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photo blog run by a wwii reenactor. i try to keep away from politics

[twoandahalfwars]

>when Rommel takes over from that Italian dumbfuck and almost drives the Brits out of Africa

[warhistoryonline]

German soldier loading a shell into an 8.8 cm FlaK gun, France, 1944. Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-496-3491-36, Röder. https://wrhstol.com/2rcPZEb

[waldopeircegoestowar]

“Nature heals quickly with even a small chance. Trenches of a year ago, shell- holes, etc., are all softened over by those good weeds that grow apace”

Waldo Peirce, WW1 American ambulance driver, – The Radcliffe News – Photo: WW1, France, a former German trench now covered with weeds and wild flowers.

[enrique262]

Battle of France, the French army fights back after realizing the Germans are attempting to encircle the allied armies at Dunkirk.

[dieselfutures]

Caquot Kite Balloon

[twoandahalfwars]

Fliegers… I mean Soldaten of the 17th Luftwaffe Field Division posing for a photo. Probably France, 1944ish. The 17th was one of the first German units to engage the Allies in Normandy, having been stationed relatively nearby. As such, there’s a decent chance none of the men in this photo survived the events of the next couple months.

Side note, the clusterfuck of gear you see Field Divisions using is really fascinating. Neither the Army or the Luftwaffe really felt responsible for them, so they often used uniforms and gear from both branches as it was available. Case in point for this photo: Luftwaffe assault gun jacket, tropical shirt and at least one LW M43 cap, with a couple Heer-pattern tunics and field caps. And of course the weird mix of jackboots and low boots, although that’s par for the course with all German units at this point in the war.

[scrapironflotilla]

Members of the Vietnamese Royal Family in French service at Le Breuil, May 1917. Left to right: Prince Bun Vien, Count Ung Triel, Count Ung Thien, Count Bun Dong.

[twoandahalfwars]

Hot damn, those puttees are well wrapped.

[fuehrerbefehl]

Colorized and rare footage of The Red Baron playing with dogs.

[twoandahalfwars]

proof that puppers are and always have been awesome

[twoandahalfwars]

...an original stahlhelm. that's what i need. yes. moooooooooore.

more militaria for the militaria gods

[imperial-russia]

Russian revolution of 1917 by Ivan Alexeievich Vladimirov

[twoandahalfwars]

Found a garbage rod. Range report on this POS coming as soon as I can find ammo for it.

[twoandahalfwars]

Luftwaffe Field Division troops with Heer NCOs, probably 1944.

The Field Divisions were organized around 1942 when the Wehrmacht realized they had a lot of mechanics for aircraft they no longer had, and a lot of valuable Heer infantry in reserve positions not doing much. Cue a bunch of Fliegers being handed rifles and told they were infantry now. To help bolster their combat effectiveness a little bit, Field division units were assigned veteran Heer NCOs who were actually trained in infantry tactics and stuff. From what I can tell that plan didn't go all that far, and while a decent amount of Field Division units did get Heer NCOs, by no means did all of them.

The combat effectiveness of the Field Divisions left a lot to be desired, mostly because they were little more than mechanics and received only the most basic infantry training. As such they had very high casualty rates, and by the end of the war the remnants of the Field Divisions had almost all been absorbed into the new Volksgrenadier Divisions.

[twoandahalfwars]

Luftwaffe troops. Maybe field division, 1942-45.

…I should get a Lufty greatcoat…

[twoandahalfwars]

Update: I got a Lufty greatcoat. It is awesome. 10/10.

[twoandahalfwars]

Fliegers... I mean Soldaten of the 17th Luftwaffe Field Division posing for a photo. Probably France, 1944ish. The 17th was one of the first German units to engage the Allies in Normandy, having been stationed relatively nearby. As such, there's a decent chance none of the men in this photo survived the events of the next couple months.

Side note, the clusterfuck of gear you see Field Divisions using is really fascinating. Neither the Army or the Luftwaffe really felt responsible for them, so they often used uniforms and gear from both branches as it was available. Case in point for this photo: Luftwaffe assault gun jacket, tropical shirt and at least one LW M43 cap, with a couple Heer-pattern tunics and field caps. And of course the weird mix of jackboots and low boots, although that's par for the course with all German units at this point in the war.

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[tanks-a-lot]

World war 1, but every time a soldier writes a poem it gets faster

[uss-edsall]

Part of the “Back Them Up!” series of propaganda posters created by the British government during World War II. The first one is Hawker Hurricanes cooperating with the Soviet air force.