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Panthers belonging to Fallschirm-PzD 1. 'Hermann Göring', and Panzergrenadiers heavily armed from Fsch.Pz.Gren.Rgt. 2 'HG', march through the forest during the Battle of Bautzen, near Kodersdorf, 10 Km N of Görlitz, Lower Silesia, Germany. 20 April 1945.
"Experten" of the 6./JG 5 'Eismeer', Lt. Theo Weissenberger (208 Kills), Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler (208 Kills. KIA 04.04.1945) and Ofw. Rudi Müller (94 Kills. KIA 21.10.1943), pose in front Ehrler's Bf 109G-2/R6 "Gelb 12+-" at Petsamo, Finland. 13 April 1943.
M3A1 Half-Track of the 14th Armored Division "Liberators" passes close to a knocked out Sherman M4A3(76)W. Note in the turret, the tank commander burned, KIA after a German attack. Barr, Alsace, north-eastern France. 29 November 1944.
Crew of a Sherman M4A3(76)W from the 14th Armored Division "Liberators" drive through a wired connection. For added protection against 'Panzerfaust', the tank was coated with sandbags. Rittershoffen, Alsace, north-eastern France. March 1945.
Hauptmann Friedrich Winkler (died as POW 08.02.1943), Infanterie-Regiment 577, 305. Infanterie-Division, gives orders to the Offiziers of his Bataillone, near "Barrikady" Gun Factory, in the north sector of Stalingrad, Russia. 11 November 1942.
SS-Panzergrenadiers of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich' advance across the steppe in the south of Oboyan, 60 Km south of Kursk, HQ of Vatutin's Voronezh Front, and the site of an all-important crossing bridging the river Psel. Russia. 6 July 1943.
During the Battle of the Bulge, this GIs from "Item" Company, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division, await their turn in line to be served with food near the city of Saint-Hubert, province of Luxembourg, Belgium. 13 January 1945.
Tigers of the 8.Kompanie, SS-PzRgt.2/2. SS-PzD 'Das Reich', move through the Russian steppes accompanied by SS-Panzergrenadiers, during the early of the Operation Zitadelle, south of the road Tomarowka-Bykowka, Russia. 6 July 1943.
These six "Landser" from 353. Infanterie-Division, are observed by two GIs of the 4th Armored Division during the Operation Cobra, and lined up in front of a ruined house in Coutances, 29 Km west of Saint-Lô, Normandy. 29 July 1944.
British garrison of a QF 6-pounder pass near Panther "204" of the 2./SS-Pz.Rgt.12, destroyed during the Operation Epsom, at the crossroads of the D139 and D173, between Cheux, Tessel, Rauray and Fontenay le Pesnel, 14 Km W of Caen, France. 26 August 1944.
B-17G "Flying Fortress", 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th U.S.A.A.F. during mission against at Romana Americana Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania. Above, P-38J "Lightning", 1st Fighter Group. 10 June 1944.
Tiger S33 and S13, "Kampfgruppe Lammerding", 8.Kompanie, SS-PzRgt.2/2. SS-PzD 'Das Reich', who played a less prominent role during the counterattack in the Zhytomyr sector, due to the massive casualties in Kursk. Kirovohrad, Ukraine. 1 December 1943.
Column of PzKpfW IV Ausf.G and Tigers of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich' marching through a snowy forest, near the city of Kirovohrad, 250 km southeast of Kiev, to combat the forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front. Ukraine. 1 December 1943.
Messerschmitt Bf-110 F-2, "3C+AR", piloted by Oberleutnant Hans-Karl Kamp (21 Kills. KIA 31.12.1944) Staffelkapitän 7./ Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (NJG 4), flying near the Juvincourt Airfield, Aisne, department of northern France. 21 June 1942.
GIs from "Charlie" Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One", march after crossing the Roer river, moving up into Frauwüllesheim, 30 Km southwest of Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 29 February 1945.
"Politruk" Alexey Yeremenko, 220th Rifle Regiment, 4th Rifle Division, encouraging his men to counterattack against german positions moments before being killed, in the village of Khorosheye, near Woroschilowgrad, today Luhansk, Ukraine. 12 July 1942.
Two Jagdpanther Ausf.G1, with Zimmerit coat and camouflage, belonging to 2.Kompanie/schwere Heeres-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 rolling at high speed through the streets of Bourgtheroulde-Infreville, Haute-Normandie, France. July 1944.
