A Tatar helps in firing a German mortar. The general in the center is Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich, while the general at far left is Generalmajor Hellmuth Nickelmann
A Tatar helps in firing a German mortar. The general in the center is Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich, while the general at far left is Generalmajor Hellmuth Nickelmann
Over three million Soviet prisoners were taken in the first 8 months of the war in Russia, which completely overwhelmed the Germans who only had facilities for a tiny fraction of that number
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SS surrender
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Young Heer soldiers with their American captor
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german soldiers armed with mg-34s and Kar 98 rifle escorting two russian POWs (russia 1941)
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the U.S. Army did its best to care for and feed the POWs, one at a time
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POW camp for women at Sinzig, Germany
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A group of POW's in a bomb crater at a the POW Camp at Sinzsig, Germany. One of the prisoners is shown making potato soup, which is the most popular dish of the camp. Several types of living quarters are also shown
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German capitulation, signed by Alfred Jodl and Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
Colorizing picture of Fallen german soldier in the Soviet Union, June or July 1941
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The bullet-ridden bodies of two SS guards who were killed in the Ohrdruf concentration camp soon after the liberation. Photographed by Colonel Parke O. Yingst. Ohrdruf, [Thuringia] Germany, April 1945. Lieutenant Colonel Parke O. Yingst was born in Hummelstown, PA in 1908. In 1930 he graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and joined the Army Corps of Engineers as a reservist. He subsequently went to work in Venezuela. During this period, his reserve commission expired. After returning to the United States in 1940, Yingst applied for recommissioning so that he could join the fight against Hitler. In 1942 he was ordered to active duty as a First Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. On April 4, 1944 he was promoted to Major, and in July, he assumed command of the 281st Engineer Combat Battalion. In April 1945 Yingst was present at the liberation of the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentration camps. He was eventually promoted to Lieutenant Colonel prior to his separation from the army for medical reasons
The officer on the right is Hermann Hölter, later Generalleutnant and chief of staff of 20 Gebirgs Armee, the officer in the center is a Finnish liason officer. The photo was taken at a German skiing competition
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Colorizing photo of General der Infanterie Joachim von Kortzfleisch on the ski