Milk for Berliners by airThe WW2 honeymoon between the Soviet Union and America ended in June 1948 with the Berlin Blockade. Berlin had been conquered by the Russians alone but as the US had been an wartime ally Berlin was broken up into four zones; Russian, American, British and French. The ..
A German soldier with a MG-34 machine gun with optical sights. German technology at workThis man has a bite to eat. He has a machine gun and a hand grenade by his sideGerman sniper in camouflage mask, armed with a carbine Mauser 98 K with an optical sight.A soldier catches his dead colleague on ..
The pictures in this article are rather grim. They show the brutal side of German soldiersThe Soviet POW stands glumly in a German army truck. Wonder what happened to the man laterGerman flame-thrower all set for actionThese men are trying out the gallows before it is used on RussiansKilling ..
Taking a break after a hard day. Or has the bad news started coming in?This man is reading a letter from home. His mother or his girlfriend or wife?This German is writing backBonding together. Hard to imagine that these men were made out to be monsters. They look like just a bunch of, say ..
This is a dismal picture from the Russian Front. A dull, foggy day. German soldiers bid farewell to their departed colleaguesSocialising. A relaxed lull in the warCaptured guns from the Russians?Seems like there is a Soviet soldier around. The German soldier is alert and nervous. The officer is ..