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Unterscharführer Fritz Christen was the youngest member of the Waffen SS to receive the Knight's Cross personally from Adolf Hitler. He won this highest distinction for his actions during the Battle of the Demyansk Pocket, Sept-Nov 1941.Christen fought until the end of the war with distinction. He was captured by the US and turned over to the Russians. He was a POW for ten years, returning to Germany in 1955. He died in 1995, aged 74. German Soldiers Ww2, German Army, The Third Reich, Army Soldier, History Online, Second World, Military History, World War Two, Wwii

German Soldiers Ww2

The Third Reich

Military History

Unterscharführer Fritz Christen was the youngest member of the Waffen SS to receive the Knight's Cross personally from Adolf Hitler. He won this highest distinction for his actions during the Battle of the Demyansk Pocket, Sept-Nov 1941.Christen fought until the end of the war with distinction. He was captured by the US and turned over to the Russians. He was a POW for ten years, returning to Germany in 1955. He died in 1995, aged 74.

Aerial view of Fort Douaumont before and after the battle of Verdun, 1916. Ww1 History, History Weird, History Pics, Military Life, World War One, First World, Bunker, Bataille De Verdun

Bataille De Verdun

Aerial view of Fort Douaumont before and after the battle of Verdun, 1916.

RAZED EARTH

World War I Unseen Images, French Army, World History, Warfare, Troops

July 22, 1917 - An aerial view of the World War I Loos-Hulluch trench system in France. British trenches are situated on the left of the photo, and German trenches on the right. In the middle of the two is no man’s land. Rare Historical Photos, Historia Universal, No Mans Land, Aerial Photography, War Photography

Rare Historical Photos

Historia Universal

Aerial Photography

War Photography

July 22, 1917 - An aerial view of the World War I Loos-Hulluch trench system in France. British trenches are situated on the left of the photo, and German trenches on the right. In the middle of the two is no man’s land.

Ww1 Battles, Balloon Pictures, An Aeroplane, Tech Background, Reality Of Life, The Grim, Wwi

Balloon Pictures

Tech Background

Reality Of Life

Fernando Muñoz

Fernando Muñoz

Verdun, 1916 Photo of a soldier’s hand left on the battlefield after the battle of Verdun in WWI. It is a horrific photo, not because of any gore and violence being seen. The hand is what is left from the violence that has occurred and leaves, in the viewers mind, the images of all the violence that must occurred before this image was captured. Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Fukushima, History Education, Vietnam War

History Education

Verdun, 1916 Photo of a soldier’s hand left on the battlefield after the battle of Verdun in WWI. It is a horrific photo, not because of any gore and violence being seen. The hand is what is left from the violence that has occurred and leaves, in the viewers mind, the images of all the violence that must occurred before this image was captured.

Soldier and Horse wearing a gas mask during the Battle of Verdun, 1916 Interesting History, Belle Epoque

Interesting History

Soldier and Horse wearing a gas mask during the Battle of Verdun, 1916

Carrying in the Wounded During the Height of Battle (Combined Negatives) by Frank Hurley Battle Of Passchendaele, Ww1 Photos, British Soldier, British Army

Battle Of Passchendaele

British Soldier

Carrying in the Wounded During the Height of Battle (Combined Negatives) by Frank Hurley

WWI Battle of Passchendaele - Frank Hurley Flanders Field, Spiegel Online, Anzac Day, Historical Images, To Infinity And Beyond

Historical Images

To Infinity And Beyond

WWI Battle of Passchendaele - Frank Hurley

Surgeons tending wounded at a dressing station near Hill 60 on the Ypres Salient, 1917. Second Battle Of Ypres, Battle Of The Somme, American Stock, German Submarines, American Soldiers, Cold War

Second Battle Of Ypres

Battle Of The Somme

German Submarines

American Soldiers

Surgeons tending wounded at a dressing station near Hill 60 on the Ypres Salient, 1917.

Scott Addington

Scott Addington

French Troops in their trench at Verdun, 1916 #genealogy #veterans British History, Military Photos

British History

Military Photos

French Troops in their trench at Verdun, 1916 #genealogy #veterans

French soldiers filmed during the battle of the Somme 1916, leaving their trench and heading into no-mans land. Schlacht An Der Somme, War Image

Schlacht An Der Somme

French soldiers filmed during the battle of the Somme 1916, leaving their trench and heading into no-mans land.

The Somme WW1 Albert Kahn, Belle France

Verdun 1916 Old Photos, The Past, Madness

The Forest of Death, 1918 World War I Fake History, Military Art

The Forest of Death, 1918 World War I

Somme World History Teaching, World History Lessons, Political Events

World History Teaching

World History Lessons

Political Events

French troops consolidate a captured position Verdun 1917 Triple Entente

French troops consolidate a captured position Verdun 1917

Battle of Verdun France, Feb 1916 to Dec 1916 Ww1 Soldiers, Shell Shock

Battle of Verdun France, Feb 1916 to Dec 1916

They died in hell. They called it Passchendaele "The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place in Belgium during WWI between Allied forces (Australia, New Zealand, and the UK) fighting against Germany. During the course of the battle Allied forces win the fighting, but overall gain very little ground. There are a total of 13,000 casualties; more than 2,700 of them being from New Zealand. This marks the largest loss of life in a single day in the nation’s history. October 12, 1917"

They died in hell. They called it Passchendaele "The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place in Belgium during WWI between Allied forces (Australia, New Zealand, and the UK) fighting against Germany. During the course of the battle Allied forces win the fighting, but overall gain very little ground. There are a total of 13,000 casualties; more than 2,700 of them being from New Zealand. This marks the largest loss of life in a single day in the nation’s history. October 12, 1917"

Aerial photo of a German gas attack on the Eastern Front Aerial View, Pictures, Photos, German

Aerial photo of a German gas attack on the Eastern Front

Dogfight over the Western Front, WWI. (Bettmann Collection) Dog Fighting, Fighter Pilot, Military Aircraft

Military Aircraft

Dogfight over the Western Front, WWI. (Bettmann Collection)

A before and after shot of the terrain over which the Battle of Passchendaele was fought. Shows the complete devastation of the land - good to illustrate the long term consequences of the war for local people. Battle Of Ypres

Battle Of Ypres

A before and after shot of the terrain over which the Battle of Passchendaele was fought. Shows the complete devastation of the land - good to illustrate the long term consequences of the war for local people.

Passchendaele 1917

Passchendaele 1917

Australian troops approach a German-held strong point under the protection of a heavy smoke screen somewhere in the Western Desert, in Northern Africa on November 27, 1942. (AP Photo) End Of The World, Afrika Corps, North African Campaign, Cities, Smoke Screen

End Of The World

North African Campaign

Australian troops approach a German-held strong point under the protection of a heavy smoke screen somewhere in the Western Desert, in Northern Africa on November 27, 1942. (AP Photo)

French soldiers filmed during the battle of the Somme 1916, leaving their trench and heading into no-mans land.

French soldiers filmed during the battle of the Somme 1916, leaving their trench and heading into no-mans land.