WW2 Photos, Eastern & Western Front

citizen_p

a few photos i picked up.....
(the zoomed pics have 5 or 6 photos that my scannner didnt get)
sorry about the size. just write back if you want me to just put links
Nurenburg 34
note large crowd in the background / large swastika flags.


Officers Shooting range/ Gun cleaning


Cleaning uniform/graves/ downed plane
soldier posing on a french/ british plane.
bottom left. luftwaffe collar tab on soldier to lefts coat
you cant see it but the 2nd from the right in the grave photo is looking at a large cross with a swastika at the bottom and Runic SS at the top.


Signaller Units / men


press photo/ graves (again)



Close ups/ armband/ sea plane

Morlar

Some nice pictures there, particularly liked the Nuremberg ones also the Seaplane one.

arnhem44

Here are a few of mine

arnhem44

and another few...

arnhem44

And some more

arnhem44

And finally

citizen_p

like the one with the ship.....very interesting

Morlar

Are these people on the side of the road jews or ethnic russians ? It is hard to tell at this resolution - but that is an interesting picture.

arnhem44 wrote: »

I would love to know where this town is ? I don't suppose there is any writing on the backs of these ?

arnhem44 wrote: »

For a second there I thought this one was an ME 323 Gigant - but on looking more at it it seems to be a boat ? It is tricky to tell though at this resolution.

arnhem44 wrote: »

Great pictures - thanks for posting those.

arnhem44

Hi Morlar,there is writing on alot of them but only writing on one of the three you picked out,theres a name or a single word describing something,I'll get it scaned through later and post it up,someone might be able to translate it.

FiSe

It is a boat, you can see the life raft cranes on top right hand corner. Gigant would be hollow inside.
I could be wrong, but those people on the side of the road, are they a gypsies? Judging be the tents and the temporary look of the settlement.
The seaplane in the 1st batch of photos is Heinkel 59.

citizen_p

arrived today
Eastren front photos
no writing on back

3 westren occupied photos in this


8.8 Flak
no writing, firing at night
and a picture of flak burst / searlight.


Various
clockwise
grave/ monument of norway, prison camp staff, barbed wire, taken from tank/ eastren front/ upside down.

backs
same positions


clock wise
nurenburg (i think), troops/ trench/ assault badge & wound badge (i think) , Prison camp tower, luftwaffe march/ gas mask/ officer


backs
same positions



btw the 92076..... is added by the seller.

arnhem44

Great selection there Mousey,some great shots.

FiSe

That monument in Narvik is interesting and it wouldn't be me without comment: the shot of firing 88 is taken in the night, so it's the flash which makes it look like a cave. And as well, I am not quite sure about the searchlight, it looks like a daylight shot.

Interesting photographs

citizen_p

FiSe wrote: »

That monument in Narvik is interesting and it wouldn't be me without comment: the shot of firing 88 is taken in the night, so it's the flash which makes it look like a cave. And as well, I am not quite sure about the searchlight, it looks like a daylight shot.

Interesting photographs

i now feel very stupid

got a translation of the pic taking from the tank, the end says "...everywhere the same, left and right destroyed Russian vehicles"

Dr Strange

Mousey- wrote: »

i now feel very stupid

got a translation of the pic taking from the tank, the end says "...everywhere the same, left and right destroyed Russian vehicles"

Ah jeez, don't beat yourself up about it. That's the fun thing about old photos, trying to figure out what is going on that particular moment in time.

Nice destroyed Russian machinery, by the way.

arnhem44

Hi Morlar,heres the back of the photo of the "refugees" you were wondering about,god only knows what it says.

Dr Strange

arnhem44 wrote: »

Hi Morlar,heres the back of the photo of the "refugees" you were wondering about,god only knows what it says.

It says "Romania" in German (Rumänien)

Morlar

Preusse wrote: »

It says "Romania" in German (Rumänien)

Those pesky Roma Gypsies !!

Dr Strange

Morlar wrote: »

Those pesky Roma Gypsies !!

I see what you did there. And I was almost going to point out the difference between Roma and Romanians.....ah well... :pac:

Morlar

Preusse wrote: »

I see what you did there. And I was almost going to point out the difference between Roma and Romanians.....ah well... :pac:

Ninja edit ftw !!

Dr Strange

Morlar wrote: »

Ninja edit ftw !!

Blitzed.

citizen_p

the back of the monument pic says. tomb of the battles of Narvik 1940

citizen_p

top says "Assault on the enemy's positions."
bottom says "Stalinorgel im Einsatz, Belgorod 1943"
stalins organ in us , belogrod 1943

Backs


Fortifications


Zeltbans (i think) camo on lufftwaffe guard


destroyed armour on bridge


Plane in flight


any info would be appreciated.

sory bout small pics etc...

arnhem44

some nice photos there again Mousey-,I'm not sure and I might even be wrong but are those obsolete french tanks on the bridge,they look like stuff they had around WW1.

FiSe

Nice pictures, the StuG III in front of the 'Katyusha' would be my cup o'tea. Cool looking machines.
I wonder are those Stalin organs fitted on GMC or other US truck?

Fortification - it must be a part of the Maginot line, I'd say. And those funny looking tanks are Renaults FT-17.
They were introduced during the WWI and produced in a large numbers in the following years. I think these were good light tanks for infantry suport, but obsolete in the 30's. A feast for the German guns...

Don't know the type of the aircraft tha picture isn't big enough and there were many training bi-planes and they were all very similar. Could that be a Bucker-131 ?

Morlar

Yep they do look like Ft-17's as Fise mentioned. The 'fortifications' one looks interesting, it has obviously taken a lot of damage. The pictures I have of the maginot line show a different design than those but it's entirely possible they are from there too. Re the plane it is too hard to make out at that resolution though. Some nice pictures there.

FiSe

Look what I found:

http://www.fortweb.net/photos/stgmom1/bruillesud.htm

^ excellent page about bunkers

Morlar

FiSe wrote: »

Look what I found:

http://www.fortweb.net/photos/stgmom1/bruillesud.htm

^ excellent page about bunkers

That is an excellent reference site, and a perfect match on mousey's one above. I have just been going through it trying to match it to some of mine now - cheers for the link.

citizen_p

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Morlar

What a difference a higher res picture makes

It's not possible to make out the insignia on the vehicle in the first pic (for me at least), but in the 2nd picture it looks like this is your plane :

D-EFAY Bücker Bü131 A W.Nr.103 W.Nr.103 build in 1936/5 B0045 B0127

Tail-reg site ;

http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/d-letters.html

Plane wiki ;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCcker_B%C3%BC_131

'Bü 131A : Two-seat primary trainer biplane. Initial production version.'

citizen_p

Burning vehicles

citizen_p

reposts..... two of the zoomed in ones on the first page

citizen_p

panzer IV's


thought this was snow originally ....looks more like sand with all the small pitting (and the dust from the back of the tanks

citizen_p

trying to keep this forum going

got these a while ago

citizen_p

5000 Pows

senior luitenant koop, 3rd battallion 9th company
5000 captured morrocans and french
june 1940

citizen_p

demontage

thanks preusse


THE GOD AWFUL MUD




think of the animals

citizen_p

frontline pics



field radio....and a photo taking just before it would be to dirty to post

citizen_p

got these two yeserday or the day before

citizen_p

shooting pistol near smolensk
what uniforms are these anyone ??????????????
local police and heer maybe?


wire anyone

Morlar

Nice pics. It' hard to say on the uniforms on the first one but it only looks like 2 heer alright, the rest I am not sure about.

FiSe

Nice and interesting pictures as usual.
Could those other uniforms be of some cossacks unit? They don't look German to me, but it's very hard to say.

citizen_p

Mousey- wrote: »

got these two yeserday or the day before

same set ( notice cannon/ tree beside road etc...
heavily cropped and water marked i know, but still.




and again
field hospital in a cave

Morlar

Nice pictures, is there anything writte on the backs to give the date or location ?

citizen_p

the ones ive translated
the men marching from artillery
Spähtrupp vor lemburg - reconisense unit[or advanced] for lemberg (ukraine)

talking to artillery unit
it says
?????? stalthelm - (i assume from arrow drawn on pic it means that the owner is the man without helmet or "no helmet")

field hospital
vor dem unterstand - before (infront) of the shelter


firing pistol in Woodyard
Pistolenschießen in Potschinok im Werk - shooting pistol in Potschinok in mill

first of the frontline pics (men in wooded lane)
Im Wald von soiry bei einem neuen Vorstoss - in the forest of soiry{farm, france} during a new advance

second of frontline pics
stellung mit fiend ( ithink, not looking at it) - attack on the enemy)

the 5000 prisoner set says
oberluintenat koop.III Battl. 9 Komp
5000 gefangene franzosen im Marokkaner
Juni 1940
- senior Lieutenant Koop, 3rd batallion, 9th company
5000 captured frenchmen and morrocans
June 1940

on 1 and the second line is repeated on the other without lieutenant koop


the ones with the wire have about a paragraph on each (havnt looked at yet)..... along with alot of other less great pics with lots of writing.

(wtf panzer ivs pic changed by itself to field hospital)

citizen_p

marder III 138
6x6 originally but its far away in it

sory bout dots
got a little over portective

citizen_p

LW Ground unit


same guys as these
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62317286&postcount=135

preist in russia


Bear
bit odd i thought...


kill rings on flak 8.8



panoramic

citizen_p

havnt posted in ages.

heres a small set i got

1 "My company cheif"
ost medal and ek2 so its after june 1942


2. "de louse"


3.


4. "mortar position"
notice telegraph poles in te background of the next two


5 "forward most line"


6.


7.

cant read the back ont this one


any help with the back or ideas on locations are appreciated

Morlar

Nice pictures, particularly the potato masher grenade and trench ones

citizen_p

tank attack
looks to be taking from a trench looking at passing t26's?



tank advance
not related to above.
view from a trench at an advancing tanks.


a well deserved meal
looks to be anyway. apparently the laddle of the food carrier is rare


group photo
large group photo.


Marder III
snow camo. cant make out the symbol even on higher res.

over protective i guess

citizen_p

re post of marder III. better scan



captured camel
Gefreiter Hain
Oberjäger Hölzl
Jäger Caspar
looks like lwfd to me


Front
blown up x3 hence quality

blown up x3 hence quality



couple of SS negatives to follow, not the best qulity and maybe post war but what the heck

citizen_p

on ansco safty film
i know it was used during th 40's but could be post war. only paid about €100
ss obergruppenfurher
trying to id him, cufftitle is hard to make out (almost non existant when you cant zoom sorry), cav general i think (due to all cav shots / riding crop in second mans hand.
yes i know its backwards!


SS & Car


SS at Horseshow
alot of ss in the crowd when you zoom in
yes i know its backwards!


and my favourite
SS cav troops resting


have 2 more of ss cav band and just ss cav (non combat). but they wouldnt upload so fek them
only joking bout the €100