front was no place for strategic discussions or heroic legends—it was a giant, voracious monster that devoured anyone who came too close. From the Baltic Sea to the Caucasus, a front line stretched that didn’t stand still, but…
Silberrücken bringt sich selbst aufrechten Gang auf zwei Beinen bei
Symbolfoto eines Silberrückens – Foto: Shutterstock Ambam, ein Silberrücken-Gorilla im Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England, hat mit seiner ungewöhnlichen Fähigkeit, aufrecht auf zwei Beinen zu gehen, ähnlich wie ein Mensch, Tierliebhaber in aller Welt in seinen Bann…
Deutsche Kriegsgefangene im Gefangenenlager Nonant le Pin zusammengepfercht, 1944
Tausende deutsche Kriegsgefangene im Kriegsgefangenenlager Nonant-le-Pin nach den Kämpfen um den Kessel von Falaise, bei denen über 30.000 Deutsche gefangen genommen wurden. Alle diese deutschen Kriegsgefangenen wurden nach der Schlacht um den Kessel von Falaise gefangen genommen. Am Abend des…