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Germans posing with captured French equipment, the FT-17 tank and Mle 1914 Hotchkiss Machine gun.

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On 26/04/2021 at 16:30, Gildwiller1918 said:

Image of a German MG34 gunner, an Obergefreiter. Early war photo, as the scope is the MGZ34 model. The MGZ40 is more often encountered today. Note the mess kits in the background along with the optic box. 

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Here’s my MGZ34 model sight, great optics, intact spirit level, etc

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Very nice, do you have the carrying case as well?

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Unfortunately not- I’m on the lookout for one though!

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Same with me for my sight, they are really hard to find!

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The cases add significant value though - well worth searching for.

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Cassel, Summer 1940

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Rommel at the German victory parade in Paris, June 1940.

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Untitled photo, probably late 1939 or early 1940. Note, none of the uniforms seem to have a breasteagle.

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German troops fighting house to house in France during May/June 1940.

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Then and Now
German soldiers rest on the corner of Prins Hendrikkade and Koninginnenbrug, in Rotterdam.
Photos courtesy of Koos Winkelman
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A British WW1 tank in Soissons Cathedral, France, June 1940

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Waffen-SS troops in France, 1940. No further information recorded.

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In WW2 the Luftwaffe deployed rescue buoys in the English Channel to provide shelter to downed pilots. They had basic supplies inside and could be checked once or twice a day to see if any survivors were in to send a rescue floatplane.

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never knew these existed, I wonder if any survived the war? 

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I would assume that most survived the war, but what happened to them after?

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I have heard of these being used on both sides, however I read that many became dislodged from their anchors and got washed up on various beaches. Attached is a internal diagram of the contents of a German Bouy.

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Offiziersakademiker. Weimar period.
Gouache by Alexander Pock.

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Adolf Galland with a former opponent

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Tiger Ausf. B, turret number '123’ belonging to 1.Kompanie/s.SS-Pz.Abt. 101 commanded by SS-Unterscharführer Werner Wendt has now become an attraction for the civilians of Sailly, France. Must have taken years to clean up the former battlefields.

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British POW’s in the hands of troops from the SS-VT Division somewhere in France, Summer 1940

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Panthers knocked out at lake Balaton, March, 1945.

Das war die Offensive „Frühlingserwachen“ ein Desaster für die Deutsche-Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS. Der Bruder meiner Großmutter ist mit 16 Jahren dort gefallen und in einem Weingarten verscharrt worden. Erst 1957 hat man ihn bei Feldarbeiten gefunden.
Günter Trinkler

*Apparently not knocked out, abandoned for lack of fuel

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Zutkerque, Pas de Calais

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