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by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:53 am
Forum: Verboten! - Off topic content
Topic: I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year 2023
Replies: 0
Views: 30975

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year 2023

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Kindly regards from Belgium
Prosper :wink: :wink:
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:35 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: Altmark
Replies: 11
Views: 7000

Re: Altmark

An other view of the "Altmark"
https://www.usmbooks.com/altmark_incident.html
https://www.usmbooks.com/altmark_incident.html
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by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sun Oct 23, 2022 10:53 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Who is this?
Replies: 3
Views: 3264

Re: Who is this?

It seems correct, I also thin that it's Generaloberst Edouard Dietl, commander of the 20. Gebirgs-Armee.
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:07 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Torpedos aboard.
Replies: 32
Views: 18964

Re: Torpedos aboard.

Hello Raul, Hello to all
A little bit more with a pic showing a torpedo being loaded on an S-Boot.
This image is extracted from the book "Schnellboote im Einsatz 1939-1945" written by Volkmar Kühn.
A torpêdo being loaded on a S-boot coming from the S-Boot Begleitschiff "Carl Peters" in the  Harstad fjord in Norway I think
A torpêdo being loaded on a S-boot coming from the S-Boot Begleitschiff "Carl Peters" in the Harstad fjord in Norway I think
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Kindly regards from Belgium
Prosper :wink: :wink:
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:36 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Wir fliegen gegen den feind.
Replies: 113
Views: 88170

Re: Wir fliegen gegen den feind.

Hi Raul,
According to this website :
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/ZG1 ... ay-01.html
it’s the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E7U1 of the 9.ZG1 S9+GT Ernst Klebert Belgorod in July 1942
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:25 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Roadblocks, barricades, barriers and other stuff .........
Replies: 20
Views: 15844

Re: Roadblocks, barricades, barriers and other stuff .........

Not easy for those men of the 5.PzDiv to cross this obstacle made by Belgian troops in the Ardennes in May 1940
Pic of the Bundesarchiv 127/365/10 via the book Mai 1940 by Peter Taghon (page 56)
Pic of the Bundesarchiv 127/365/10 via the book Mai 1940 by Peter Taghon (page 56)
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Kindly regards
Prosper :wink: :wink:
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:57 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: 1st Bn/1st FJ Reg. Holland/Norway
Replies: 3
Views: 3077

Re: 1st Bn/1st FJ Reg. Holland/Norway

Hi Raul, I didn’t know if it’s thru but I was reading this : In April 1940, the 1st battalion of the 1st Regiment was used to capture key airfields in Denmark and Norway. These missions were partially successful, and the airfields proved key staging bases for the Luftwaffe to transport troops to Nor...
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sat May 21, 2022 5:13 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: By train to the frontline...............
Replies: 77
Views: 62206

Re: By train to the frontline...............

Hello, on more picture
German soldiers on the train went from Strasbourg (in France) to the eastern front.
From Strasbourg to Russia
From Strasbourg to Russia
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by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Thu May 12, 2022 5:10 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: French POWS reposted.
Replies: 5
Views: 5457

Re: French POWS reposted.

Hello Raul, hello to all,
Something more
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:36 am
Forum: Reichswehr
Topic: Reichswehr Length of Service
Replies: 3
Views: 35614

Re: Reichswehr Length of Service

Hello, As far as I know and that I have read, the army was to be reduced to 100,000 enlisted men for a term of twelve years, except 4,000 officers whose term of service would be twenty-five years https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/reichswehr/#:~:text=Parmi%20celles%2Dci%20%3A%20l',dissous%20%C2...
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sat Mar 05, 2022 9:56 am
Forum: Heer
Topic: DAK's Supply of water.
Replies: 6
Views: 4936

Re: DAK's Supply of water.

Hi Raul, It’s possible that those links are maybe an help: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/ZPOEVLJB4JPASHOT2KM6XFASQSQOJNSC http://prussia.online/Data/Book/ve/verbande-und-truppen-der-deutschen-wehrmaht-und-waffen-ss-im-zweiten-weltkrieg-1/01%20-%20Die%20Waffengattungen%20-%20Gesamt...
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:02 pm
Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
Topic: Generalleutnant Richard Koll
Replies: 4
Views: 3576

Re: Generalleutnant Richard Koll

Hello,
I agree with Raul, who's pic is very nice.
Here is a link to the carreer of Richard Koll:
https://ww2gravestone.com/people/koll-richard/
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:45 am
Forum: Photographs
Topic: Heer in troubles.
Replies: 77
Views: 61141

Re: Heer in troubles.

Hello,
This "Beute" Matford F917 was not staying on the road.
https://armorama.com/news/ww2-german-su ... attlefield
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by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:50 pm
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Richtungshörer.
Replies: 3
Views: 3809

Re: Richtungshörer.

Very interesting post. Many thanks Raul.
Kindly regards
Prosper :wink: :wink:
by Prosper Vandenbroucke
Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:50 pm
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: II SS Panzer Corpos strenght during the Market Garden
Replies: 1
Views: 3117

Re: II SS Panzer Corpos strenght during the Market Garden

Hi Fabricio
Have a look at this website:
https://marketgarden.com/2010/UK/statis ... 9.html#9ss
Kindly regards from Belgium
Prosper :wink: :wink: