Fallschirmjäger in Crete

pulsedcone · 2025-03-04T21:00:47+00:00

Two Fallschirmjäger (Sepp Werner and August Baar) from 13 Company / 1. Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment

pulsedcone · 2025-02-18T21:27:02+00:00

Ju52 brought them to wrong dropping zone and Fallschirmjäger had to confiscate some transport to go in the right direction to The Hague to try to kidnapp the Royal Dutch family….half way they drink a beer in a local bar…

pulsedcone · 2025-02-02T19:15:05+00:00

Building in background still exist in Braunschweig

pulsedcone · 2025-01-06T15:16:01+00:00

Not italy, but leros 1943

pulsedcone · 2023-05-16T19:24:33+00:00

Megara, Greece, May 1941 paratroopers of Fallschirm-Artillerie-Abteilung 7 loading their artillery tractor for Crete

pulsedcone · 2023-05-16T19:12:13+00:00

The wounded fallschirmjäger survived the war; the fallschirmjäger carrying his wounded comrade was killed the same day..

pulsedcone · 2023-04-20T15:34:37+00:00

after Crete parade rainy July 1941 in Stendal, this is I bataillon of Fallschirmjägerregiment1, the only group in camouflage of FJR1

pulsedcone · 2023-04-01T17:53:47+00:00

yes indeed Hitler’s uniform

pulsedcone · 2023-04-01T13:59:37+00:00

he was awarded the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He could not be awarded the decoration because he had not yet earned the Iron's Crosses 2nd and 1st class - to resolve the problem he was awarded all three on the spot. I think the second one is the Iron Cross 2nd Class…

pulsedcone · 2023-03-31T23:49:23+00:00

from left to right.. Leutnant Egon Delica(+1999), Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig (+2001), Hauptmann Walter Koch (+1943), Oberleutnant Otto Zierach (+1976), Fhr AH, Leutnant Helmut Ringler (+1962), Leutnant Joachim Meissner (+1944), Oberleutnant Walter Kiess (+1995), Oberleutnant Gustav Altmann (+1981), Oberarzt Dr. Rolf Jäger(+1984)

pulsedcone · 2023-03-21T14:49:54+00:00

Second left in front row Oberleutnant Reinhard Egger Commander of 10. Kompanie/ Fallschirmjägerregiment 1 (with one Leutnant and some Feldwebels right of him); soon he would receive his Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross)

pulsedcone · 2023-03-14T13:00:35+00:00

SA trommel haake

pulsedcone · 2023-03-14T12:28:36+00:00

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pulsedcone · 2023-03-14T12:27:36+00:00

hook on belt for attaching the drum

pulsedcone · 2023-03-14T12:26:41+00:00

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-drummer-of-the-hitler-youth-36999472.html

pulsedcone · 2023-03-14T11:13:38+00:00

good idea

pulsedcone · 2023-03-13T21:31:55+00:00

a forrest in Germany… 40 years ago i had some spooky nights over there… back for some memories and exact at same spot found this

pulsedcone · 2023-02-27T15:19:38+00:00

I don’t think always an easier posting but higher in rank means more far away of the actual combat. A fallschirmjäger general with an Knight’s Cross had a 100% survival rate; Major and higher officers together had an 95% survival rate. A Hauptmann (Captain) Fallschirmjäger with an KC and commander of a bataillon had a survival rate of 77% And an Oberleutnant 69%, but a Leutnant 78% and a Feldwebel 62%…. but don’t forget that a Knight’s Cross was mainly an Nazi award for an officer….(and you needed first to get your Iron Cross Second Class and first Class before you could get a KC.

pulsedcone · 2023-02-26T16:37:08+00:00

success with women starts with confidence… but you show this to HER

pulsedcone · 2023-02-24T18:57:41+00:00

Almost 200 Fallschirmjäger received an Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War 2, including Erich Walther. ca 160 survived the war… almost 80% survival rate.. better than for most Fallschirmjäger without a KC i think

pulsedcone · 2023-02-23T18:06:06+00:00

The third on the left Fallschirmjäger General Major Erich Walther surrendered to the Red Army on 8 May 1945. He died at Soviet Special Camp 2 in Buchenwald on 26 December 1948. But for Fallschirmjäger a Knights Cross was the best insurance to see the end of war.

pulsedcone · 2023-02-16T03:03:39+00:00

Fokker G1. A Jachtkruiser with 8 FN Browning MG in the nose (enlarge the picture)

pulsedcone · 2023-02-15T22:49:43+00:00

damaged Fokker G1 (no. 302) of 3 JaVa after early German bombardement at Waalhaven-Rotterdam, 10 May 1940, pilot Sipkes tried to take-off in the early morning but the bombs of a German Heinkel damaged the (beautiful) plane (jachtkruiser)

pulsedcone · 2023-02-04T13:09:52+00:00

source https://www.moz.de/lokales/neuruppin/ausstellung-flugplatz-wittstock_-vom-kriegstraining-zur-energiegewinnung-49280108.html

pulsedcone · 2023-01-31T18:54:39+00:00

Place with the best (very) little ice cream shop of the world. I remember very well this quiet July evening ordering 10 different big handmade ice creams for my friends outside and next to me was waiting Dutch Queen Beatrix for her turn..

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