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Fall of Tobruk
First partial article: after Bir Hakem account of recent activity in desert campaign mentioning German tank tactics. 27-mile perimeter, mentioning that Tobruk was indefensible against really determined attack, Second article. British losses in…
Fifth Day
Description of attack by bomber command Halifax aircraft on synthetic oil plants. Mentions German jet aircraft.
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Fighter bases back 130 miles
Newspaper cutting. The whole German fighter force operating over Normandy forced to operate from bases more that 130 miles away. Report that German propaganda about flying bombs wearing thin. Problems of German soldiers with lack of sleep in…
Five headlines concerning Russia and Italy
Cutting 1 headlines: Russians capture Stalino, Germans thrown out of Donetz basin, enemy reduced to three railway lines westward. Cutting 2 headlines: Hitler rages at Italy, treachery of surrender, Germany to fight alone. Cutting 3 headlines: Germans…
Foreign partisans fighting with the Resistance in Liguria
Note to Major Gordon Lett regarding French, Yugoslav, Czechoslovak, Austrian, and French personnel who have deserted the German army and have joined the Resistance in Liguria.
Fort Capuzzo cemetery
A cemetery with three rows of crosses arranged formally. Behind is a tall memorial structure.
Identification kindly provided by Gian Paolo Bertelli.
Identification kindly provided by Gian Paolo Bertelli.
Four articles: German troops occupy Vichy France, Capitulation of Algeria and Morocco, the victory in Egypt, church bells to break silence
Article 1. Headlines: German troops occupy Vichy France, armistice agreement at end, Hitler's message to Pétain, defence against imminent allied attack. German forces enter unoccupied France to defend against allied attack. Article2. Headlines;…
Four Bomber Command Intelligence Reports
All marked 'Secret'. They are dated 6th June and give situation reports about the Allied lines and enemy ground, air and rail activity.
Four cuttings: final axis collapse in Tunisia, great victory acclaimed, allied conferences in America, the African victory
Cutting 1. Headlines: final axis collapse in Tunisia, all organised resistance at an end, mounting total of prisoners now 150,000, von Arnim captured. Cutting 2. Headlines: a great victory acclaimed, the King's congratulations to General Eisenhower,…
Four Postcards
Four postcards of German Army activity. #1 is four infantry in a shallow trench using optical rangefinders and binoculars. #2 is a tracked vehicle pulling a field gun. #3 is of the Erfurt Artillery Barracks.#4 is of parachutists being dropped from Ju…
Frage: wie viele sind hier aufmarschiert? Antwort: 330000 Mann
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Claims Hitler has not talked about losses in Russia since 11 December (162,000 German soldiers dying in 162 days). Compares this to the lack of information and incorrect numbers given after the Poland Campaign. Hitler now having to use other groups…
Fred Hooker prisoner of war ID Card
An identity card issued to Fred Hooker when he was captured.
Fred Hooker's Prisoner Identity Card
An identity card issued to Fred Hooker at Dulag Luft.
Freiwillige vor für die u-boot-waffe
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A card with text and an insert that is pulled down to reveal more text -
VOLUNTEERS FORWARD FOR THE U-BOAT SERVICE
(text visible at first)
We journey against England.
PULL
(text visible after pulling tab)
SHORT SERVICE
We journey…
VOLUNTEERS FORWARD FOR THE U-BOAT SERVICE
(text visible at first)
We journey against England.
PULL
(text visible after pulling tab)
SHORT SERVICE
We journey…
Freiwillige vor für die U-boot-waffe!
Propaganda leaflet aimed at German-speaking population.
This document mimics recruitment material seeking volunteers for the U-Boat service. It is in interactive form and shows a seaman dropping into a watery grave. It quotes the average life…
This document mimics recruitment material seeking volunteers for the U-Boat service. It is in interactive form and shows a seaman dropping into a watery grave. It quotes the average life…
FW 190
Front quarter view of an airborne Fw 190 with RAF markings.
FW 190
View from below of an airborne Fw 190 in RAF markings.
FW 190
Side view of an airborne Fw 190.
FW 200c
Side view of airborne Fw 200c.
FW 200c
Front quarter view of an airborne Fw200.
Fw 200c
Side view of airborne Fw 200c.
German aircraft
Top left - front quarter view of a destroyed Me 109 on the ground. Top right - pile of destroyed German aircraft with tail number '491220' Ju-87 on top.
Bottom left - side view of a destroyed Me 109 in a field.
Bottom right - view of two…
Bottom left - side view of a destroyed Me 109 in a field.
Bottom right - view of two…
German cemetery
Top left: two rows of white crosses set in long grass.
Top right: an individual standing inside a building.
Bottom: a group of three white single story buildings in the distance, low walls either side of the road /track leading to the buildings.…
Top right: an individual standing inside a building.
Bottom: a group of three white single story buildings in the distance, low walls either side of the road /track leading to the buildings.…
German combat report
Account written by Unteroffizier Richter, wireless operator, of his night-time flight near Langeoog with pilot Oberleutnant Schoenert. On their second approach, they spotted an enemy Handley Page Halifax bomber. First attack at height of 3900 metres…