Thursday, January 6, 2011

Capitulation and Surrender

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French POWs in 1940


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French POWs in 1940


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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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German soldier captured the enemy


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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

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