some interesting WWII photos..and some humorous...

Actually - they aren't French and they aren't in Cherbourg!

That's Gen. Victor Fortune and other officers of the 51st (Highland) Division at St. Valery-en-Caux in June 1940, a few minutes after the division surrendered to Rommel. The reason there are some French Adrian helmets in there in the background is that they're also POWs, men of the 2nd Light Cavalry Division that screened Fortune's retreat to the port.

 

your right, wrong caption used, thanks for correcting..

 

Two Waffen SS Wiking


Hitlerjugend, Bergstadt, april 1945..

 

shiny boots, or what!!





a photo of ‘Derby Day’ in Campo 70 on 2nd June 1943. The cardboard horses were each moved forward according to the throw of a dice whilst several enterprising men acted as bookies taking bets paid in cigarettes and winnings were paid out in the same currency. By skilful manipulation of the odds I think the bookies made a small fortune. I recall that one of the races was called ‘The Benghazi Handicap’, recalling the number of times that we fought our way to that city and then had to withdraw because of our over-stretched supply lines all the way from Egypt. Other races were the ‘El Alamein Sprint’, ‘Fillies Flight’, ‘Malnutrition Stakes’ and ‘Owners Handicap’.”

http://www.prisonerofwar.org.uk/winter_2004.htm above pic and info...fom link

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Why does that luftwaffe fella has a SS rank pip on his collar?

 

this pic..no idea?

 

Yes, that's the one.

 

Ray this is like your new found hobbie

 

got to keep occupied alex..and keep digging pics out...

 

Nice ones Ray.

 

thanks, hopefully more! where they came from, angelo...

 

Ray the pic with the Gebirgsjäger and Generaloberst Dietl is great!

 

thanks ulrich...