rusland

Schitterende foto en leuk verhaal over de retouchering!!

hoe weten jullie dat Spaarnestad zelf deze foto retoucheerde? waar werd hij het eerst gepubliceerd?

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Your photo is uploaded here : commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nationaal_Archief_-_Twee... -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

** translation of describtion ** Second World War, landwar Eastern Front. German shocktroops with machine guns and spy-glasses positioned themselves behind a farmhouse. Russia/Soviet Union, 1941

Waffen SS troops in camouflage clothing ( at this time only used by these troops ). Light machine gun MG 34 on anti-aircraft tripod. The other squad members are armed with rifles K98.

Übersetzung: Zweite Weltkrieg, Ostfront. Deutsche Stosstruppen mit Maschinegewehre und Ferngläser in Stellung hinter einem Bauernhof

can't beliebe what my country did in the past =(

** translation of describtion ** Second World War, landwar Eastern Front. A German soldier is using an odometer to calculate the right distance for the artillery fire. Russia/Soviet Union, 1941

Waffen SS trooper in distinctive camouflage smock manning a range finder.

The optical distance measuring device is called a theodolite. The Swiss Army used the same kind still in 1984 (when I did my miltary service).

nice bit of history there...

This is an amazing collection of war photos...