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Upload21 Jun 2026Ungarn, Budapest.- Ungarische und deutsche Soldaten treiben verhaftete Juden ins Stadttheater, 20./22. Oktober 1944; Einsatz Kompanie Lw zbV — Budapest
Admin · schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, Budapest 1944
Upload21 Jun 2026Ungarn, Budapest.- Ungarische und deutsche Soldaten treiben verhaftete Juden ins Stadttheater, 20./22. Oktober 1944; Einsatz Kompanie Lw zbV — Budapest
Admin · schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, Budapest 1944
Upload21 Jun 2026Ungarn, Budapest.- Verhaftete jüdische Frauen in der Wesselényi Straße, 20./22. Oktober 1944; Einsatz Kompanie Lw zbV — Budapest
Admin · schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, Budapest 1944
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion.- Unternehmen "Zitadelle", Ruhepause für Panzersoldaten; PK 637 — Russland
Admin · schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, Kursk 1943
Upload21 Jun 2026Frankreich.- Zivilbevölkerung (Frauen, Mann mit Sack) in Caen (rue Saint-Pierre und rue Hamon) vor Geschäft "Confections, Vetements de Travail"; PK Signal-Einsatz — Frankreich
Admin · Villers-Bocage, Battle of Tiger Tanks
Upload21 Jun 2026Admin caption. Original caption illegible. Likely taken around the same area as SC 196619 and SC 196622. Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.
Admin · Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Upload21 Jun 2026Notations on the photo state "Just before entering Hurtgen Forest - 2nd SEC - 2nd Plat" - A few members of 2nd Platoon, Reconnaissance Company, 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion - November 1944. T/5 James Lee on right (me)
Admin · Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Upload21 Jun 2026Uniform einer Propagandakompanie des Afrikakorps . WW2 uniform of Nazi Germany 's Wehrmacht : tunic etc. of a propaganda company of the Africa Corps ca. 1941. Shoulder straps, shirt, necktie, collar patches, National emblem/Nazi style German Imperial Eagle ( Brustadler , Wehrmachtsadler ), breast pockets. Smartphone photo taken on 13 October 2019 at Deutsches Historisches Museum , Berlin, Germany.
Admin · North Africa Front
Upload21 Jun 2026Uniform einer Propagandakompanie des Afrikakorps . WW2 uniform of Nazi Germany 's Wehrmacht : Tunic etc. of a propaganda company of the Africa Corps ca. 1941. Shoulder straps, collar patches, National emblem/Nazi style German Imperial Eagle ( Brustadler , Wehrmachtsadler ), Bild Berichterstatter 335 (military press photographer) badge and Propagandakompanie cuff title/arm band on right sleeve. Smartphone photo taken on 13 October 2019 at Deutsches Historisches Museum , Berlin, Germany.
Admin · North Africa Front
Upload21 Jun 2026Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery, commanding the British Eighth Army in North Africa, in the turret of his Grant command tank at El Alamein, 5 November 1942. Lieutenant General B L Montgomery, General Officer Commanding Eighth Army, watches the beginning of the German retreat from El Alamein from the turret of his Grant Tank. He is wearing his famous tank beret.
Admin · El Alamein, Egypt
Upload21 Jun 2026U.S. paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division chorus prepare to celebrate the Three Cemeteries Monument during the 82nd commemoration of D-Day at Sainte Mere Eglise, France, June 2, 2026. The Three Cemeteries Monument honors the 14,000 U.S. troops, particularly from the 82nd Airborne Division, who fell during the battle to liberate Normandy, France. On June 6, 1944, the United States military participated in the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history. This assault led to France’s liberation from the German military and the eventual defeat of the Nazis. By the end of the D-Day invasion, more than 9,000 allied troops were dead or wounded. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Joe Legros)
Admin · Sainte-Mère-Église
Upload21 Jun 2026SC 190490 - U.S. Army Chaplain Francis L. Sampson of Sioux Falls, N.D., gives absolution to dead American paratroopers who were killed in action in Carentan, France.
Admin · Carentan
Upload21 Jun 2026Berlin-Lichterfelde, Kaserne der Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler, Schwimmhalle — Berlin
Admin · 1st SS LSSAH — Eastern Front 1941–43
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion, bei Charkow.- Ordensverleihung an Soldaten der Waffen-SS-Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" durch Sturmbannführer Schöneberger und Sturmbannführer Wünsche — Russland
Admin · 1st SS LSSAH — Eastern Front 1941–43
Upload21 Jun 20263rd Battle of Kharkov, February 1943. Men of 1 Panzer Regiment of the Waffen-SS Division "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler" with a Marder III tank destroyer and infantry in snow camouflage overalls
Admin · 1st SS LSSAH — Eastern Front 1941–43
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1st SS LSSAH — Eastern Front 1941–43
Admin · 1st SS LSSAH — Eastern Front 1941–43
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion.- "Unternehmen Zitadelle".- Kämpfe im Raum Belgorod-Orel.- Waffen-SS-Division "Das Reich", Besatzung während eines Halts vor ihrem Panzer III; SS-PK -- — Schlacht um Kursk
Admin · 2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion, Raum Charkow.- Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler beim Aussteigen aus einem Flugzeug.- Besuch / Inspektion der schweren Pz. Abt. 502 der Waffen-SS-Div. "Das Reich"; April 1943; SS-PK — Russland — Das Flugzeug ist eine Fw 200.
Admin · 2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion, Raum Charkow.- Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler bei Besuch / Inspektion der schweren Pz. Abt. 502 der Waffen-SS-Div. "Das Reich". Blick von oben auf Panzer VI "Tiger I" und Soldaten; SS-PK — Russland
Admin · 2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion, Raum Charkow.- Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler bei Besuch / Inspektion der schweren Pz. Abt. 502 der Waffen-SS-Div. "Das Reich", vlnr. Walter Krüger, Heinrich Himmler, Paul Hausser; SS-PK — Russland
Admin · 2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
Upload21 Jun 2026Sowjetunion, Raum Charkow.- Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler beim Aussteigen aus einem Flugzeug.- Besuch / Inspektion der schweren Pz. Abt. 502 der Waffen-SS-Div. "Das Reich"; April 1943; SS-PK — Russland — Das Flugzeug ist eine Fw 200.
Admin · 2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
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2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
Admin · 2nd SS Das Reich — Eastern Front 1942–44
Upload21 Jun 2026Frankreich.- Fallschirmjäger in Stellung mit Maschinengewehr 42 (MG 42); PK Fs AOK — Frankreich
Admin · Falaise Pocket, German Armor Graveyard
![This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: recolored . The original can be viewed here: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-584-2160-12, Frankreich, Fallschirmjäger mit Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg : . 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Frankreich.- Fallschirmjäger mit Raketenpanzerbüchse ("Ofenrohr" / "Panzerschreck") in Deckung hinter einem Feldstein-Haus in einer Ortschaft; PK Fs AOK Title Frankreich, Fallschirmjäger mit Panzerabwehrwaffe Depicted place France Date 21 June 1944 date QS:P571,+1944-06-21T00:00:00Z/11 Collection German Federal Archives Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E Established 1946 Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF : 137346469 ISNI : 0000000405552728 LCCN : n92025526 NLA : 36455393 OSM : 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I) Accession number Bild 101I-584-2160-12 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project . The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive .](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/7bf9a481-d8a9-4554-ac1d-441afba9d52c/sm.avif)
Upload21 Jun 2026This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: recolored . The original can be viewed here: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-584-2160-12, Frankreich, Fallschirmjäger mit Panzerabwehrwaffe.jpg : . 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You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports . Frankreich.- Fallschirmjäger mit Raketenpanzerbüchse ("Ofenrohr" / "Panzerschreck") in Deckung hinter einem Feldstein-Haus in einer Ortschaft; PK Fs AOK Title Frankreich, Fallschirmjäger mit Panzerabwehrwaffe Depicted place France Date 21 June 1944 date QS:P571,+1944-06-21T00:00:00Z/11 Collection German Federal Archives Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E Established 1946 Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF : 137346469 ISNI : 0000000405552728 LCCN : n92025526 NLA : 36455393 OSM : 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I) Accession number Bild 101I-584-2160-12 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project . The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive .
Admin · Falaise Pocket, German Armor Graveyard