Picture of the Day

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North Africa 1941.

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Höngen, 20 January 1945.

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'Das Reich' close to Kharkov. Peresechnaya, April 1943.

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Troops from the Calgary Tank Regiment driving around with Sd.Kfz.11/4 (OR 5). Italy, 27 May 1944.

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Destroyed half-track from the 6th Armored Division. Near Wardin, 16 January 1945.

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Soviet nurses and an officer from the 15th Inf.Div., Thuringia-Kurhessen Division. 1941.

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Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 24, 24. Panzer-Division in Italy 1943, soon heading to the Ostfront. The future Knight's Cross recipient Oberwachtmeister Erwin Krüger had a nickname "der blaue Krüger", referring to his heavy drinking habit. He survived the war and died at the age of 49.

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Halbe death alley, late April 1945.
Some unusual vehicles found at Halbe: StuG III Ausf. C/D (pictured), Waffenträger mit 88 mm PaK 43 L/71, Carro Armato M13/40s, Pz I Ausf. B mit Drilling MG 151/20, Wespe ammunition carrier, Panzerpähwagen Humber(e) and a wide array of captured/modified half-tracks, trucks, cars, motorcycles etc.

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B-26 Marauder (#42-96165) nicknamed 'The Big Hairy Bird' of the 397th Bomb Group takes off from Péronne, January 1945.
The Marauder had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber, at 0.5 per cent per mission. One Marauder, named 'Flak Bait', survived 202 combat missions.

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Lake Balaton, March 1945.

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