Please help me identify these photos.

[Legato_lover]

I'd be so, so grateful. I've used a uniform book to help me out with most of them, as well as looking at writing on the back of the photos. With some, I just can't find a uniform that matches what they are wearing to a T, and with the ones I have decided on, I secretly wonder if they are wrong. Would any experienced person on this forum help lead me in the right direction? Thanks!

What I've decided so far:

Opening Photo: ?
Photo One: Parade Dress, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Likely Pre-War
Picture Three: ?
Picture Four: Theories: GI Prisoner of War Camp, perhaps lucky person who managed to smuggle his camera—Person having hair cut, not clear if German or American soldier. Undated photograph, likely taken someone in Italy based on the dress of the locals. If it is Italy, then likely temporary because there were not any major Allied Powers POW camps in Italy.
Picture Five: You can tell from the uniforms the men are cavalry. The uniform design places them in Russia 1941-1943. Appear to be waiting directions.
Picture Six: ?
Picture Seven: ?
Picture Eight: ?
Picture 9: Poland, Artillery Service Dress.
Picture 10: Scientists (Nazi funded, or associated with) studying aircraft engines.
Picture 11: Luftwaffe private examines a large vs small turtle.
Picture 12: “Balais”--Broomsticks, 3.6.40--same day Paris was bombed, possibly Paris. “Barley Mow.”
Picture 13: Back reads “Father instructing soldiers. Motortransport.” Uniforms indicate that these are SS-men being trained.
Picture 14: SS motto inverted—possibly written on back of a bunker.
Picture 15: Young Whermacht private stands in front of the Eiffel Tower, occupied Paris.
Picture 16: Kreifsmarine officer walks with a young child.
Picture 27: ?
Picture 18: Pre-war photograph, no later than 1939. You can tell because one man is dressed in the German Parade Uniform, specific to the time. Poses with family.
Picture 19: Russian POWs, about 1942.
Picture 21: Occupied Russian, burning.
Picture 22: Occupied Russia, peasants. .







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[Chris D.]

Hi, I hope this helps a little.
Maybe you could post the backs


The opening photo looks to be a Luftwaffe flak unit. They are all holding the rank of Flieger (private) except for the NCO in center who is an Unteroffizier

The next photo looks to be a Luftwaffe funeral or the tomb of the unknown soldier as you suggest.

The picture after that features what looks to be Polizei but I cannot offer a final word on that one.

Picture 4, i agree, looks to be a POW camp for allies

Picture 5 is interesting. It looks to be a Wehrmacht Heer inspection. Note the tunics with the lack of lower box pockets with slash pockets instead. IMO this would indicate pre-war HOWEVER the helmets lack the national shield. . . ? Their breeches are not lined with reinforcements so im not sure they would be cavalry but I could be mistaken.

Picture 6. WH guys in greatcoats who need a lesson in driving!

Picture 7. WH Standard bearers in a parade

Picture 8. WH soldiers headed to the front (most likely the east) picture looks like it could date '41

Picture 9. Furlined greatcoats on WH gents with a young skier

Picture 10. Perhaps a NAPOLA academy

Picture 11. A luft. Feldwebel with a sports badge, long service ribbon and annexation ribbon contemplating how a turtle reproduces

Picture 12. Destruction

Picture 13. W-SS training

Picture 14. "Fidelity is the Mark of Honor"

Picture 15. Sight seeing WH soldier

Picture 16. A Lufty dad who is wearing a summer cap. Looks to be a Leutnant and a holder of the EKII and perhaps a wound badge

Picture 17. Looks to be a WH Admin. Official

Picture 18. Family including a HJ boy and two WH soldiers, the one dressed in his Waffenrock has a shooting lanyard for good marksmanship

Pictures 19-22 look to be eastern front

[harmel]

id please

Second pic -shows officer on left Oberst later GL Hermann Plocher as
Chief of Staff V Fliegerkorps the other officer is the Cmdr General der Flieger Robert Ritter von Greim.
Harmel

[Mil-Archive]

The third pic was posted by the owner on here maybe 6 or 7 months ago.

I believe it was sold at auction as a KZ picture.

After discussion was decided to be most likely an us army makeshift camp in north Italy late war (the kids are on the outside looking in not inside looking out).

Open to correction on that but there is not enough in that pic beyond the stripes to pin down the unit or anything else.

** The one I thought was the third - is actually the 4th !!

[Chris D.]

Agreed, certainly NOT a KZ photo

[Mil-Archive]

Re #10 I'd say that's some kind of engineering lecture with an audience that includes Organisation Todt.