WW2 Photos

[Lindy]

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World War II: After the War - In Focus - The Atlantic

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[Dapapadon]

Some really cool photos, thanks for posting.

Alright, gun question. Several russian soldiers in photo 26 are carrying PPSh-41s. I think I see two others with 91-30s. But what's the big guy in the middle got over his shoulder?

 

[Lindy]

I believe that may be a "Degtyaryov Machine Gun" Known as "DP" Light machine gun, 7.62X54mmR

With the Magazine removed. the mag was a round flat Plate like Mag that mounted on top of the reciever

 

[WilliamIV]

I live seeing pictures from history. Especially from that time period.

 

[jordanvraptor]

I remember talking with my First Sergeant one day in Afghanistan while he showed us a DP that he had acquired somehow. The magazines were littered around this dump outside our base.

I took leave in Europe and went to Berlin. The German Parliament building (Reichstag) and Brandenburg gate still shows the scars of the war. Lots of pockmarks from bullets and shrapnel that they didn't bother to fix.

 

[WilliamIV]

I remember talking with my First Sergeant one day in Afghanistan while he showed us a DP that he had acquired somehow. The magazines were littered around this dump outside our base.

I took leave in Europe and went to Berlin. The German Parliament building (Reichstag) and Brandenburg gate still shows the scars of the war. Lots of pockmarks from bullets and shrapnel that they didn't bother to fix.

That's insane. It would be cool to go around Europe someday.

 

[Trick]

Nice collection of photos.....for some reason seeing all that perfectly good ammo getting tossed into the sea was hard to look at.

 

[giddyupgo55]

Nice pictures. Sad how many young folks know so little about what happen. Thanks for shareing.

 

[NWGunfan00]

Thanks for sharing....those are super cool pictures. Love historical pictures.

 

[One-Eyed Ross]

Those of us that have had the luxury of serving in Europe have seen many of these places first hand, and the history involved in tremendous.

97th General Hospital in Frankfurt still had a few swastika eagles on it last time I was there (1980). In parts of Belgium you can still see burned out tanks from the Battle of the Bulge.

I had the opportunity to march in a parade in France (Avranches) for their 30th anniversary of the liberation (yes, I am that old). Being in Normandy was a very sobering experience - one gentleman in his 50s brought his young grandson over to meet an "American soldier," with tears streaming down his face, recalling the horrors of WWII...one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, understanding what it meant to others when I wore a uniform.

 

[PDXSparky]

I clicked the "like" button, but I really meant "Thanks".
My father, along with all his brothers and sisters, served in her Majesty's armed forces during WWII.

 

[bwj]

Ghosts of History
This is a lady photographer in the Netherlands that is taking pictures from WW2 and merging them with current pictures of the same location. Meant to be and is a nice tribute to our troops. She also has a facebook page