Wars end photo recce pictures

Going a bit off-topic, but Mondariz have you read this?
http://www.warbooksreview.com/war-books-review/2010/01/tforce-the-race-for-nazi-war-secrets-1945-.html
which covers the closing weeks of the Second World War and the early years of the occupation.
The Kings Regiment from Liverpool was at the heart of T Force and there are still quite a few survivors round the city.

Thanks for the tip, i’ll be sure to get that. I have heard about T-force; perhaps from a documentary. Looking forward to reading it.

@Inkworm:

I get:

Boeing B-17
Consolidated B-24

But thats about it. Maybe Mt. something and then XXX 45/XX

The extra annotations on #19 are a bonus but I can’t work out exactly what it says on the left

Going a bit off-topic, but Mondariz have you read this?
http://www.warbooksreview.com/war-books-review/2010/01/tforce-the-race-for-nazi-war-secrets-1945-.html
which covers the closing weeks of the Second World War and the early years of the occupation.
The Kings Regiment from Liverpool was at the heart of T Force and there are still quite a few survivors round the city.

Yes, I realised that, hence my post. And I am also only too aware of the numbers who died, as you say, in the care of the Allies. We were just not equipped to deal with the sheer numbers and no doubt that photo could have been duplicated in many other areas, as the Allies advanced.

True. I can’t really recall that i ever saw a picture like that, where you can see the scale of the problem. It’s very likely that the current estimates are very conservative.

I find the immediate post-war period extremely fascinating. The disarmament work, the millions of displaced people, millions of soldiers and almost no functional law. It has not been covered in many books, but Giles MacDonoghs ’After the Reich: From the Liberation of Vienna to the Berlin Airlift’ makes for interesting reading. It’s also published as ’After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation’.

Yes, I realised that, hence my post. And I am also only too aware of the numbers who died, as you say, in the care of the Allies. We were just not equipped to deal with the sheer numbers and no doubt that photo could have been duplicated in many other areas, as the Allies advanced.

Extraordinary photos. I think the aerial of the thousands of POWs is the most evocative.

These are German POW. Sad to say it, but many thousands died in the “care” of western allies…many more in the Soviet Union.

Nice and rare pictures anyway. Thanks for posting.

I admit to finding Herr Gunkels written article to be a little strong with the wording being written as a modern reinterpretation of the results whilst forgetting the causes.

e.g.
Victors Arrogance
Serve as a crude reward..

Absolutely, struck me as having a modern spin to it aswel.

I admit to finding Herr Gunkels written article to be a little strong with the wording being written as a modern reinterpretation of the results whilst forgetting the causes.

e.g.
Victors Arrogance
Serve as a crude reward..

I really like the number 6, very impressive…

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If you read the intro piece you will see that there was definately no bomb dropping going on.

Lovely shot of the Marauder over Osnabruck.

Also, what’s going on in pic 20?

Are they bombs going down in the bottom right of the photo or just a trick of the light?

The ‘structure’ just above the photo number bears a resemblance to the tail fin of a bomb.

Pretty dodgy dropping un-retarded ordnance from that kind of height surely?

Well spotted. The Bielefeld viaduct was 617’s handiwork, I know, but was the Dortmund-Ems canal theirs as well? In truth I’m too lazy to look it up:mad:
Oberpfaffenhofen (picture 17) was the Dornier factory airfield, btw.

An amazing set of photos.
Thanks for the link Sage

Extraordinary photos. I think the aerial of the thousands of POWs is the most evocative.

Fantastic shots, interesting one of a ‘fighter pen’ with a Ju88 derivative parked in it.
Also really like the two B-17s following the camera ship over the Alps.

Nice one of a Ju88 carrying a FW190 piggy-back at #30…

Mistel…Drop a Ju88 full of explosives from a Fw190 via remote control…Sorta worked 🙂

Historic photos – many thanks!
Nice one of a Ju88 carrying a FW190 piggy-back at #30…

Thanks for that, bookmarked for later.