Images of POWs, 1940

I would agree judging by the quality of the photographic print and no caption on the reverse.

Cracking set of images, thank you for sharing.

 

Incredibledisc,

Just to backtrack a bit I wondered as well about the uniforms of the captured British soldiers with the Fallschirmjäger in post #208. Rather than Crete the photo was taken after the capture of the Corinth Canal in Greece by German glider and paratroops on 26 April, 1941.

Regards ...

 

Nice catch Cee. I’m always amazed with what the members of this site can glean from photos. So the Getty images original is mislabelled?

 

I wonder if anyone can figure out this location or better yet do a “then and now” comparison.

 

Read somewhere the German paratroopers took such a lot of casualties at Crete they never used them again.Happy to be corrected on that.
Great photo's everyone a gem.

Graham.

 

Well spotted Cee, the Axis history forum features the image in the Operation Hannibal thread.
Operation Hannibal 1941 • Axis History Forum

The British Pow's could be from the 122 Battery, 13 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery who fought a rear guard action at the Corinth canal bridge.

 

Yeah I’d read much the same. After stunning success in Holland and Crete/Greece (albeit with heavy casualties) they were never airdropped again and instead were basically used as infantry.

 

Fallschirmjäger Regiment F.J.R.3 parachuted into Sicily as reinforcements on 12th July 1943.

 

I knew something like that was coming
I’ll qualify my statement by saying I meant they weren’t used in futher large scale operations. Honest guv!

 

This is an interesting image (#121) that Guy Hudson spoke with me about. A most un-British shirt.




I've had a word with the chaps at 'Spirit of Britain' who do a pretty good job of re-enacting the 'entente cordiale'....Jamie was fairly sure and the French members have confirmed that tthe shirt is a French 1935 Pattern...so that leaves the question of whether this chap is British and borrowed it, or maybe a French liason who picked up a British helmet ?

 

I must confess the shirt did not even register with me - not being an expert on uniforms. All I saw was the tin hat

The image is actually quite small even though the scan looks big. To me it looks like it’s been cut from a larger picture - possibly as the original owner didn’t think the rest of the image was of any interest or perhaps as the person selling it decided they could make more money by chopping it up and selling it the pieces as separate images.

 

Voila :-

Chemise modèle 1935, Armée Française Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. France WW2

 

Another one in the post today. Seller listed it as Dunkirk/Battle of France 1940

 

You've got the shirt Rich but what is the bike ?
Craig