"1945 German vehicle photos from the St Petersburg Archives" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Feb 2015 11:57 a.m. PST |
Interesting pics here… link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
 ColCampbell  | 24 Feb 2015 12:31 p.m. PST |
One wonders what happened to all of these vehicles. Did the combat vehicles and non-operational ones disappear into the maws of Soviet heavy industry as "raw products?" I imagine anything that still ran was sucked into the Red Army or into the renovation of the Soviet industrial and agriculture complexes. Jim |
 Condotta | 24 Feb 2015 6:00 p.m. PST |
The folly of war is most evident in a late 1945 photo made by my fafter-in-law. The sickening photo is of a pile of Luftwaffe aircraft bulldozed into a hugh pile at least 30 metres high – wings, canopies, propellers, wheels, and fuselages jumbled helter-shelter. When I think of the designers, workers, aircrews, ground crews, transport, raw materials and all the lives sacrificed or lost due to this twisted heap of metal, I was moved. What a waste, provoking a melancholy mood. Thanks for the post, Armand. |
| jgibbons | 24 Feb 2015 6:10 p.m. PST |
I assume the bus with the odd assembly on the back has been converted to wood gasification? |
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