Picture of the Day

[Born2Kill 007]

The moment even the most motivated soldier realises war is just misery

Crossing the Rhine under enemy fire at St. Goar. March 1945

[Surfbird]

Heavy Cruiser "Prinz Eugen". Can't say for sure, but might be during a visit of admiral Dönitz around 1942/1943 as he is on other pictures. My grandfather served on that ship in 1942/43 and these pictures are not taken by him. Found some of these pictures on the internet too. They were taken by a photographer and then given to crew members I guess.

[LuckyOne]

Since we're on the ships topic:


EDIT:
These small forgotten ships ended up in most unlikely places, contrary to their original purpose:
http://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/the-insects/

[Kading]

[Torenico]

Handle with care.

Remains of a Renault 31R.

[Surfbird]

Attached two pictures (because they kinda belong tohether) Sorry for bad quality and light reflection.

These are Don-Cossacks entertaining the crew. My grandfather remembers them and he told me they danced very nicely and did great tricks with swords and knives for example like the second picture shows.
The crew really liked them.

A good bunch of Cossacks defected to the Wehrmacht hoping to gain more rights and freedom as Stalin haunted lots of them. Can't say exactly why they have been put on the Prinz Eugen. I also can't say if these were regular crew members or just entertainers. I just know that most of them actually fought at the Eastern front.

[VonMudra]

IIRC most fought in Yugoslavia, but there WAS a unit of them that served in Normandy.

[Born2Kill 007]

A youngster, clutching his soldier father, gazes upward while the latter lifts his wife from the ground to wish her a `Merry Christmas.' The serviceman is one of those fortunate enough to be able to get home for the holidays.

December 1944

[DaWorg!]

Not sure if captured Panzerjäger I, or captured hats. But these hats look Russian to me.

[Torenico]

They're German, one of them has German Rank Insignias.

And these hats were also used by Germans, and by Sepp Dietrich:

[Kading]

Australian patrol, supposedly at Trobruk.

[Korsakov829]

...these hats look Russian to me...

Ushanka... USHANKA!
OO-SHAAN-KA!
УШАНКА!

...Sorry, just.. stereotype sensitive.

[Born2Kill 007]

Dresden, 14th of februari 1945. A pile of victims of the airraid, ready to b burned in a masscremation

sorry for double picture, but i saw those so soon after each other, that the second picture gave me an extra sour taste...Eventho the poster itself probably refers to the Battle of Brittain

[sheikyerbouti]

 The poster quote absolutely refers to the Battle of Britain. (hence the attribution from the Prime Minister and his incredibly famous address to the nation)

[Kading]

...these hats look Russian to me...

Ushanka... USHANKA!
OO-SHAAN-KA!
УШАНКА!

...Sorry, just.. stereotype sensitive.
[img]http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7646/ushanka.png[/img

I prefer calling them "Fish Fur" hats.