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Everyday life at the front in pictures: German soldiers between battle and rest (part 52) ​​_de

German soldiers in Alsace in 1917 or 1918. The man in the front row wears an Iron Cross.

Source: Alain Kiffer

In the photo, a German soldier standing at attention in the center of Berlin (1939) is being attentively watched by a child.

German artillerymen in 1915 or 1916. What kind of cannon is that?

 

These German soldiers are taking a train during World War I (on the Paris-Münsingen route?). Münsingen is a small town in southern Germany, in Baden-Württemberg.

In the photo, a German soldier stands next to a Panzerschreck.

The photo shows Kriegsmarine sailors on the U-29 off the coast of Norway.

In the photo, exhausted German soldiers wait for new orders to launch Operation Spring Awakening (1945) after intense fighting on the Eastern Front.

In the foreground you can see a soldier with an MG-42 machine gun.

In the photo, a German soldier drinks water from his M-31 model canteen.

You can see that he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Wound Badge.

The photo shows a German soldier together with a Panzerschreck.

German soldiers smile at the camera at the start of Operation Barbarossa.

German soldiers smile at the camera at the start of Operation Barbarossa.

German soldiers smile at the camera at the start of Operation Barbarossa.

The photo shows a German soldier in the position of presenting his weapon (1939).

You can see that he is armed with the Karabiner 98k.

In the photo, German soldiers stand next to a 15 cm multiple rocket launcher (Nebelwerfer 41).

The photo shows a German sniper with his Karabiner 98k with telescopic sight on the Eastern Front in 1942.

The photo shows a Luftwaffe soldier standing at attention in the center of Berlin in 1940.

A German soldier next to an MG-34 machine gun in Stalingrad (1942).

In the photo, a German Kriegsmarine soldier stands next to a 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun.

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