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I´d be in on of these special units who ran around in conqered Europe confiscating expensive wine, champagne and artwork. looks like a good life too me. if i would ever appear with the forum heros i´d like to be a Geheime Feldpolizei officer who suspects Hitler to be a communist spy Rank: Oberfeldwe...

I have seen two seperate pictures of german troops using a 10,5cm lFH 18 in urban combat, with infantry shooting MG 34, MP 40 and Kar 98k just next to them, on in Lille, France in July 1940 and one in Schitomir, Russia, about a year later. My Qestion is: Were these actions just spontaneously ordered...

For me it would be ZG 3 "Hermes", doing some raids in the Mediterranean, hopefuly attacking Malta one day...

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My grandfather served with the luftwaffe in Russia and later was a POW there. He told me the russian tobacco wrapped in pieces of newspapers (because they didn`t have cigarette paper) is the worst thing you can do for your lungs, but it´s good when you´re hungry because you´ll forget that for a whil...

When the germans retreated from eastern prussia they took von Hindenburg´s coffin out of his Memorial and blew it up so that the Red/Russian Army wouldn´t have the triumph of capturing the man who had defeated them in WWI

I just started collecting WWII german medals. only have 4 so far:
Iron kross 1st and 2nd class, observers badge and wound badge, all my grandfather´s.

I don´t know when the original purchase was made. my book just sais:
A wartime order made by the Wehrmacht that hadn´t been delivered.

hope that helped. Jaegi

Hi! As far as i know, the bundesgrenzschutz had 38000 Astra 600/43 9mmPara. they used them until they were replaced by the P1 (post-war Walther P38) in 1959. I can´t find the book anymore that states the twice-paid astras, so i can´t give you the details just jet, but i´ll look for it. Other weapon ...

These Astras were in use with the Bundesgrenzschutz or Federal Border Guards in After-WWII-Germany after they had been paid for a second time. They had been paid for during the war and again after the war.

The only one i can identify is the guy with the bearskin hat (probably a "Leibhusaren" hat) in picture 2. that is Generalfeldmarschall von Mackensen, a famous WWI cavalry commander. after GFM von Hindenburg s death he was the longest-serving german soldier. he was strictly anti-nazi and pr...

In The Wehrmacht most officers would probably speak at least a little English or french since they had to learn it at school. my grandfather was an officer in the navy first, later transfered to the Luftwaffe. he speaks and spoke back then English, french and russian. apart from german. I know this ...

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I recetly found what i think is an original German WWII Officer´s sword
in preatty good condition. i´m not going to sell it, i´m just curious what it would be worth.

thanks, Jaegi

The (t) stands for Czch, it was used to distinguish captured czech equipment used by the germans. about the "3,7 cm Panzerabwehrwerfer(t)", i somewhere read about a rocket propelled anti tank granade for the standart 3,7cm PAK, but i can´t recall if this was of czech origin, but i know tha...

juging from the style of his headgear he looks more like an african from a french colonial unit, but im not an expert on this

in the SS, many soldiers were bullied if they did go to church. higher SS ranks were expected not to be a member of a church.this policy was mostly dropped later in the war