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Panzer IV with Mesh Schürzen

A U.S. Air Force photograph shows a destroyed late-model Panzer IV with steel mesh (Drahtgeflecht) Schürzen on the hull and standard steel plate Schürzen around the turret. The original caption describes the Panzer IV as a victim of the Ninth … Continue reading

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B-17 “Man O War II”

B-17 “Man O War II Horsepower Ltd.” of the 322nd Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomb Group. “Man O War II” flew numerous missions with the 91st for nine months before being lost in November 1944 in a mission over over Merseburg. … Continue reading

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Twelfth Air Force in Italy

Photographs of Twelfth Air Force in Italy from Medium Bomber Operations, 1 January – 28 August 1944, Headquarters Twelfth Air Force, February 1945.

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Marder II “Kohlenklau”

The Marder II (SdKfz. 131) was an open-topped, lightly-armored German tank destroyer armed with a 7.5 cm Pak 40 antitank gun built on the obsolete Panzer II chassis. The Marder II shown in these photographs was nicknamed “Kohlenklau” (coal thief), … Continue reading

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Library Photo Collections

  WWII Photographs by J. Malan Heslop This digital collection at Brigham Young University contains over 1,350 photographs by Sergeant Heslop covering the last nine months of World War II in Europe, from September 1944 through May 1945. The photographs … Continue reading

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Beja Tiger Turret

Photo P30 (see “Tiger Grave at Beja” and “Video of sPzAbt. 501 Tigers in Tunisia“) shows a slightly better view of the detached Tiger turret in the ditch at the front of the column.

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Camp Tophat

A photograph from the site’s collection showing an unknown soldier at Camp Tophat with the “Penny Arcade” in the background. Camp Tophat was located on the outskirts of Antwerp and was one of the Cigarette Camps which processed U.S. soldiers … Continue reading

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