German and Canadian sentries
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German and Canadian sentries
German and Canadian sentries guard the entrance to the IJmuiden (NL) Concentration area.
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Thanks Richard,
There is another one of the same pair, standing next to each other near a posten shed.
I don't kow which unit he belonged, but I think the german sentry was a Fallschirmjäger ( based on the smok he is wearing.)
HN
There is another one of the same pair, standing next to each other near a posten shed.
I don't kow which unit he belonged, but I think the german sentry was a Fallschirmjäger ( based on the smok he is wearing.)
HN
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Re: sentries
And the fact that he is equipped with an FG-42I don't kow which unit he belonged, but I think the german sentry was a Fallschirmjäger ( based on the smok he is wearing.)
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Hi,
IJmuiden was a fortress, and thus had extra troops alloted to it to protect it.
It seems it was protected by Fallschirmjäger. Not so surprising, as large elements of the Ausb.u.Ers.Rgt. HG were in Holland.
To me this very nice and sharp picture looks like the Canadians belonged to a peacetreaty party. Or perhaps the picture could have been taken after the war ended and the german troops were still under some kind of german controll. If so, the german sentry most probably belonged to a Feldgendarmerie-unit of the FSJ.
Piet
IJmuiden was a fortress, and thus had extra troops alloted to it to protect it.
It seems it was protected by Fallschirmjäger. Not so surprising, as large elements of the Ausb.u.Ers.Rgt. HG were in Holland.
To me this very nice and sharp picture looks like the Canadians belonged to a peacetreaty party. Or perhaps the picture could have been taken after the war ended and the german troops were still under some kind of german controll. If so, the german sentry most probably belonged to a Feldgendarmerie-unit of the FSJ.
Piet
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Hello Gentlemen!
A very interesting photograph! Although I don't think that it's taken after Germany's unconditional surrender. The few units from german Feldgendarmerie and the Feldjägerkorps that remained on active "police" duty efter VE-Day and under the command of Allied occupation authorities were only armed with pistols. I have never seen or read anything else.
I don't think that a german soldier/gendarm would be allowed such a "heavy" combat weapon as a FG-42...
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A very interesting photograph! Although I don't think that it's taken after Germany's unconditional surrender. The few units from german Feldgendarmerie and the Feldjägerkorps that remained on active "police" duty efter VE-Day and under the command of Allied occupation authorities were only armed with pistols. I have never seen or read anything else.
I don't think that a german soldier/gendarm would be allowed such a "heavy" combat weapon as a FG-42...
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Have a look at the next .pdf
I'm researching the two German Marines Bruno Dörfer and Rainer Beck who where executed by a German firing squad, supplied with captured German rifles and escorted by Canadian Captain Robert K. Swinton.
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Schicksal ... en_67.html
I'm researching the two German Marines Bruno Dörfer and Rainer Beck who where executed by a German firing squad, supplied with captured German rifles and escorted by Canadian Captain Robert K. Swinton.
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Schicksal ... en_67.html
Last edited by Richard Schoutissen on Wed May 23, 2007 1:12 am, edited 3 times in total.
food storage guards
Hi Richard,
The two soldiers guarding the food supply to be distributed to the starving Dutch population were soldiers of the Landstorm Nederland.
Just an observation.
HN
The two soldiers guarding the food supply to be distributed to the starving Dutch population were soldiers of the Landstorm Nederland.
Just an observation.
HN
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