Tuesday 24 March 2015

Some Rare Images Of Waffen SS

Some Rare Images Of Waffen SS

Waffen SS Officer Kurt Meyer awards a Knight's Cross to Hermann Weiser at Kharkov, 1943. On the right is the Chief Medical Officer Hermann Bezuden of the Adolf Hitler Division

Joachim Peiper (1915-1976) in Austria, April 1945

A Waffen SS soldier takes aim in 1941 on the Eastern Front

A Waffen SS man in action in 1941 on the eastern front

Norwegian motor cycle riders from the Waffen SS 'Viking' Division in 1941 on the eastern front

Waffen SS soldiers armed with MG 34 machine gun and 50 mm mortar move in Kalitka on the eastern front in 1941

Men from the Landstorm Nederland Division

Some Red Army soldiers surrender to men from the Das Reich SS Division on August 25, 1941on the eastern front.

Soldiers from the Dutch "Westland" SS regiment on a Munich street in 1941 with a German nurse and child

A mountain ranger from the SS Division "Nord" in the Kola peninsula in 1941

New recruits for the Waffen SS Division 'Nederland' at the Hague August 7, 1941.

Officers of the 1st SS Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" Sturmbannführer Josef Diefenthal and Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel look at the prisoners, 3rd Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division of the American in a street at the Belgian town of Stoumont. Ardennes, December 16, 1944.

Captured American soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 119th Infantry Regiment. In 1944 at Stoumont, Belgium

Two Waffen SS soldiers clamber over a wire fence on the eastern front

SS soldiers from the 2nd Motorised Division 'Das Reich' in a Soviet village with a Sd.Kfz 10 half track in 1941

Šturmbannfûrer SS Luis Taler (left) and oberšturmbannfûrer Armando Giorleo from the Italian №1 SS Division on the Italian Front, November 1944.

A Gunner company from SS Regiment "Der Führer" passes by the south-eastern corner of the Royal Palace on Dam Square in Amsterdam, May 1940 in a Wanderer W-11.

SS soldiers smoking cigarettes with an abandoned American armored M8 "Greyhound on the road near the Belgian village of Poteau, December 1944. early morning of December 18

A SS man and a Gestapo men captured by armed Czech men in Prague in May, 1945. One supposes they were later tortured and killed.

SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich discusses with British officers terms of surrender in Greece. In 1941.

Waffen SS soldiers with a MG 34 machine gun at Mariupol, 1941

Leon Degrelle with his men of the SS Wallonia Brigade

Waffen SS men from the 12th Armored Division in a Jagdpanther in the Ardennes January, 1945

Eastern front: A waffen SS soldier looks through his binoculars. Destroyed Soviet vehicles seen in the background.

Soldiers of the "Liebstandarte" Adolf Hitler Division look on helplessly as a Tiger tank and a truck get bogged down in mud in the Fatima area of Ukraine, November, 1943.

German armored Sd.Kfz.251 / 9 "Stummel" with 4th SS Panzer Corps soldiers. In the foreground are prisoners of war and local, during the onset of the German operation "Conrad". Hungary, in January 1945.

The commander of the 12th SS Regiment Obersturmbannfuehrer Max Wünsche, (1914-1995) (with the bandage on his head) and the commander of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the SS Hauptsturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop (Rudolf von Ribbentrop, the year of birth - 1921, on the right part of the frame) on the streets of the French village of Po (Rots) with soldiers of the 25th Regiment of the SS. France, 9 June 1944.Rudolf von Ribbentrop - the son of the minister propogandy Germany Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Towards the end. Waffen SS on the road in Hungary in 1945

Men from 'Das Reich' during battle at Elnya in 1941

A soldier from the 6th SS Mountain Division 'Nord' shakes the hand of a wounded Finnish soldier in September-October 1942

Men from the 5th SS 'Wiking' Division frantically load 88 mm armor piercing shells onto a Tiger tank during the Batle of Kursk. July 1943.

Waffen SS soldiers in Kharkov (February-April 1943)

SS soldiers escort Polish employees of Danzig post office after they were flushed out with explosives and flame-throwers on September 1, 1939.

A dead Waffen SS soldier lies in the snow after the Battle of the Bulge. 1945

Soldiers of 9th SS Divsion in Arnhem with a Stug 3 in September 1944

SS men from the Heinz Harmel battle group on the yard of the Kharkov Tractor Plant. March 16, 1943.

The lucky Waffen SS survivors in Korsun-Cherkassy.January-February 1944. Thousands of Germans were massacred at the Korsun pocket by Koniev's men.

Waffen SS men take a breather during a lull in the fighting. Eastern Front 1941.

Danes greet soldiers of the SS Free Korps Denmark after they returned from the Eastern Front. August 1942.

Men of 6th Mountain Division 'Nord' load ammunition on sleigh pulled by dogs

Monday 23 March 2015

Rare Historical Photos And the story behind them…

Rare Historical Photos And the story behind them…

Australian soldiers after their release from Japanese captivity in Singapore, 1945

Australian soldiers after their release from Japanese captivity in Singapore, 1945

Five Australian former prisoners of war catch up on news from home after their release from Japanese captivity in Singapore, September 1945. The brutal treatment inflicted upon these men by their Japanese captors is clearly illustrated by their poor physical condition. These prisoners were held on the Changi POW camp. Often thought to be synonymous with horror it was in fact a relatively comfortable camp,…

A girl who grew up in a concentration camp draws a picture of “home” while living in a residence for disturbed children, 1948

A girl who grew up in a concentration camp draws a picture of home while living in a residence for disturbed children

A girl who grew up in a concentration camp was asked to draw “home” and what she drew was scribbles. It shows how the horrors of the concentration camp warped her mind. It’s a mystery what the lines truly mean to her, probably the chaos or the barbed wire. This photograph was taken by Chim (David Seymour) in a home for emotionally disturbed children located… Read More »

John F. Kennedy campaigns in rural West Virginia, precariously perched on a high-chair to deliver his speech, 1960

John F. Kennedy campaigns in rural West Virginia, precariously perched on a high-chair to deliver his speech, 1960

While part of every candidate’s retinue, security was simply not the pressing, public concern in 1960 that it would suddenly and necessarily become within a few short years. Here, seemingly alone in a crowd in Logan County, West Virginia, JFK speechifies from a kitchen chair as, mere feet away, a young boy absently plays with a jarringly realistic-looking toy gun. JFK went on to win… Read More »

The Solvay Conference, probably the most intelligent picture ever taken, 1927

The Solvay Conference, probably the most intelligent picture ever taken, 1927

The Solvay Conference, founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1912, was considered a turning point in the world of physics. Located in Brussels, the conferences were devoted to outstanding preeminent open problems in both physics and chemistry. The most famous conference was the October 1927 Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons, where the world’s most notable physicists met to discuss the… Read More »

Rudolf Hoess the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, is hanged next to the crematorium at the camp, 1947

Rudolf Hoess the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, is hanged next to the crematorium at the camp, 1947

Rudolf Hoess (Rudolf Höss) was the architect and commandant of the largest killing center ever created, the death camp Auschwitz, whose name has come to symbolize humanity’s ultimate descent into evil. On 1 May 1940, Hoess was appointed commandant of a prison camp in western Poland. The camp was built around an old Austro-Hungarian (and later Polish) army barracks near the town of Oswiecim; its… Read More »

Highway of Death, The result of American forces bombing retreating Iraqi forces, Kuwait, 1991

Highway of Death, The result of American forces bombing retreating Iraqi forces, Kuwait, 1991

On Sunday 24 February 1991, allied forces launched a combined ground, air and sea assault which overwhelmed the Iraqi army within 100 hours. By 26 February, Iraq had announced it was withdrawing its forces from Kuwait, but still refused to accept all the UN resolutions passed against it. Iraqi tanks, armored vehicles, trucks and troops fleeing the allied onslaught formed huge queues on the main… Read More »

Italian Cavalry School, 1906

Italian Cavalry School, 1906

In the first decades of the 20th century the Italian Cavalry School at Tor di Quinto near Rome was – along with the French Cavalry School at Saumur – the leading institution for horsemanship in the world. Tor di Quinto was probably the foremost academy for advanced cross country riding. The Italian Cavalry School was absolutely cutting edge, their style revolutionized military cavalry riding around… Read More »

Muslim members of the Waffen-SS 13th division at prayer during their training in Germany, 1943

Muslim members of the Waffen-SS 13th division at prayer during their training in Germany, 1943

The photo is taken during the division training at Neuhammer. The romantic notions that Himmler had about the Bosnian Muslims were probably significant in the division’s genesis. He was personally fascinated by the Islamic faith and believed that Islam created fearless soldiers. He envisioned the creation of a Bosnian SS division constituted solely of Bosnian Muslims in a manner similar to the Bosnian divisions of… Read More »

An American soldier wears a hand lettered “War Is Hell” slogan on his helmet, Vietnam, 1965

An American soldier wears a hand lettered War Is Hell slogan on his helmet, Vietnam, 1965

AP photojournalist Horst Faas took this iconic photo on June 18, 1965, during the Vietnam War with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Battalion on defense duty at Phouc Vinh airstrip in South Vietnam. The headband message “War is Hell” typified an acerbic attitude of many young American soldiers who were likely drafted and sent to the remote southeastern Asia jungles to engage in deadly and terrifying… Read More »

The shells from an allied creeping bombardment on German lines, 1916

The shells from an allied creeping bombardment on German lines, 1916

Lone soldier surrounded by a mountain of empty shell cases, France. This lone British soldier up to his knees in spent shell cases, offers a striking impression of the destruction that took place on the Western Front. However, this picture only tells half the story, with the other part of the story being the damage that the shells from these cases inflicted upon the enemy.… Read More »

A mother and her daughter falling from a fire escape, 1975

A mother and her daughter falling from a fire escape, 1975

On July 22, 1975 in Boston, a 19-year-old and her 2-year-old goddaughter were trapped in a burning building. A firefighter shielded them from the flames as a fire ladder inched closer. Then the fire escape collapsed. The woman died from her injuries, but her two-year-old goddaughter survived because she landed on the woman’s body. It’s tragic, going from the hope of immediate rescue to a… Read More »

Elephant-mounted machine-gun, 1914

Elephant-mounted machine-gun, 1914

An American corporal aims a Colt M1895 atop a Sri Lankan elephant. The reason why the corporal is atop the elephant is a mystery but elephants were never a weapons platform adopted by the US Army. It’s probably a publicity picture, not something the army would actually try to employ. The elephant would not respond well to the sound of that machine gun a few… Read More »

Actress Marlene Dietrich kisses a soldier returning home from war, 1945

Actress Marlene Dietrich kisses a soldier returning home from war, 1945

This photo shows Marlene Dietrich passionately kissing a GI as he arrives home from World War II. It seems that the guy on the left holding her up is enjoying the view. It was first published in Life Magazine with the caption: “While soldiers hold her up by her famous legs, Marlene Dietrich is kissed by a home-coming GI”. Photo taken by Irving Haberman. The… Read More »

Testing football helmets, 1912

Testing football helmets, 1912

In professional football, the only line of defense against head injury is the helmet. But the earliest football helmet looked more like a padded aviator cap than the high-tech crash-tested helmet used by today’s players. It is not certain who invented the football helmet. In 1896 Lafayette College halfback George “Rose” Barclay began to use straps and earpieces to protect his ears. His headgear soon… Read More »

The five races of Mankind, 1911

The five races of Mankind, 1911

The picture/poster shows five men representing five different cultural spheres: an American Indian, an Australian Aborigine, an African, an Asian and an European. The European, standing in the center, dominates the scene and thus shows the Eurocentric world view of the time (early 20th century). This poster was printed as an illustration on a Dresden-based German magazine. It’s widely accepted that race originated in Europe… Read More »

Color photos from pre-war Nazi Germany

Nazis on parade.

Nazi Party was not just a political organization, it was a psychological propaganda machine. The Nazis had an incredible sense of aesthetics and fully understood the power of iconography and branding. Enter inside the Nazi world through these amazing color photos and be thrilled. The symbols and colors of Nazism were all carefully orchestrated to have maximum psychological effect. There was nothing accidental about the… Read More »

The Falling Soldier, 1936

The Falling Soldier, 1936

The Falling Soldier became famous for the way it seems to capture, with terrifying immediacy, the moment when a bullet fatally strikes a Spanish Loyalist militiaman; later, it became famous for allegations that the photograph was “faked,” or at least (though this was common practice at the time) staged. The photo was taken by Jewish Hungarian photographer Robert Capa. From 1936 to 1939, Capa worked… Read More »

Lesbian couple at Le Monocle, Paris, 1932

Lesbian couple at Le Monocle, Paris, 1932

During the 1920’s Paris had gained a reputation for the variety of its nighttime pleasures and for its free and easy attitude toward life in general. Within this climate of relative tolerance many gay and lesbian nightclubs opened and flourished. Among these was Le Monocle, which is credited with being one of the first, and certainly the most famous of lesbian nightclubs. It was opened… Read More »

The remains of the astronaut Vladimir Komarov, a man who fell from space, 1967

The remains of astronaut Vladimir Komarov, a man who fell from space, 1967

Mankind’s road to the stars had its unsung heroes. One of them was the Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. His spaceflight on Soyuz 1 made him the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly into outer space more than once, and he became the first human to die on a space mission—he was killed when the Soyuz 1 space capsule crashed after re-entry on April 24, 1967 due… Read More »

Simone Segouin, the 18 year old French Résistance fighter, 1944

Simone Segouin, the 18 year old French Résistance fighter, 1944

Members of the French Resistance are photographed in the midst of battle against German troops. We see a man in makeshift army fatigues to the left and a young man on the right. Then, most strikingly, we see a woman in shorts, a patterned top, and a military hat in the center. The photograph of this young female fighter would become a symbol of women’s… Read More »

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