Private Collection Photos Germany Early 1945

http://www.argunners.com/amazing-wwii-photographs-youve-never-seen-before-part-1/ I've never seen these before and I am hoping they are new for our esteemed colleagues and friends at this stellar site.

 

Thank you for sharing. The horrors of war indeed.

 

A couple of the photos look familiar (in particular the Wingen-sur-Moder photo #P12), but most I don't recall seeing before. Thanks for post the link, Rick.

 

Same here. Not a one have I ever laid eyes upon before.

 

I've seen the TD pix before but not the rest of them. Thanks for posting the link.

 

It's strange... the pictures of dead soldiers don't get to me quite as much as the dead horses.

 

Hello McCabe,
Thought I recognized your Rock of the Marne, 3rd I.D, insignia.
My Great Uncle, Harper Kline 38th Regiment, H Co. 3rd Infantry Division, Rest in Peace November 1918.

Il est mort en protégeant les Alliés en France.



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I thought I saw it before also...fantastic pics...much thanks ......from the pic of this church, it looks like they put mucho covering/destructive fire on it!!! I'm guessing .50 cal made the many smaller indentations?? the house to the left does not look damaged much, though

 

May he rest in peace.

 

Here's another WWII photo of the church from this site: http://70th-infantry-division.skyrock.com/3210663681-Rohrwiller.html and one of the church today.
I couldn't find a larger size pic from today. Church bell towers were always considered to be the local observation post and were regularly knocked out prior to an attack.

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http://www.argunners.com/never-seen-before-wwii-photographs-show-horrors-of-war/

Part 2 in case you missed the link. Nice pattern of shots on the glacis plate of the Sturmgeshutz (ref P-35). We had some outstanding gunners! Looks like they would have hit the driver 3-4 times. Poor sod.


(P-22) Too bad, no trucks there. They'll have to re-stack those rifles unless they were blown up in place?

 

Quite a few of these photos are in NARA's collection of US Army Signal Corps collection.

 

More about Wingen sur Moder here :


http://www.trailblazersww2.org/units_276_wingen.htm

 

Skipper,

More about Wingen sur Moder here. I was going to mention last night that this town looks like the Hagenau scenes in Band of Brothers.

 

That is correct, Wingen is indeed in Alsace and the scenery is very similar, same climate, same landscape etc. The church is a catholic one. The town was attacked because snipers were supposedly hidden there. I haven't checked whether this appeared to be true or not. Wingen had been annexed to Germany until it was liberated.

 

The description sounds like this was a terribly tough fire fight and the evidence of the church and town destruction prove that. Trying to deal with the trench foot and frostbite during battle must be abject misery and torment.

Some of my Dad's relatives farmed and worked stone in Alsace on their way to PA and OH. They left after the Napoleonic Wars only to arrive in the US in time for the Civil War.

 

really great pics...much thanks ....the humans killing, and as we can see, destroying people's lives by destroying the towns...

great pics, but I've always wanted to do a staged-photo thread .... look at this pic..caption says they are ''mvoing under heavy fire'', but the medical man to the right, doesn't seem to be worried??

 

It is really a surprize when a lot of photos show up and the majority appear to have not been seen by most of us. I imagine there are still many sitting in boxes stored away . These seen to be very candid, have a personal, gruesome quality to some. I an reminded of the photos in Normandy of the draught horses and cattle .

Thanks Rick, a great contribution and the site has some interesting links to run down as well.

Gaines