Luftwaffe ground force in photo

[Peter H]

Parade

[Peter H]

Same source...

[Jeremiah29]

From Bruce Quarrie's Fallschirmpanzedivision Hermann Göring.

HGD off to the Warsaw front 1944

Hi Peter !

I found the location of the pictures you have posted on 12 April 2008... This is not really HGD off to the Warsaw front 1944, but in 1942 in Brittany ...
Look at this link of a french forum : http://bretagne-39-45.forums-actifs.com ... 5.htm#4561

Regards,
Laurent

[Peter H]

Thanks Laurent.

[Peter H]

Some recent additions on Wikipedia from the BA.

FJ with flamethrower

[Peter H]

Arnhem flak 1944

[Peter H]

Crete 1941

Airdropped Pak

[Peter H]

Ardennes January 1945

[garlock]

Peter,
I note the gas cape pouches on several soldaten in your photos of 7 January. Never really noted those much before. They were worn across the chest like that mostly by the inexperienced soldiers and got wrapped around the gas mask cannister by the veteran who found the chest placement uncomfortable.
http://www.mp44.nl/equipment/gas_cape.htm

Excellent photos, by the way.

regards,
John

Oh, in flak 4 on 7 January, what are the two fellows with backs to camera doing with their right hands?

Also, I note the national colors on the Leutnant's stahlhelm but not on the others. This might have been in a transition period when the colors were being removed from helmets?

[Peter H]

Oh, in flak 4 on 7 January, what are the two fellows with backs to camera doing with their right hands?

Look like their taking an oath,raised right hand.

[garlock]

Interesting. Not exactly a "strong" gesture.

regards,
John

[Fallschirmjäger]

Thanks for the pictures all,there all new to me looking at them.

[Peter H]

More recent additions on Wikipedia from the BA.

Glider training.

[Peter H]

Same source.

Panzerfaust,Normandy

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This was a few weeks before the Germans launched a massive anti-partisan assault in the area south of Bologna