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Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants Book

REVIEW: Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933­-1945

REVIEW: This book accurately reflects it’s title. Short on words and filled with pictures it shows the SS Commandants and, sometimes, men who manned the concentration camps from 1933-­1945. It gives a brief overview of the development of the GERMAN concentration camp system and how it evolved from a single prison for dissidents and political enemies of the …

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KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944

Iron Grave: KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944 Beneath are a selection of photographs from KO’d and destroyed Tanks (“Panzers”) from the German armed forces during the Normandy campaign in 1944. “And if we are abandoned by treacherous luck, And if we don’t return home again, If death’s bullet finds us, and fate calls us away, yes, …

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Ewald Ehm, SS-Untersturmführer, Das Reich

Ewald Ehm, DKiG & NKS Gold Bearer, Passed Away

Ewald Ehm Bearer of the German Cross in Gold, Close Combat Badge in Gold, Wound Badge in Gold and Holder of (at least) 2 Panzer Destruction Badges SS-Untersturmführer Ewald Ehm closed his eyes forever on 20th of February 2015. Ewald was born on 30 December 1919 in Fleming/ Germany. He earned his awards within the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 3 …

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TRAILER: Estonian World War 2 Movie “1944”

A new Estonian WWII Movie called “1944” tells the story about the battles in Estonia during the Second World War. “Unlike most other countries, where single nationality was fighting for one side or faction, Estonian men had to choose between two Nations (fight for Germany or fight for Soviet-Union) in hopes for future re-independence or at …

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Sdkfz 186 Jagdtiger – Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B

Sdkfz 186 Jagdtiger (Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B) is the common name of a German heavy tank destroyer of World War II. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B as it was based on a lengthened Tiger II chassis. The ordnance inventory designation was SdKfz 186. The 71-tonne Jagdtiger was the heaviest armored fighting …

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German PzKpfw VI Tiger tank overturned during the Allied heavy bombing at the beginning of Operation 'Goodwood', July 1944.

Tanks in Battle of Normandy – Part I in 29 Photographs

Photographical journey through the Allied and Axis Tanks that have been used during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. A 6-pdr anti-tank gun crew of the Durham Light Infantry, 49th (West Riding) Division inspect a knocked-out German Panther tank during Operation ‘Epsom’, 27 June 1944. Wrecked German transport and knocked out tanks on a road …

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Sepp Dietrich with 2 daughters of Joseph Goebbels.

Sepp Dietrich & Grettl Braun at Berghof, Berchtesgaden

Amazing color footage of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s residence Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. The video begins with an aircraft in flight. It then shows Herta Schneider with children and SS-Oberstgruppenführer u. General der Waffen-SS Josef “Sepp” Dietrich seated on the edge of the terrace at Berghof. Later we see Josef “Sepp” …

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German Sniper in World War II

German Snipers & Sharpshooters in 7 Photographs in WWII

Photographical journey through the German snipers and sharpshooters of World War II. Most German snipers were armed with the Karabiner 98 and later Gewehr 43 rifles, but there were often not enough of these weapons available, and as such some were armed with captured scoped Mosin–Nagant 1891/30, SVT or Czech Mauser rifles. According to various sources the German …

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