gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 30, 2020 I am fascinated by photos from the end of the war. Typically they capture so much emotion... relief to have survived, fatigue and a sense of loss, fear of what happens next... They capture a unique moment. For the collector and material historian they are often rich in detail. These came from a thread posted on Facebook by member WWII U.S. Capture Photos & the Spoils of War He in turn obtained them from someone identified as combatcamera.be (apparently from Belgium). On that site there is the name Patrick Brion. Other than that, there is no further attribution of these photos. So it is hard to tell if these were news photos or if they were taken by military photographers. I am adding a selection of the 42 that were posted. As noted, the more you look at these, the more details you will find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted April 30, 2020 Clearing the wreckage of war... helmets, weapons, supply boxes all fodder to be swept away by an American bulldozer. Abandoned German vehicles line the road. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted April 30, 2020 Every possible conveyance being used to move troops to a surrender point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted April 30, 2020 Discarded weapons and helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted April 30, 2020 Happy to be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted April 30, 2020 Surrendered hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted April 30, 2020 Crowd waiting at a crossing point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted April 30, 2020 Apparently, after crossing the broken span, disarmament took place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted April 30, 2020 Luftwaffe personnel, including a woman. Flak crew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted April 30, 2020 Interesting photo of a weapons collection point. Notice in the center of the photo a surrendered soldier is being hit across the back to encourage him to move forward. Interestingly, it is German prisoners clearing the weapons and stacking them on the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted April 30, 2020 Ambulance moving forward. Note the banner on the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted April 30, 2020 Waiting their turn to cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted April 30, 2020 Crossing to surrender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted April 30, 2020 SS personnel standing out in the crowd like sore thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted April 30, 2020 SS personnel singled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted April 30, 2020 Apparently German medical personnel making the crossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted April 30, 2020 Lined up and ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted April 30, 2020 Luftwaffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted April 30, 2020 Vehicles lined up for miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted April 30, 2020 Not disarmed just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #21 Posted April 30, 2020 Waiting. The fatigue is evident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted April 30, 2020 Liberated Brits, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #23 Posted April 30, 2020 Anything that moves.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #24 Posted April 30, 2020 Saw in hand, some of these men actually appear to have been given a work assignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #25 Posted April 30, 2020 Traffic jam to the surrender point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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