and the "Allies" photos of the Panther of the Panzer Regiment 26 abandoned or destroyed to the south east of Bologna in the April 1945 offensive ... ..
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there are several, English, Canadians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Poles ... the trophy of a Panther finally won ...Comment
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I return to the wehpass ...
His course in Germany, 3 months in 1943, on the transmissions and the engine of the new Panther tank ... and in the Panther, a delicate machine, need of continuous care and maintenance of his the mechanics that often decides the number (and when) of the tank are availableComment
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His promotions that we will find in the soldbuch.
His kvk2 and Kubanshild ...
Course espionage and the his sizesComment
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Campaigns pages of 6 years of war updated up to Rimini (sept. 1944)Comment
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And from a campaign map of Panzerregiment 4 (from Die Pantherabteilung Forster in Italy by Danny Bauer) I underlined the last point reached by the Panther in Italy, Burana 10 km under the river Po.
And practically the Wermacht in Italy, it ceases right on the right bank of the river Po .... Without ferries, the bridges destroyed by the bombers, the allied aircraft completely masters of the skies, that stray and bomb everything ... ....
It is the only way to cross the great river Po, for the frontline German soldiers left behind, and with small makeshift boats, on air chambers like life preservers, especially at swimming ..Comment
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Here are some pictures of destroyed and abandoned German vehicles on the right bank of the Po ... ..Comment
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And even our Leopold irreversibly ruined or lost his fitst soldbuch in the passage of the River Po the night between 23 and 24 April 1944 ...
His new one was issued 2 days, on April 26, just over a week before the surrender, in Arzignano (Vicenza, almost 100 km to the north) which was a base of materials and spare parts of the Panzerregiment 4. The signature of the commander of the Werkstatt-Zug Oberleutnant Dipl. Ing. SpehrComment
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His black "rollpuloer" , the same in the photo of soldbuch: I think he really lost everything during the crossing the Po river ... ..Comment
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The summary of its decorations and the note of the "Tradisionabzeichen" of the 26 Panzer Div.Comment
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And the last place of the Panthers in Italy .... In Burana the Germans destroy the last 5 surviving Panther in Italy the night between 23 and 24 April and almost certainly our Feldwebel Lepold was there with them ... .. the road (on foot) from Burana to Felonica where the survivors of the Panzerregiment 4 passed the great river PoComment
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Some photos of Burana drainage chanel, yesterday and today, to give an idea of the unsurpassable obstacle, without bridges and without ferries (and the usual Jabo that during the day do not give respite) ... ..Comment
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A map of the German ferries, (I pointed out the area of Felonica where Leopold ld crossed the river with means of luck) fixed and mobile and the surviving bridges over the Po of March 1945 ... two months later there will not be very few or nothing ...
and the signs of swimming passage of the german soldiers and the wounded left behindComment
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And two very rare German photos of the passage of the Po river (contrary to the allies the Germans had other problems that take pictures at that time)Comment
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