An eagle and swastika tower above part of a damaged grandstand at the former Nazi Party rally site in Nuremberg, Germany - 1945
Some cows graze amongst Junkers Ju 88 bombers awaiting disposal at Flensburg Airfield; Flensburg,Germany - 2 August 1945
A British soldier poses with a case designated for German Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg, or Butterfly Bombs, near the Peter sector of the Anzio Beachhead, Italy - 15 February 1944
The Butterfly Bomb, or SD2, was a 2kg anti-personnel submunition used by the Luftwaffe during WWII. Each individual SD2 contained 225g of TNT — the bomb was generally lethal at 10m and could inflict serious injuries as far as 100m.
The SD2 was one of the first cluster bombs to be used in combat, and it proved to be very effective.
wehrmachtinternetmuseum even has a couple nifty parts from an SD2!
A German Panther with its crew from the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg en route to Normandy - June 1944
Adolf Hitler appears on the front page of Völkischer Beobachter, the day after his appointment as Chancellor of Germany - 31 January 1933 (via)
Hanna Reitsch, one of the only women to be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Luftwaffe Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds during WWII.
Wehrmacht horsemen parade past l’Arc de Triomphe following their arrival in the undefended city of Paris - June 1940
Photo by Heinrich Hoffman
