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Last update: June 6th, 2016

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New Anybody please help identification?
Which Armeekorps do these sign denote? Photos from F.F.K. units...
Panthers in France, 1944
Color images of Panthers in France.
Better less known than lost
Two Großdeutschland markings are shown.
Quest for non-standard features
Nothing is more attractive than non-standard features like "Vorpanzer"...
Miscellany (Page 2)
Three examples in one picture!
Seek, then it will be found
A lost zigsaw piece on a panzer prototype found.
Truppenkennzeichen
The golden rule is "When it is drawn differently, it may well be from a different unit."
Zur besonderen Verwendung
"Special" sounds good but what really is special, is the problem...
Lost homeland - Bessarabia
Less known piece of history, the forced resettlement of Bessarabian-german and their fate is discovered in color.
Legend of a Knight
A long-known famous knight has finally been identified.
Wehrmacht manuals - common to uncommon
Did you like to learn when you're a child? Look at how Germans tried to educate their soldiers!
Flakmänner aus Bremen
It was the key of the Freie Hansestadt Bremen that solved the mystery...
Panzeraufklärer Part II
6 wheeler radio recce vehicles from 4.Pz.Div, very, very rare...
TeNo Ärmelband
An original TeNo cuff title is shown with period photos.
Panzerjäger - towed Pak to Pak sfl
A soldier from 46.Infanterie-Division left very detailed albums...
The youngest Major General
His name was Erich Bärenfänger, died with his regime in Berlin...
Paradise to Hell
Even in 1944 there was much enjoyment in certain place, but it would not last forever...
19.Panzer-Division
Known well by its unit marking, Wolfsangel, 19.Panzer-Division fought many battles solely on the eastern front...
Naming buddies
Machines can be your reliable buddy, why not name her? So many men fought and died with his comrade made in steel...
Diaries
Soldiers left diaries, sometimes with photos. They make it possible for us to touch the fainting trace of the hardships and delights.
The Elephant Army
Once upon a time there was a panzer unit that carried an elephant as their unit symbol...
Deceiving the Enemy
Unit markings are proudly drawn on equipments, but sometimes it was a deception measure...
Panzeraufklärer
Always at the front! Armored Recce units were eyes of the division, they brought successes but sometimes inevitable tragedy resulted...
Bruno family
All family members had extraordinary caliber, you would never want a trouble with them!
Bollwerk Demjansk
The largest defensive pocket battle for Germans in 1942, Demjansk, whose successful defence would bring the disaster next year...
Cholm 1942
Only 5,500 men held the small town of Cholm for more than three months against overwhelming Red Army...
Kriegsweihnachten
Christmas was a special event even during the war. Pictures show resting faces of soldiers...
Kirischi - Ein Brückenkopf am Wolchow
Under bridges flows blood at war. So many would not forget this bridge at Kirischi...
Weg des 270.Infanterie-Regiments
Advance route of an infantry regiment from 93.Infanterie-Division in 1941...
41.Brückenbau-Bataillon
Album of a bridging engineer unit who fought in Terek in 1942...
Tank recognition manuals
Identification of an approaching tanks was more important than today...
Panzergruppe 4
A few photos from a man who was in the headquarters of Panzergruppe 4...
PK photographs
Some Hoffmann photos...